Strawberry vanilla chantilly cake
Ingredients
Cake
3 and 2/3 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1.5 cup softened butter
2 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons honey
3 large eggs + 2 egg whites, room temp
1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1.5 cup buttermilk, room temp
Chantilly cream
1.5 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup mascarpone
For assembly
Strawberry jam
Fresh strawberries
Fresh thyme for garnish
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F
Combine dry ingredients
Cream together butter and sugar then add in eggs and vanilla
With mixer on low, add dry ingredients & mix until just combined
Pour in buttermilk and mix by hand, making sure there are no lumps
Divide batter into (3) 8-in cake pans lined with parchment paper
Bake for 25-30 minutes. Insert a toothpick into the cake, and if it comes out cream, the cake is ready.
Let the cake layers cool completely so that it doesn’t melt the cream
To make the cream, whisk all the ingredients together until stiff peaks form
To assemble the cake, layer cake, then 1/3 of the cream, then jam. Continue in this order until complete.