Triple Layer Strawberry Citrus Cake

This is what I have to say:

"yuuuuummmmm!"

One of my very good friends turned 25 the other day! And (of course) I had to make her cake! One of her  very favorite flavors is lemon. It's just so light and refreshing and makes just about anything taste wonderful!

But, I wanted to do something a little different than a typical lemon cake. So, I came up with this:

The cake layers are a lemon cake with fresh strawberries. Each layer is topped with a citrus vodka infused glaze. And it all comes together with a citrus marshmallow fluff frosting :)

Hungry yet??

Oh and the best part? It's not even that hard to make! 

So let's get to it!

Ingredients:

For the Cake:

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

pinch of salt (as always)

3ish cups of chopped strawberries (I just used one whole container)

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 cup milk (I used whole milk)

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon lemon extract

2 sticks butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

Lemon juice and zest to taste

For the Glaze:
1 shot of Citrus Vodka (ooor whatever your heart desires)
Juice from half a lemon and half an orange (you can always add more and also add zest)

For the Frosting:
2 7oz jars of Marshmallow Fluff
4 Sticks of butter
4 cups of powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
Juice from half a lemon and zest from both the lemon and the orange (remember your taste buds are different from mine! There is nothing wrong with adding more or less)
Yellow food coloring (if you want)

Process:
For the Cake:
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl

Stir milk, sour cream, vanilla extract, and lemon extract in a bowl

And don't forget the lemon zest!

In a separate bowl, cream the butter and the sugar

Beat in the eggs one at a time

Mix in the flour mixture and the milk mixture beginning and ending with the flour

Chop up your strawberries!

Then fold them into the batter. FYI, it was at this point that I added the lemon juice to taste :)

Divide the batter into 3 8" round pans and bake at 350 for about 25 minutes

For the Glaze:
This is super hard....

Combine everything to taste....

Then end.

Now for the Frosting:
Cream the butter until light and fluffy

Add in the marshmallow fluff, vanilla, powdered sugar and juice/zest to taste! BTW I also added food coloring to make it more yellow ;)

Then assemble the cake! Start with the cake layer, then spread the glaze on top, then the frosting and so on until it looks something like this:

It's not perfect but it was delicious!

The cake was moist and pound-cake-ish and the frosting was light and fluffy! All the citrus flavors combined with the hint of strawberries made for a mouth watering dessert.

Hope you enjoyed Baking With Becca!

For the print friendly recipe go here