Fresh Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Swiss Meringue Buttercream Recipe - (4.5/5)

Ingredients

• Prep time
• 2 hours
• Cook time
• 30 mins
• Total time
• 2 hours 30 mins
• adapted from Confections of a Foodie Bride- http://www.jasonandshawnda.com/foodiebride/archives/1088
• Author: Oven Love
• Recipe type: Dessert
• Serves: 10
• Ingredients
• 24 oz frozen or very ripe fresh strawberries, hulled (if frozen, thawed)
• 1-2 tsp sugar (for fresh berries only)
• 1/4 cup milk, at room temperature
• 6 large egg whites, room temperature
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cup cake flour, sifted
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 12 Tbsp unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), softened (not melted)
• pink or red food coloring, preferably the gel type (optional)