HAPPY 26th BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST BIG BROTHER
Derald and me with his delicious cake I made! (see recipe below)
Happy Birthday D!! I love you!!
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Homemade
Strawberry Cake
Ingredients:
Nonstick vegetable spray
3 cups flour
2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cup smashed strawberries
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon zest
4 large eggs, beaten
red food coloring**
Directions for cake:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray and flour three round cake pans, tapping out excess flour; set aside.
Prepare the cake batter; in a large bowl, stir to combine flour, sugar, oil, pureed strawberries, vanilla, lemon zest, and eggs.
Divide between the three pans, Bake, rotating the pans halfway through. Bake 26-28 min.
Transfer pans to a wire rack to cool 10 minutes. Invert cakes, then re-invert cakes and let them cool completely, top sides up.
Make cream cheese frosting (recipe below)
Cream Cheese Frosting
(This frosting is the best part I think!)
1 8oz package of cream cheese, softened
1 stick of butter, softenened
1 tsp. vanilla
~ 3 cups powdered sugar
1 TBL milk (if needed)
Directions for Frosting:
Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Slowly add the sugar in 1 cup batches until desired sweetness is achieved. You may need less than 3 cups if you like your frosting less sweet. Stir in vanilla. Add milk if you feel like you need it...I don't like it runny so I don't use it Add red food coloring to make it a pretty pink color! Once the cakes are cool, frost in between each layer, and stack them. Then frost the outside all over.
The TASTY finished product! I was actually surprised how much everyone liked it! It was sweet enough, but not too sweet to enjoy a nice big piece. I love it because I hate making things not from scratch, and this was completely from scratch! It is definitely a recipe I will find any occasion to make again!
The Los Hermanos dinner party crew
A b-day tribute in pics, to my big brother...
DERALD MARTIN'
Monica, is this lindsay duncan's strawberry cake recipe?
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