3- Layer Strawberry Naked Drip Cake from scratch

skunkmonkey101
skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101
Dover, Florida

Strawberry season is just about over here in Florida so to see it go I baked a cake.

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Ingredients

8-10 servings
  1. Cake-----------------
  2. 1 cupsoftened butter salted
  3. 1-1/2 cupsugar
  4. 2 teaspoonvanilla extract
  5. 3 cupfine all purpose flour +2 tablespoons
  6. 1/3 cupcornstarch
  7. 4 teaspoonbaking powder
  8. 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  9. 6extra large eggs
  10. 1-1/2 cuplukewarm milk
  11. 1 stickvanilla bean
  12. Icing--------------------
  13. 4 cuppowdered sugar
  14. 1/4 cupmilk
  15. 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
  16. 4 tablespoonbutter soften
  17. Filling and Topping------------
  18. 1-1/2 quartsstrawberries see my recipe putting up Strawberries
  19. 1/4 cupcornstarch
  20. 1/4 cupstrawberry juice

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven 350 degrees Fahrenheit

  2. 2

    Grease three 9 inch cake pan. Or 3 heated greased cast iron skillets.

  3. 3

    Mix the flour, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt.

  4. 4

    Cream the butter, vanilla bean, vanilla extract, and sugar.

  5. 5

    Beat the eggs and milk and set aside.

  6. 6

    Mix all the ingredients incorporate very well.

  7. 7

    In the 3 pans add a laddle full of the batter, one at a time to make equal amounts till all the batter is used equally.

  8. 8

    Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes till done

  9. 9

    Let cool completely.

  10. 10

    Take 1-1/2 quarts fresh strawberries and add to a pot bring to a simmer mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1/4 cup water.

  11. 11

    Add cornstarch solution to the simmering strawberries. Stir till thickened.

  12. 12

    Let cool a bit. After it's cool to touch without being too hot, spread the strawberry mix over the bottom and the middle layers of cake. Just enough to cover the upper part of each layer.

  13. 13

    Stack the middle on the bottom. Add the top layer.

  14. 14

    Mix the 1/4 cup milk, 2 tablespoons butter, powdered sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, mix till fluffy.

  15. 15

    Make a ring around the top edge of the top layer of cake with the icing and let it drip.

  16. 16

    Add the rest of the strawberries to the top layer within the ring around the top edge. Allow to drip over the edges.

  17. 17

    Serve I hope you enjoy!

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