This vertical striped strawberry cake is a cake for a special occasion! Rich, sweet and strawberry-y!
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The strawberry cake takes some time to make but it isn’t difficult to make and the end result is totally worth it! 😀
Make it as birthday cake, for Valentine’s Day or Easter Sunday!
Ingredients
Vanilla Sponge Cake
- 6 eggs
- 150g (3/4 cup) sugar
- 2 tbsp homemade vanilla sugar
- 200g (1 2/3 cups) flour
Strawberry Italian Meringue Buttercream
- 170g (3/4 cup) fresh or frozen strawberry puree
- 170g (3/4 – 1 cup) sugar
- 5 egg whites
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 500g (1.1 lb) butter, room temperature
Topping
- fresh or frozen strawberries
Vanilla Sponge Cake
Preheat the oven to 200°C/ 400°F. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until stiff.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks, sugar and vanilla sugar until thick and creamy. Fold in the egg whites and the flour.
Bake the sponge cake for 10 minutes.
Cover the sponge cake with a damp kitchen towel.
Strawberry Italian Meringue Buttercream
In a saucepan, bring strawberry puree and sugar to a boil.
Meanwhile, place the egg whites in a large bowl and add the lemon juice. Beat the egg whites with an electic mixer until stiff.
Pour the hot strawberry jam into the egg whites in a stream. Beat on high speed for about 10 minutes. Lower the speed to medium and continue to beat the meringue until it has cooled to room temperature.
Add the butter, a tablespoon at a time. Don’t worry, it looks curdled at this stage! 😉 Continue to beat until smooth.
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To Assemble
Cut the vanilla sponge cake into long strips, 7.5 cm (3 in) wide.
Spread strawberry buttercream onto each strip. Start to roll up one of the cake strips like for a swiss roll. When one strip ends, add the next and keep rolling.
Place the vertical stripe cake on a cake plate and spread the remaining buttercream all over the cake.
Refrigerate until serving. Decorate with fresh or frozen strawberries.
Oh my word this looks amazing! And delicious ? One to try for sure, thank you! Laura x
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Thanks so much, Laura! 🙂
Oh my word, you had me at “strawberry meringue buttercream.” Yes, please. 😉
Stopping by from #ThisIsHowWeRoll!
Thanks, Elizabeth! 😀
This cake is gorgeous!!! So lovely. I pinned it as well. 😀
Thanks for pinning, Michele! 😀
This is a very creative idea, thank you for joining in with #CookBlogShare!
Thanks, Monika!
That looks so good! I love the idea of rolling up too. What a fun twist on a traditional looking cake. Pinned.
Thanks for pinning!
What a beautiful cake and it looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday for the party this week. Hope you have a great week and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
Thanks, Helen!
Such a pretty cake!
Thank you, Kat!
This cake is just lovely! I have never seen a cake with vertical stripes before. It looks beautiful and I bet it tastes just as good, and I really like the pastel color scheme for spring. Thank you for sharing at Fiesta Friday!
Thanks so much, Jenny! 🙂
This looks so nice, will definitely pin this to try sometime #bloggerclubuk
Thanks, Laura!
The prettiest cake ever! I will try to make one like this too when I will be back al home after travelling:).
Thanks, Kaari! 🙂
That cake looks beautiful!
Thanks!
So pretty and sure to be something guests can’t stop talking about!!!
Thank you, Colleen!
This cake is gorgeous!! If only I could reach through the screen and have a piece.
Thank you so much for sharing your delicious recipe with us at #MMBH!
XO
Lol! 😀 Thanks, Dean!
This cake looks amazing! I want to try this recipe for our Mother’s day party. Thank you for sharing it!
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Thank you!
This looks so good!! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner Party!
Thanks for stopping by, Helen!
Hi. Pinned and Featuring your delicious and beautiful cake at Party in Your PJs/Two Chicks and a Mom tonight! Yum!
Thanks for featuring me, Donna! 🙂
Lina, that’s a beautiful cake! I’ve never heard of a vertical stripe cake before. I don’t think anyone had invented this back in the days when I was taking cake decorating courses.
Thanks, Jean! 😀
This is such a pretty dessert. I love Strawberry, and then meringue buttercream are just bonuses. Thank you for sharing at Mommy Monday Blog Hop.
Thanks, Amy!
Your post has been featured on Full Plate Thursday and we are pinning it to our Features Board. Thanks so much for sharing with us and enjoy your new Red Plate!
Miz Helen
Thanks so much for featuring me, Helen! 🙂
Hello! I’ve had this recipe saved for a while and am finally going to make it for my daughters 3rd birthday! What size baking sheet should I use and do you think I can make the frosting the day before or it’s best the day of? Thank you soo much!
The baking sheet I used is 39x45cm. And you can make the frosting the day before and keep the cake in the fridge. 🙂