Immediately we’re getting slightly fancy with a Champagne Cake with Strawberries and Cream! This cake combines two favourite recipes, our champagne pound cake, and our strawberry shortcake cake recipe. It’s certain to make any event really feel extra particular, from birthdays and anniversaries to Valentine’s Day, New 12 months’s Eve, and extra!
Layers of champagne pound cake are crammed and topped with contemporary strawberries and whipped cream. The champagne taste is refined, and makes for a scrumptious mixture. You possibly can’t go improper with this dessert!
A Have a look at our Components
- Unsalted butter (we add our salt individually. If utilizing salted butter, omit the salt.)
- Sugar
- Massive eggs
- All Goal Flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Champagne of alternative (at this time we used Blush)
- Vanilla extract
The right way to Make Layered Champagne Pound Cake with Berries and Cream
After whipping up our champagne pound cake batter, we divided it between three ready 8 inch pans. This makes three pretty skinny cake layers however provides us an added layer of strawberries & cream filling! (When you desire thicker cake layers, you may divide the batter between two 8 inch cake pans as an alternative.)
This champagne pound cake recipe relies on our buttermilk pound cake recipe, however makes use of champagne as an alternative of buttermilk. It’s moist with mild, scrumptious champagne taste.
Whereas the cake layers have been within the oven, we ready our macerated strawberries, champagne syrup, and heavy whipping cream.
*macerated strawberries are merely sliced strawberries which have been sprinkled with sugar. The sugar helps to make the strawberries extra tender, and brings out their pure juices.
Placing all of it Collectively
- As soon as the cake layers have baked and cooled, it’s time to put every thing collectively.
- Place the primary champagne pound cake layer on the cake plate or pedestal. Poke with a fork on toothpick in order that the juices can seep in a bit higher.
- Brush the highest with the champagne syrup- we used a silicone pastry brush for this. Subsequent, unfold with a layer of macerated strawberries (together with the juice if you would like).
- High the strawberries with a layer of whipped cream. Add the subsequent cake layer and repeat the steps.
- Lastly, high with the third cake layer, brush with champagne syrup, and high with whipped cream. We adorned the highest with just a few contemporary strawberries (complete and sliced).
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Extra Truffles with Strawberries
We love strawberry desserts and have made many over time! A few of our favorites are our Home made Strawberry Cake, Strawberry Cake from Combine, Strawberry Bundt Cake, and Strawberries and Cream Cake.
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Grease and flour three 8 inch spherical pans. We additionally wish to line the bottoms with parchment paper.
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Preheat the oven to 350℉
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In a separate bowl whisk the cake flour, baking powder, and salt to mix, put aside for later.
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Utilizing an electrical mixer (paddle attachment if utilizing a stand mixer), cream the butter on medium velocity till easy. Add the vanilla after which progressively add the sugar. Beat till mild and fluffy for 3 to five minutes on medium velocity.
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Add the eggs one by one, mixing after every till the yolk is integrated.
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With the mixer on low velocity, add the flour combination alternately with the one cup of champagne to the butter/sugar/egg combination within the mixing bowl. Start and finish with the dry substances. I do three additions of dry, alternating with two additions of moist.
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Divide the cake batter between the three ready pans.
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Bake at 350℉ for 25 minutes or till an inserted toothpick comes out clear or with only a few moist crumbs hooked up.**Baking instances can vary– peek in as the tip time approaches and alter time as wanted.
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This makes roughly 7.5-8 cups of batter.
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Permit the baked desserts to chill within the pans on a wire rack for ten minutes earlier than turning them out.
For the Sliced Strawberries
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Fill a medium sized bowl with the sliced strawberries, sprinkle with 3 tablespoons sugar, and stir to mix. Cowl with plastic wrap and retailer within the fridge till prepared to make use of. The sugar coated strawberries will start to launch strawberry juice as they sit.
For the Champagne Syrup
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Mix the champagne and sugar in a microwave secure measuring cup or bowl. Warmth for 30 seconds, stir, after which if then if wanted, a further 30 seconds. Stir to soften any remaining sugar. We did this within the microwave however you might warmth in a small saucepan on the stovetop should you desire, till the sugar dissolves.
For the Sweetened Whipped Cream
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Chill the blending bowl and beaters/ whisk attachment within the freezer for 10 minutes.
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Pour the whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla into the chilled mixing bowl, start beating on low velocity progressively rising to medium excessive velocity.
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The cream begins to thicken (approx. 1 ½ minutes) and gentle peaks kind. (Peaks that barely bend over.) Watch carefully as this occurs rapidly. Don’t over combine.
Assembling the Cake
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As soon as the cake layers have cooled, it’s time to assemble the cake!
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Place the primary pound cake layer on the cake base or pedestal.
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Subsequent, poke small holes right here and there excessive of the cake with a wood skewer or the tines of a fork. This permits for higher absorption. Calmly brush the highest with champagne syrup. Then, unfold on a layer of the sliced strawberries.
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High with a layer of whipped cream. (Remember that you will have to order sufficient for the subsequent cake layer in addition to the highest of the cake.)
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Repeat for the subsequent cake layer. (Poking small holes within the high, calmly brush with champagne syrup, add a layer of strawberries, then whipped cream.)
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High with the ultimate cake layer and high with the remaining whipped cream.
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High with complete or freshly sliced strawberries. If you would like, it’s also possible to press thinly sliced contemporary strawberries right here and there across the sides of the cake if you want much more berries to indicate.
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Retailer within the fridge underneath a cake dome or hermetic container. Take away from the fridge about one hour earlier than serving.
I feel that any model/kind champagne would work for this cake. We have used Andre Additional Dry as properly.
Substitution for Cake Flour: Utilizing all goal flour (plain in UK) to make Cake Flour: For every cup of flour in a recipe, take away 2 Tablespoons of flour and substitute with 2 Tablespoons cornstarch (cornflour within the UK). This recipe has 3 cups of flour so you’ll measure out 3 cups of all goal flour, take away 6 Tablespoons and substitute with 6 Tablespoons cornstarch, whisk to mix.
Freezing: The cake layers may be made upfront and frozen for as much as three months. Wrap every layer tightly with plastic wrap adopted by a layer of aluminum foil. To thaw, transfer to the kitchen counter, nonetheless wrapped and thaw for 30-45 minutes earlier than unwrapping. The layers will proceed to thaw fully as you assemble the cake.
