This vegan strawberry cake layered with fresh strawberries and
vegan whipped cream is my take on the Banana Diaries strawberry cake.
I made this for my team's dessert for a club cook-off and we won
Team Justice forever!
Ingredients
120 mL vegan buttermilk
170g vegan butter, room temperature
300g granliated sugar
120g dairy-free yogurt, room temperature
240g strawberry puree, room temperature
2 tbsp vanilla extract
440 all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 1/3 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup vegan heavy whipping cream
fresh strawberries
Steps
Prep: First make the vegan butter milk. Mix together the dairy free milk with the apple cider vinegar to curdle and become a vegan buttermilk. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 350F and line two 8″ cake pans or three 6″ cake pans with parchment paper and lightly oil.
Make the batter: In a large bowl, whisk together the vegan butter, sugar, dairy free yogurt, strawberry puree, and vanilla extract until combined and smooth. You don’t want any clumps of butter. If it’s easiest, you can melt the vegan butter first and allow it to come to room temperature. Sift in the remaining ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt) followed by the vegan buttermilk, and mix JUST until there are no more dry streaks (being careful not to over mix the batter).
Bake: Divide the batter evenly into the cake pans, and place the cake pans into the oven. A 6″ cake will take around 28-30 minutes, or until the toothpick comes out clean. For two 8″ cake layers, bake for 30-35 minutes, and test with a toothpick.
Cool: Once the cakes are baked, remove from the oven and allow the cakes to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then carefully transfer to a cooling rack to fully cool before frosting.
Make the whipped frosting: Once cool, make the whipped cream frosting by whipping it until hard peaks.
Assemble and frost: To assemble the cake, add about 1 cup of frosting and some sliced strawberries in between each layer, smoothing to the edges of the cake. Frost the outer edges as well. If you have any reserved frosting, you can pipe decoration onto the top and bottoms of the cake as well!
Serve and enjoy! Top with fresh strawberries and enjoy!
