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Layer cakes with strawberry buttercream

Name: Layer cakes with strawberry buttercream
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Ingredients: eggs 6; golden caster sugar 150g; vanilla extract 1 tsp; plain flour 125g, sifted; unsalted butter 3 tbsp, melted; raspberry or strawberry liqueur 2-3 tbsp; unsalted butter 125g, softened; icing sugar 500g; strawberries 4, hulled and chopped; strawberries or redcurrants to decorate

1 hour 30 minutes
makes 6
Easy

These individual layer cakes with strawberry buttercream look fantastic and are the perfect summer treat for when strawberries are at their best. Use a kick of liqueur to make them even more special

Published: March 25, 2015 at 3:05 pm

Ingredients

eggs 6
golden caster sugar 150g
vanilla extract 1 tsp
plain flour 125g, sifted
unsalted butter 3 tbsp, melted
raspberry or strawberry liqueur 2-3 tbsp

STRAWBERRY BUTTERCREAM

unsalted butter 125g, softened
icing sugar 500g
strawberries 4, hulled and chopped
strawberries or redcurrants to decorate

Method

Step 1

Heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c/gas 4. Line a swiss roll tin (23cm × 30cm) with baking paper. beat the eggs, sugar, a pinch of salt and the vanilla until tripled in volume, about 8-10 minutes.Fold in the flour and butter in batches. Spread evenly in the tin and bake for 25 minutes. Cool in the tin, remove and peel off the paper. Cut out 12 6cm or 7cm rings using a cutter. Slice each in half lengthways and brush all over with liqueur.
Step 2

Whisk the butter in a bowl using electric beaters then gradually mix in the icing sugar. Add the strawberries and whisk until finely chopped (the icing will turn pink). Ice one side of each disc and stack to make 6 cakes, each with 4 layers. Ice the outsides and top with fruit.