Strawberry ribbon cake
Strawberry ribbon cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- Cream cheese ribbon:
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Cake:
- 3 eggs, separated
- 3/4 cup, 1 1/2 sticks, butter or margarine, softened at room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup strawberry preserves
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- Strawberry frosting:
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 4 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1/4 cup strawberry preserves
- 1, 16 ounce, box confectioners sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a 9 x 13 x 2 inch baking pan. Set aside.
- Combine all ribbon ingredients and beat until smooth. Set aside.
- Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Set aside.
- In large bowl, cream together butter, sugar and strawberry preserves.
- Add the egg yolks and vanilla. Beat well.
- In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
- Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, starting and ending with flour mixture.
- Fold in beaten egg whites.
- Pour about half of the batter into pan.
- Spoon cream cheese mixture over batter and carefully spread with back of spoon.
- Cream cheese mixture does not have to cover the batter completely.
- Pour remaining batter over cream cheese ribbon. Spread to cover.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until cake springs back when lightly touched in center.
- Cool completely in pan before frosting.
- While cake bakes make the frosting.
- Combine cream cheese, butter and preserves in large bowl. Beat until well mixed.
- Add confectioners sugar. Beat until smooth.
- Stir in walnuts. Spread on top of cooled cake.
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