Have you ever been to Heather Cristo Cooks? It’s a fabulous blog written by a fabulous woman.
Heather recently became an author with her first book, Generous Table, Easy & Elegant Recipes Through the Seasons. Its got everything you want a good cookbook to have… wonderful recipes, beautiful pictures, and extras tips to help you become a more confident entertainer!
I was immediately drawn to this cake, called the Strawberry Lemonade Cake. Its one of the BEST tasting cakes I have ever had! Perfect for summer.
Heather graciously said I could share the recipe with you! I hope you will try this cake, see how fabulous her recipes are, and run out and buy her book! Everything in it is just as fabulous.
Strawberry Lemonade Cake {Generous Table}
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks / 227 g) butter, room temperature
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon zest
- 2 ½ cups AP flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- ⅓ cup cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup buttermilk
Strawberry Buttercream
- 1 cup (2 sticks / 227 g) butter, softened
- 5 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
- 2 -4 large strawberries, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare two 9-inch round baking pans.
- In bowl of stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, place the butter, sugar and lemon zest. Beat until light and fluffy.
- In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients and set aside.
- With the mixer on low speed, add the eggs, one at a time, combining thoroughly in between. With the mixer still running, add the lemon juice. (batter will look curdled, but its not)
- Add one-third of the dry ingredients and ½ cup of the buttermilk. Mix, then stop and scrape the sides of the bowl. Repeat, adding another third of the dry ingredients and the remaining ½ cup buttermilk. Mix, then stop and scrape. Add the remaining third of the dry ingredients and mix until completely combined and the batter is light and fluffy.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let the cakes cool before removing from the pans.
Strawberry Buttercream
- Combine butter and powder sugar in a large bowl or standing mixer. Mix together on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add in the milk and strawberries and mix on high speed until the frosting is very fluffy and pale pink in color, with flecks of strawberry.
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This cake is truly a work of art! Thanks Heather!
Now that my shift has ended at work, I am having an awesome day!
Thanks for asking 🙂
My day is getting better. Hubby works nights and I just got him something to eat and then he will snooze. So it is getting better and better!! LOL
My day is going pretty well! I’m tired and it is a very Monday-day, but I can’t complain 🙂
My day started with back-to-back meetings at office 🙂 Taking a break by checking out your blog 😀 and hoping the rest of the day goes by fast so that I can get back home and play with my LO.
Would love to have that book!
I’m having a great Monday! I had a great run this morning! It might offset this new cake I’m about to make. Can’t wait! Thank you!
It’s such a spectacular day outside that it seems impossible to NOT have a good day. I am visiting my 93 year old mother,discussing her lack of taste, but after seeing this picture and asking me what ingredients were in it, she’s telling me that it sounds delicious! I think I know what I will be doing the rest of this Monday after a quick stop at the store. Hopefully it will give her a fabulous Tuesday!
Mmm what a gorgeous cake! I NEED that book!
Between computer crashes and a freezing office, it’s definitely feeling like a Monday!
Needless to say, I’d much rather be at home in my kitchen. 🙁
So far so good, and I am SO making this cake!!
Beautiful day in every way so far 🙂 Can’t wait to make this cake this afternoon to celebrate Spring with my kids.