Strawberry birthday cake

An airy sponge with a thick strawberry buttercream filling, drizzled with a fresh strawberry icing.

Serves: 12

Preparation time:  20 minutes

Cooking time:  20 minutes

Cooling time: 20 minutes

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You will need

  • 265g unsalted butter
  • 225g Fairtrade golden caster sugar
  • Few drops of vanilla extract
  • 4 free range Woodland eggs
  • 225g self raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons semi skimmed milk
  • 225g icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoons strawberry jam
  • 3 fresh strawberries, hulled, plus extra to decorate
  • Sweets such as dolly mixtures, to decorate
  • Rainbow buttons, to decorate
  • Birthday candles
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Recipe Information

Step by step guide to making Strawberry birthday cake

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas mark 4. Butter and line the bases of 2 x 20cm sandwich cake tins with baking paper.
  2. Put 225g of the butter, the caster sugar and vanilla extract into a bowl and beat together with an electric hand-held whisk until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
  3. Add the eggs, one at a time, while continuing to beat. Sieve the flour and baking powder into the bowl and gently fold in using a metal spoon. Mix in the milk until the mixture softens enough to drop easily from the spoon.
  4. Divide the cake mixture between the tins and bake for 20 minutes or until cooked. Leave to cool in tins, before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  5. For the filling, beat together the remaining 40g of the butter, 100g of the icing sugar and the jam until combined. Spread over one cake, and top with the other cake.
  6. For the icing, mash the 3 strawberries in a bowl. Stir in the remaining icing sugar to make a thick icing. Spread over the cake then decorate with extra strawberries (quartered), pink and white sweets of your choice, and birthday candles.

Cook's tip: Make ahead and store the un-iced cake in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Just ice on the day you want to serve and eat the cake.

You can buy 20cm sandwich tins from our Sainsbury's baking range.

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Nutritional information for Strawberry birthday cake

Nutritional information for Strawberry birthday cake

Nutrition type per serving
Calories 431 kcal
Total Fat 21.04g
Saturated Fat 12.6g
Salt 0.36g
Sugar 44.36g
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