If you’re looking for a recipe for a beautiful cake with amazing flavor and texture, you’ve just found it!
This Strawberry Layer Cake with Italian Meringue Buttercream will leave anyone asking for a second slice. Happens every time!
I found the white cake recipe in Bon Appetit years ago and it is light, fluffy, tender, moist and fabulous in flavor.
For my family this is the BEST. STRAWBERRY. WHITE. CAKE. EVER!
This is not a cake to indulge in if you’re worried about your waistline . . . it’s buttery and sugary!
‘Nuff said!
This recipe is perfect for those special occasions when you want to serve something outstanding for dessert or simply enjoy with a friend with a cup of coffee or tea any time of the day!
Between each of the three layers, sliced fresh strawberries peak out of thick layers of the meringue buttercream, giving the cake more visual appeal! We eat with our eyes first after all, don’t we?
Why spend loads of money on expensive cakes when you can bake one right in your own kitchen. It doesn’t get any fresher than that?
I love to use strawberries whenever they first appear in the farmers’ markets every spring. I don’t need strawberry patches on our acreage when I know that I can find superior strawberries locally. Plus I feel good knowing that I’m supporting the local producers and not paying for the gas to truck in less-fresh berries from other parts of the country.
Not fresh enough either!
These strawberries are so fresh, the aroma just fills my car with their sweet scent as I drive them home!
Raspberries are my other favorite fruit and would be absolutely lovely with this perfect white cake too.
This cake may well become your next favorite for those special celebrations in life. Tucked in between the layers of fluffy white cake are huge chunks of strawberries and more Italian Meringue Buttercream. Heavenly!Strawberry Layer Cake with Italian Meringue Buttercream
Ingredients
For the Cake
For The Italian Meringue Buttercream
Instructions
For The Cake
For The Italian Meringue Buttercream
Notes
The simple fresh sliced strawberries are perfect . . . no extra sugar added so this cake is not over-sweet . . . just right!
The incredible Italian Meringue Buttercream frosting is from The Cake Boss! That obviously guarantees a winner if he makes this frosting. Buddy Valastro is right! This buttercream tastes wonderful and is very versatile for decorating cakes. This Italian meringue buttercream is made with egg whites only so it has a pretty shines. It has very few bubbles and lumps and holds its shape wonderfully . . . and that’s a good thing if you’re like me and like to make lots of swirly-do’s in your frosting.
One of these days I’m really going to learn how to pipe and decorate cakes correctly, because this buttercream is truly perfect for keeping the shapes you design.
This cake is so pretty when presented outside and enjoyed “al fresco”. Today was a perfect afternoon in May with a gentle breeze flowing over our porch. It’s a beautiful spring green outside this time of year and the contrast of the red and white of the cake against the green trees is beautiful.
Just add some pretty napkins and plates and you’re set to serve this spectacular spring cake!
I hope that you enjoy this special spring cake! How do you enjoy fresh strawberries?
Do you have a special recipe that you’d like me to share with others here? Just let me know!
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I hope that you enjoy this incredible Italian cake!
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This is a to die for cake, Roz! And, I’m all for it regardless of the calories! My hubby doesn’t care for meringue but I’m sure he’d go for this Italian version. Your cake is beautifully decorated! My MIL baked cakes for every occasion for friends and family, and I watched her many times, but never got the hang of it like she did. Your cake has to be delicious, it’s so pretty, and your photos are the best! Take care
Thank you so much Pam…..your kind comments mean so much to me!
Roz
This is an outstanding cake and perfect for Mother’s Day brunch!
Thank you Angie! We love strawberry cakes and desserts! Always so pretty to look at too!
Roz
Oh My Goodness, what a beautiful cake! The butter cream meringue looks so light and fluffy, more like whipped cream than frosting. I can only imagine how wonderful it tastes!
Thank you Jan….it’s so much fun to bake! To me, it’s like therapy because I have so little time to bake. So when i do, it almost feels like being on vacation!
Roz
Roz, this cake looks so delicious! Your photos set such a beautiful scene too. Gorgeous! I’d love to sit on the porch and eat this cake. Pinning.
Andrea, and I’d love to have you over to sit out on the porch or deck to enjoy cake and coffee or tea!
Thanks for stopping by,
Roz
Roz,
This cake looks amazing. I would love to have some.
Annamaria
Annamaria,
I would also love to share some of this cake (or anything) with you!
Roz
What an impressive dessert! So beautiful and I can imagine how delicious it is.
Thanks Susan! It was a yummy cake, that my husband ate 3/4ths of! I would gain so much more weight if I ate these cakes that I bake for him!
Be good,
Roz
I saw your tantalizing photos of this cake on your Instagram, and I was cursing you. White cake is my favorite cake of all time. I’m searching for the ultimate white cake, so this one gets a shot from me. Italian meringue also my fave frosting….it’s so billowy and creamy. I could eat the whole bowl. Well, maybe half. You said you don’t like sweets. Really? Soooooooooo, you didn’t eat a slice of this? I think you did! I would have. A HUGE slice. Beautiful cake, my friend.
You’re too funny Debby! Oh yes, I had a few bites, but because I have no will power for savory carbs, I have to say no to sweet carbs or I’d be twice the size of a whale!
Hope you’re doing well!
Roz
I’m sure… I found my favorite cake… 🙂
Oh Ilaria, you are so kind and sweet! I hope that you are doing well this summer!
Roz
If I could reach through the screen and grab a slice of this, I would. Those photos are making me drool. I’m pinning this and will get to it at some point — about five pounds less from now.
You’re too funny Linda! If I waited to bake a cake when I was five pounds less, then nothing would ever get baked around here. Those pounds are so stubborn on this old body!
Roz
I saw this cake when you posted it on Instagram and loved it immediately. It is such a beautiful cake! I am all about sugar and butter, especially if it looks like this! 🙂 I have never made an Italian Merange Buttercream. Is it very difficult? I tend to shy away from recipes that call for a thermometer, but I want to get over that. Thank you so much for sharing your gorgeous recipe, Roz!
Hi Shari, I don’t think making an Italian Meringue Buttercream is hard, but that’s just an opinion. Like anything in baking, I think it’s just about patience and precision. Maybe that’s another reason why I don’t bake as much as I’d like . . . sometimes its just easier for me to just throw something together quickly!
Hugs,
Roz
you had me at strawberry! pinned this yumminess. xo
Thank you so much Katie! When I have time, I just love baking ‘statement’ cakes.
xo
Roz