Comments on: Strawberry Lemonade Cake

By: Lisa Keys

Lisa Keys — Sun, 24 May 2020 20:02:36 +0000

I’d like to share some notes on my experience making this cake. First, my layers were fully baked by 26 minutes, so check on your cakes before the 28 minute mark. I could tell by the smell from the oven that they were on their way to being over-baked had I waited. The flavor of the cake itself is lovely and the texture is fine but more dense than light and fluffy. The directions for the reduction caused some confusion. When I sieved out the seeds I really ended up with a cup of strawberry pulp which I re-purposed into a trifle. There was quite a bit of strawberry puree in the skillet and it took close to an hour to reduce it down to a full cup not 1/4 cup of strawberry reduction. The cup of reduction was as thick as jam and any further heating would have scorched it, I think. The frosting turned out well and the tip on removing excess moisture from the sliced strawberries appreciated.

By: ana

ana — Tue, 12 May 2020 19:21:45 +0000

This is a beautiful cake. I plan on making it soon. Can the recipe be published with metric/weight measurements?

By: Deirdre J Kelly

Deirdre J Kelly — Fri, 08 May 2020 17:18:46 +0000

Hello!! I only have 4 sticks of unsalted butter, so if I save that for the icing, can I use salted butter for the cake and omit the salt?? Thanks!!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:34:41 +0000

Making this later today.for a birthday tomorrow. I love all the components but don’t want pink frosting. Would it work if I made buttercream without the strawberry reduction but put the reduction as it is, in the middle of the cake?

By: Rebel Chicken

Rebel Chicken — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:47:50 +0000

Loved this cake! It’s a bit more involved than I usually make, but it’s worth it.
I made an extra half recipe of icing so I could use a texture comb and pipe some succulents for the top. I also did one tsp vanilla and 1 tsp lemon extract in the frosting to get more lemon flavor.

By: Hartley fairweather

Hartley fairweather — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 23:40:17 +0000

Hi I’m using this lemon cake recipe and adapting it with my own icing and filling to make my own version of strawberry lemonade cake. My question is do I need to use organic lemon zest? We have a lemon tree which would be organic but from experience the lemons don’t have a lot of flavour compared to non organic supermarket ones

By: Lilly Mads

Lilly Mads — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:57:07 +0000

Hi, I’d like to make this as a birthday cake, but the child’s mom wants a fairly large decoration on top, so the cake needs to be a 9×13. Is that possible with this recipe? Thanks for your help.