WE DD I NG C AKE 5 TIER
Ingredients Cake:
Strawberry Jam:
4 ½ cups flour
1 cup fresh strawberries
2 cups unsalted butter
4 oz. sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice
6 eggs 1 cup sour cream 3 cups sugar 2 cups milk 4¼ tbs. baking powder half teaspoon baking soda
Buttercream Frosting: 2 cups unsalted butter 7–8 cups sifted icing sugar 7–8 tablespoons of whole milk 2 teaspoons of vanilla, salt to taste.
2 tbs. vanilla extract
Separately 4 oz. cocoa powder
Salt to taste
4 oz. strawberry jam or vanilla buttercream
Chocolate cake: add 4 oz. cocoa powder. Vanilla Cake: increase vanilla extract by 2 tablespoons and add zest of 1/2 lemon. Chocolate ganache:
Marshmallow Fondant: 10 oz. bag of marshmallows 2 tbs. water 4 cups of icing sugar
4 oz. dark chocolate and heavy cream
Instructions Prepare Cakes and Bake: 1. Heat oven at 325F while preparing batter. Sift flour, baking powder/soda, and salt together in bowl. In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar together and slowly add eggs, vanilla and sour cream. Slowly add dry mixture to wet mixture along with milk. Blend until smooth consistency. 2. Grease baking pans and add cake mixtures consisting of 2 chocolate, 1 vanilla, 2 white cakes. Bake at 350F for 35 minutes. 3. Remove cakes from oven and set aside to cool before placing in fridge to harden for crumb layer.
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Helene Mathews | New York, NY
Servings: 20 Prep Time: 95 minutes Bake Time: 70 minutes Total Time: 165 minutes
