12 Edible Sugarpaste Cake Decorations: Strawberries

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We’re definitely amateur bakers and the directions were still easy to follow and evidently it worked out very well. This recipe is the strawberry version of Too Much Chocolate Cake, according to recipe creator Thethrowdown. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent.

I think I will use a slightly different pan next time, as I used the official jellyroll pan, and I believe it was too large. You can also leave out the sauce filling altogether and fill your cake with more strawberry buttercream between the cake layers. Adding white chocolate chips and cheesecake-flavored instant pudding to the batter of this strawberry cake gives it a from-scratch taste: "I make this all the time and people swear it comes from an upscale bakery," says recipe creator Tiffany N Giles. I'm Heather, and welcome to my Colorado kitchen, where you will find high-altitude tested recipes for beautifully photographed cakes, baked goods and sweets.

If you’re making a layer cake, frost the top of the first layer and add any fillings you like, such as sliced strawberries, before adding the second layer.

If your meringue is underbeaten, overbeaten, or just plain unstable, it won’t give the cake the lift it needs. Sponge cakes are egg-based cakes by nature, the whipped egg whites are what makes it so light and airy. It is hard to find scratch strawberry cakes, so this one is worth its weight in gold to me as a caterer," says GothicGirl, the recipe submitter. To stop this, stir your sieved powdered sugar into the butter with a wooden spoon or spatula briefly before using the electric mixer again.Add the same amount of buttercream to the first layer as all the others, and make sure the filling is filled. The rest will be rolled up inside the final cake roll, after all, so only the part of the cake will actually be visible on the outside of the roll.

Actually pretty happy with it – might use half an egg white next time but also learned I have to not be heavy handed with the paste. Arrange the slices in a circle on top of the cake, then make a smaller, overlapping circle on the inside.The butter in the cake batter as well as the butter and the cream cheese in the frosting must be at room temperature. Step 1: Once the cake sponges have cooled, place one onto a flat plate or cake board and pipe a circle of your buttercream around the cake’s edge in a ring to make a wall. The updated design paste blends better with the cake, so the design won’t be quite as ‘raised’ looking as the photos. This ultimately resulted in a batter that was over-mixed and lacking the air it needed to properly rise.