Gluten Free Strawberry Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

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Gluten Free Strawberry Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

Three layers of moist vanilla cake, sweet whipped cream cheese frosting, and sliced strawberries piled high to make the ultimate Gluten Free Strawberry Cake. This is the perfect springtime strawberry dessert, and is sure to impress your guests!

Prep Time30

Cook Time30

cooling time30

Total Time1 30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings: servings

Calories: 449kcal

Author: Jacqui

Equipment

stand mixer (or hand mixer)
Cake pans

Ingredients

For the Cake

1 cup unsalted butter softened
2 cup white sugar
2 tbsp vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 1/2 cups gluten free cup-for-cup flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups half and half

For the Frosting

4 cups heavy cream cold
2 tsp cream of tar tar
16 oz cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp orange zest
2 cups strawberries washed and sliced

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Instructions

For the Cake

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 3 cake pans and set aside.
Using a stand mixer or electric hand mixer, beat together butter, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time until just combined.
In a separate bowl, combine salt, flour, and baking powder. Add flour mixture to egg mixture slowly, until fully incorporated. Next, add half and half until all ingredients are well combined.
Add batter to cake pans. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove cakes from oven and allow to cool completely before frosting.
When cakes are completely cool, remove first cake from pan and place on serving plate. Spread layer of frosting, then decoratively place a layer of strawberries on top.
Place a spoonful of frosting on top of strawberries (in the middle). Add next layer of cake. Repeat frosting and strawberries for the next two layers.

For the Frosting

In a stand mixer (or with an electric hand mixer) beat heavy cream and cream of tar tar on low to med-low until stiff peaks appear (this may take a few minutes).
With a stand mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and orange zest together. On low, slowly add whipped cream to cream cheese mixture to combine.
Once just combined, refrigerate until ready to use. Once ready, layer with cream cheese frosting, then strawberries, then next cake layer. Add any remaining strawberries decoratively on top of cake.

Notes

Click on the time in the instructions to start a timer!
If your cake bakes up taller in the middle, you may have to take a knife and cut just the very top layer off before layering. This will prevent the cakes from sliding off of each other.
I recommend refrigerating this cake until you're ready to serve. Because the frosting is whipped cream based, it could melt.

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