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{Strawberry Cake}

Beautiful and multi-talented, Angela Monson of Newstalk 5.90 KQNT in Spokane, Washington is a Southern Girl who can cook! (And sing, play piano, speak eloquently, and get a laugh or two!) We are thrilled to have her share her recipe for Strawberry Cake!

Serves 8-10

Ingredients

2 Cups all purpose flour
1 Teaspoon baking powder
1 Teaspoon baking soda
½ Teaspoon salt
1 ½ Sticks of unsalted butter- room temperature
¾ Cup sugar
1 Cup sour cream
¼ Cup buttermilk
1 Teaspoon good vanilla extract
2 vanilla beans split lengthwise
2 Eggs

For Decorating

Fresh Whipped Cream
Fresh Strawberries (buy locally if you can!)
Oregon Growers Strawberry Preserve

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 2 round 9inch cake pans.

Sift the flour and next 3 ingredients in a mixing bowl, set aside.

In a stand up mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each egg. Add vanilla and contents of the inside of the split vanilla beans by scraping with the backside of a knife. Add sour cream and buttermilk until well blended in.

On medium low speed, slowly add the flour mixture, blend just until all ingredients are incorporated, be careful not to over mix.

Pour batter equally in each cake pan.

Rotating your cake pans half way through, bake for a total 25-30 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the middle of each cake comes out clean.

Let cool in pans for 15 minutes, then remove cake and let completely cool on cooling racks.

For the Fresh Whipped cream

Whisk the chilled heavy whipping cream on high speed in a stand up mixer with a whisk attachment or hand mixer until thick. Add ¾ cup of sifted powdered sugar.

For decorating

Spoon a thin layer of Oregon Growers Strawberry Preserve on the tops of each cake.
Then add sliced strawberries, letting the outer strawberries hang over the edge of each cake.
Finish off by topping with the whipped cream.
Carefully place one cake layer on top of the other.
Finish by scattering additional layer of strawberries on the top of the finished cake.