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orange strawberry cake

Champagne Infused Orange Strawberry Cake

An orange flavored vanilla cake with strawberry whipped frosting and infused with champagne
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Mixing Bowls
  • Edged Cookies/Brownie Pan
  • whisk
  • Rubber Spatula

Ingredients
  

Orange Vanilla Cake

  • 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp orange extract
  • 1/4 cup champagne
  • 1/2 orange squeezed

Strawberry Frosting

  • 1 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tsp strawberry extract
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • red dye

Garnish

  • 5 Strawberries (optional garnish)
  • Yellow and Pink Sprinkles (optional garnish)
  • Extra Champagne

Instructions
 

Orange Vanilla Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • In a large bowl mix flour, baking powder, bakingsoda, and salt
  • In a medium bowl combine butter, sugar and salt then mix together
  • Mix in buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla and orange extracts until combined
  • Add in dry ingredients then blend until combined, but don't overmix
  • Squeeze in the orange juice and pour in the champagne and fold into the batter.
  • Pour batter into the baking prayed pan and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when stuck into the cake.
  • Let cake cool for 15 minutes

Strawberry Frosting

  • Pour the heavy whipping cream into a mixing bowl along with the strawberry extract and a few drops of red dye
  • Using whisk attachment, mix until the dye creates a pink cream
  • Add in the powdered sugar and beat until peaks are formed

Assembly and Garnish

  • Before starting to assemble the cakes, cut the 5 strawberries into slices
  • Use a circular cookie cutter to cut out circles from the cake pan.
  • Assemble the cakes with 3 cake layers into a mini tiered cake
  • On the first layer, use a spoon to pour champagne onto the cake and let it soak in.
  • Pipe a layer of strawberry frosting after the champagne
  • Repeat these two steps until the top layer.
  • After piping the frosting on the top of the cake, garnish with the sprinkles first and strawberry slices.
  • Voila! Enjoy :)
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