Layered Strawberry Cake
By: Kitch-N-Chik
Published: Monday, March 1, 2010 - 3:07am

Ingredients




1 pkt butter recipe 2/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter or margarine softened
3 lrg eggs
1/2 cup strawberry preserves divided
2 cups whipping cream
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
2 quarts fresh strawberries sliced
Fresh strawberries for garnish

Preparation

1 Beat first 4 ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer until cake mix is moistened. Beat at medium speed 4 minutes. 2 Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. 3 Cool on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans. Brush top of each cake layer with 2 tablespoons preserves. Cool on wire racks. 4 Beat remaining preserves with cream and powdered sugar at high speed with electric mixer until stiff peaks form. 5 Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Arrange half of strawberries over layer; top with half of whipped cream mixture. Repeat procedure with remaining layer, strawberries, and whipped cream mixture. Garnish, if desired. 6 This recipe yields 1 (2-layer) cake. 7 Yield: 1 cake