Strawberry Buttermilk Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients - for Cake:

  • 1 & 1/2 cups of all purpose flour 

  • 1/4 tsp of Baking Soda

  • 1/4 tsp of Baking Powder

  • 1/4 tsp of Salt

  • 1/2 cup of buttermilk

  • 1 stick of butter (1/2 cup) at room temperature 

  • 1 cup of sugar

  • 3 eggs

  • 2 cups of strawberries (diced)

Ingredients for the Icing: 

  • 4 oz. cream cheese at room temperature 

  • 1/2 stick of butter (1/4 cup) at room temp

  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

  • Pinch of kosher salt 

  • 1 & 1/2 - 3 cups of confectioners sugar (depending on desired consistency) 

Method - for Cake:

  • Preheat the oven to 350°. 

  • Grease your cake pan. I use butter and parchment paper to line. 

  • In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt. 

  • In your stand mixer cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs in one at a time. After all eggs are added turn the mixer off and scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl making sure there isn’t any unmixed butter and sugar.  

  • With the mixer on low add the buttermilk and flour mixture by alternating between flour and buttermilk until both are gone. Mix until evenly distributed. 

  • Fold the Strawberries gently into your batter. Make sure they are evenly distributed, but do not over mix. 

  • Pour the batter into your greased pan and bake for approximately 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

  • Allow the cake to cool in the pan for a minimum of 30 minutes. After 30 minutes flip the cake out carefully onto a wire rack and allow to cool for another 30 minutes. While the cake cools you may prepare the icing. 

Method - for Icing: 

  • In a medium sized mixing bowl combine the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and salt. Use an electric mixer on medium speed mixing thoroughly until smooth and creamy. Add in the confectioners sugar 1/2 cup at at time mixing in between until desired consistency/sweetness is achieved! There are no wrong answers here! 

  • Spread the icing evenly over the top of the cake. Enjoy! 

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