Strawberry Cake with Marshmallow Frosting
Strawberry Cake with Marshmallow Frosting is a moist Strawberry cake, with a thick layer of Marshmallow frosting and is the perfect Spring dessert, especially for Easter
Out of the blue, I decided to bake a cake this afternoon, and it had to be a Strawberry Cake with Marshmallow Frosting.
No idea where this sudden craving comes from … I haven’t been feeling too well these past few days, and almost every day I napped during the day, sometimes twice.
This afternoon I woke up with the Strawberry Cake idea and fortunately I had everything I needed. Then whilst making the Marshmallow Frosting, I thought, why not make an Easter themed cake.
Right, so after all my discussions with myself (I tend to do this a lot!) this is the recipe I had come up with:
A pic of the first slice, to make sure you are interested enough!
Just out of the oven – Can you smell the Strawberries?
Strawberry Cake with Marshmallow Frosting
Strawberry Cake with Marshmallow Frosting
Ingredients
CAKE:
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter melted
- 3 Extra-Large Eggs
- ⅘ cup Milk
- 1 t Strawberry Essence
- 1 t Pink Food Coloring
- ⅓ cup Strawberry Jam
- 2 cups Flour
- 1 TB Baking Powder
- ⅛ t Salt
- 1 cup Caster Sugar
FROSTING: (Feel free to double the recipe)
- 1 TB Gelatin Powder plain
- ¼ cup Cold Water
- ¼ cup Boiling Water
- ½ t Vanilla Essence Strawberry Essence can be used instead
- 1 cup Caster Sugar
Instructions
CAKE:
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 deg C (350 deg F) – Spray a ring pan with cooking oil (or use 2 standard cake tins)
- Beat together the Butter, Eggs, Milk, Strawberry Essence, Food Coloring and Strawberry Jam until mixed
- Sift together the Flour, Baking Powder, Salt and Caster Sugar – add to the Egg mixture and beat until well combined (about 1 minute)
- Pour batter into the prepared ring pan and bake 30 – 35 minutes or until a tester comes out clean
- Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack – let cool completely before frosting
FROSTING:
- Sprinkle the Gelatin over the Cold Water – wait until spongy – microwave 20 seconds on HIGH until it has become clear – add the Boiling Water and the Vanilla, mix well – add the Caster Sugar gradually whilst beating on high – keep on beating until it has the consistency of a thick meringue and is sticky (5 – 7 minutes)
- Once the Marshmallow is ready, quickly transfer to a piping bag, or as I did today – spoon over the cake, using the spoon to create peaks (it dries fairly quick)
Notes
NOTE: I only added the raffia once the Marshmallow was fully set and dry. Otherwise someone might eat some raffia as well !
LINDA
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Thank you so much for linking this up at Saturday Spotlight! The new link party is up and you were featured! 🙂 I’d love to see you back. Have a great week. 🙂
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April
Oh wow, this looks delish! We love your projects! Thank you so much for linking up in our Crafty Showcase! You are always so inspiring!
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This is so awesome! I just pinned it. Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent last week. So sorry I am just now visiting. Have a great weekend. 🙂
Hugs
Kathy
What a lovely Easter cake. Thanks for sharing at Saturday Dishes. -Savannah http://www.hammocktracks.com
Looks wonderful – I hope you are feeling better?
Thanks so much for linking up on Tutorial Thursdays, hope to see you again this week 🙂
x
Natalie
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The strawberry cake being pink is so festive for Easter….very clever! Thanks so much for sharing at March Madness
Wow, this looks so yummy. I am suddenly having a late night cake craving. 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by and linking up!
Looks wonderful! New follower. Thanks for linking up to Saturday Dishes ~ Paula
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Yum! My Mom used to make a delish strawberry cake and yours looks just as good and so cute with the nest. I'm on a diet but I might just make this as a reward when I reach my goal. Thanks for joining us at Transformed Tuesday.
Hugs,
Peggy
Your cake is just adorable and looks delicious. Thank you so much for sharing this special recipe with Full Plate Thursday and enjoy your weekend.
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Miz Helen
Thanks, Linda, really cute.
This looks great! I'm pinning to my Bundt-O-Rama board on Pinterest!
Love this, it's so cute & looks yummy too!
What a beautiful cake, and it sounds delicious too!
Yum, strawberry cake, I love it! And it looks so pretty all dressed up for Easter!
What a great idea Linda! I guess I had never thought of using a bunt cake as a nest, but it is absolutely perfect! I am going to have to keep this in mind for Easter….!
hugs x
Crystelle
It looks wonderful!!
That nest is absolutely adorable! That cakes looks delicious and good!
Jess
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Linda please start posting some weight watchers stuff, everything you do is so delicious I'm going to put on weight 🙂 oh I have everything for this xxoo
Hum. I have a strange feeling I will craving strawberry cake out of the blue in the very near future as well. Man…that looks moist and delicious!
Karen