Strawberry Crunch Cake – Supergolden Bakes

May 4, 2023

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This Strawberry Crunch Cake is solely bursting with recent strawberry taste! A easy vanilla sponge cake layered with strawberry frosting and strawberry and Golden Oreo crunch.

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I really like recent strawberries and adore their perfume so I actually wished their essence to come back via strongly on this Strawberry Crunch Cake recipe.

Seems the key to bringing intense strawberry taste lies not with recent berries however with freeze dried strawberry powder.

I child you not, if you add this powder in frosting you’re feeling like you might be biting into recent strawberries or slightly strawberry ice cream. Which is sort of apt since strawberry crunch ice cream bars are the inspiration behind this cake.

Strawberry Crunch Cake Substances

This recipe doesn’t use field cake combine or strawberry jello – and also you received’t miss them! The cake is extremely simple to make from scratch and we are going to get the unbelievable strawberry taste from actual strawberries.

For the cake

This easy vanilla cake with a touch of strawberry makes use of flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, butter, strawberry yogurt, lemon juice and vanilla bean paste.

Strawberry Frosting

Full fats cream cheese or mascarpone cheese, cream, powdered sugar, vanilla bean paste and freeze dried strawberry powder. You’ll want to eat this straight out of the bowl!

For the strawberry crunch

This extremely addicting crunch is made with Golden Oreo cookies and freeze dried strawberries or strawberry powder. Different cookies can be used simply check out the recipe card under.

Closing touches

I’ve added a medley of sliced strawberries and pineberries over the cake to embellish. You could possibly additionally cowl the cake with the crunch topping and skip the berries. Whereas they do look tremendous fairly, they make the cake a bit tougher to slice!

Fresh strawberry cake with slice cut out to show the layers

Easy methods to Make Strawberry Crunch Cake

Full measurements and directions may be discovered on the printable recipe card on the backside of the web page. Please check out the steps and video earlier than trying this recipe!

Make the cake layers

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and put together three 6 inch cake pans by misting with cake launch and lining with parchment paper or reusable liners.

Add all of the flour, sugar and baking powder to a mixing bowl and stir to mix. Now add all of the remaining components within the order listed and beat along with a hand or stand mixer till the batter is totally easy. This could solely take you a few minutes.

Collage showing the steps to making sponge cake

Divide the batter between the cake pans and bake for 22-25 minutes or till the desserts are cooked via when examined with a toothpick.

Run a knife across the edges of the cake pans and invert the desserts onto a wire rack to allow them to settle down.

Make the frosting

Place all of the frosting components right into a mixing bowl and beat collectively till the frosting is easy and holds peaks. Use a spatula midway via to scrape the underside and sides of the bowl.

Make the crunch topping

Roughly chop the cookies and place in a mini chopper with the freeze dried strawberry powder. Pulse a couple of instances till you may have small crumbs. Alternatively crush the cookies in a ziplock bag utilizing a rolling pin.

Assemble the cake

Pipe or unfold a beneficiant quantity of frosting over the primary cake layer. Sprinkle with among the crunch topping and high with the second layer. Add a layer of frosting / crunch over the second layer and high with the third.

Cowl the whole cake with frosting, smoothing with a palette knife and scraper. Press the crunchy topping throughout the underside of the cake after which press strawberry slices on the remaining to embellish.

Strawberry Crunch Cake Recipe – Ideas and Notes

Freeze dried strawberries are sometimes bought as snack packs however it’s extra economical to purchase a bag of freeze dried strawberry powder.

In case you are utilizing the recent strawberries as ornament, add them ultimately minute earlier than serving the cake. Slice the strawberries and blot them on a bit of kitchen paper earlier than sticking on the frosting.

The crunch topping may be made with Golden Oreos or Custard Cream biscuits (for these within the UK). Any leftover topping may be saved in a sealed container and used to high ice cream or utilized in desserts.

The cake will hold for 2-3 days within the fridge (*with out the recent strawberry ornament) however is greatest served at room temperature.

Strawberry crunch cake with large slice cut out

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