Strawberry cake is everyone’s favorite, and when they are eggless and so easy to make, it becomes the perfect go-to cake recipe for any birthday or any small occasion
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Ingredients
- For Strawberry Sponge Maida or Refined flour- 1 cup+ 1/4 cup or-180 g approx
- Refined oil- 1/4 cup or 50 ml
- Sugar- 3/4 cup or 150g
- Milk- 1/2 cup +1/4 cup or 150 ml
- Strawberry essence- 1/2 tsp
- Vinegar- 1 tsp
- Baking powder- 1 tsp
- Baking Soda- 1/4 tsp
- For Strawberry Whipped Cream Frosting
- Chilled whipping cream(sweetened)- 1 cup
- Strawberry essence- 1/2 tsp
- Pink gel food color
- For Sugar Syrup
- Sugar- 2 tbsp
- Warm water- 1/2 cup
- Cherries for decoration
Directions
- Take a 6 inch cake tin, line it with Oddy Ecobkae baking and cooking paper, and set it aside for sometime.
- Take a mixing bowl, add ½ cup of milk, 1 tsp vinegar and beat it properly to get buttermilk.Now add ¼ cup of refined oil, ¾ cup of powdered sugar, again mix them properly.
- Now start adding dry ingredients, using a sieve add 1+¼ cup of all purpose flour, 1 Tsp baking powder and ¼ tsp baking soda. Mix them properly to make smooth and lump free batter. Then add ½ tsp of strawberry essence and mix it.
- Transfer the batter into a cake tin, and place the cake tin in the kadhai which was pre heated for 5 mins on medium flame. Then bake the cake for 30-35 mins on low flame.
- When done, demold it and let it rest to cool off.
- To prepare whipped cream frosting, take 1 cup of chilled whipping cream in a mixing bowl and add 6-7 drops of strawberry essence. Beat it till you get stiff peaks.
- Add 2-3 Drops of pink gel food color and mix it properly, to get pink whipped cream.
- Take the demolded cake, divide it into 3 layers as shown. Now place the bottom layer on the cake table, soak it with sugar syrup and apply a layer of freshly prepared whipped cream.
- Repeat the process with the 2nd and 3 rd layer. When done, cut 2 sides of the cake and replace them as shown in the video to give it a heart shape.
- Crumb coat the cake, cover it completely with whipped cream and smoothen the surface using a card,
- Using a star nozzle in a piping bag,make rose flowers on top of the cake as shown
- Decorate the cake sides, and top it with the fresh strawberries,and your eggless strawberry cake is ready to serve.