Lemon Strawberry Layer Cake Recipe - Crunchy Creamy Sweet (2024)

FAQs

How to decorate a cake with strawberries? ›

Place sliced strawberries around the bottom side edges of the cake. Rinse the strawberries first, then cut the green parts off. Cut them into halves or into ¹⁄₄ in (0.64 cm) thick slices. Press the strawberries into the sides of a frosted cake, with the flat edges facing down and the pointy ends facing up.

Before you can cover your cake with fondant, you need to crumb coat your cake. This thin layer of frosting traps any cake crumbs and acts as an adhesive so your fondant doesn't fall off or move around.

Letting fondant air dry naturally can take up to 36 hours, depending on how thick it is. If you're not short on time, this is reliable way to ensure you don't damage the fondant, but it requires a bit of planning.

Add a little sugar and salt! Wash your strawberries, cut them, and hit them with a pinch of salt and a couple good three-finger pinches of granulated sugar, give them a little tossy-toss, and watch them magically start to darken and get extra juicy.

The solution against cake getting soggy from fruit is to simply seal the cake layers against moisture. The traditional way is to glaze with apricot jam - you brush a very thin layer of melted apricot jam on the cake layer, and put the fruit on it after it has cooled.

You can make delicious strawberry cake filling with just four ingredients. Simply cook down frozen strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice (I use bottled) until the berries are soft and the filling is thickened. You'll find that this delicious strawberry compote is very fresh and natural.

Lots of other recipes also have chopped strawberries in the batter, but I opted for thinly sliced fresh strawberries in between the cake layers for even more bright strawberry flavor. You don't need to use any food coloring, but I found that using just a bit of pink gel food coloring helps bring out the color.

Yes, dogs can eat strawberries. Strawberries are full of fiber and vitamin C. Along with that, they also contain an enzyme that can help whiten your dog's teeth as he or she eats them. Like all fruits, strawberries contain natural sugar, so offer them in moderation.

To add the strawberries, pipe hearts on the top of the cake using the red buttercream piping bag. Pipe on two little long dots at the top of each heart to transform them to strawberries. Pipe tiny pink dots on the surface of the hearts to make the strawberry seeds.

Make a ball our of red fondant. Slightly squash one end with fingertips to get a strawberry shape. Using a toothpick, prick lots of little holes all over the strawberry. Cut out a star shape from green fondant, using the cookie cutter.

Can you make flavored fondant? ›

You can easily add vanilla to fondant (even chocolate fondant) to create a creamy yet subtle taste. Vanilla bean paste (not extract) is the best the way to go here. The tiny flecks of vanilla will give your fondant a fancy gourmet look, too.