My Strawberry Sweetheart Cake Recipe

 This is a glorious cake and one I have been working on for a while, it is inspired by a combination of gorgeous strawberry and cream cakes I have made over the years.

Two layers of beautifully vanilla flavoured sponge are sandwiched together with vanilla sweetened whipped cream and strawberries and then covered with a blanket of cream cheese frosting.  The cake is finished with shortbread biscuit crumbs and of course more strawberries.

I made this cake as a special treat for Mr. P. It has been a long & difficult week for both of us so we definitely deserve a treat. 

This is a perfect tea party cake, it is like a Victoria sponge crossed with a strawberry cheesecake, with an edge of strawberry shortcake for good measure, it is heaven and I would never turn down a slice.

It is entirely up to you whether you trim your layers or not, either way works wonderfully.

Strawberry Sweetheart Cake

150g unsalted butter, room temperature

150g vanilla sugar (or caster sugar)

2 eggs

1tsp vanilla paste

150g plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

75ml milk

For the Vanilla Whipped Cream Filling:

200ml double cream

1 tbsp icing sugar, sifted

1 tsp vanilla paste

1 punnet of strawberries

For the Cream Cheese Frosting:

175g icing sugar

25g butter, room temperature

75g cream cheese, room temperature

2 shortbread biscuits

For the cake:

Greece and line two 18cm cake tins.

Preheat the oven to 180C.

Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes.  Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Add the vanilla paste and mix until fully incorporated.

Sift together the plain flour, baking powder and salt.  Gently fold into the butter mixture.  Add the milk and mix until fully incorporated.

Divide the batter between your prepared cake tins and bake for around 25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Allow cakes to cool in tins before removing to a wire rack, cool completely before icing.

For the Vanilla Whipped Cream Filling:

In a large bowl beat the cream on a high speed until thick, add the sifted icing sugar and vanilla. Beat until the icing sugar and vanilla is combined and the cream is fully whipped.

For the Cream Cheese Frosting

Beat together the butter and cream cheese.  Add the sifted icing sugar and beat for 3 minutes. 

Apply cream to the top of one of the sponge layers and top with strawberry halves, place the final layer on top and spread on the cream cheese frosting.  Crumble the shortbread biscuits and sprinkle over the top of the cake before finishing with strawberries.

Have a great weekend everyone. x

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My Strawberry Sweetheart Cake Recipe