Birthday Cake

JACOB’S BIRTHDAY CAKE
(BUTTER CAKE LAYERED WITH STRAWBERRY PRESERVES & A WHITE CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING)

So instead of going to the store and buying a cake Jacob asked me to make him his birthday cake, he was turning 13 so he didn’t really want a little kids cake. But he had some stipulations: no milk chocolate, no peanut butter and no coconut … so this is what I came up with and it worked … he was happy and it tasted good … which was my main goal.

Recipe:
Ingredients: Cake
2 sticks of butter, softened
2 cups of sugar
3 cups of cake flour, has to be cake flour all purpose flour will not turn out
3 tsp. of baking powder
½ tsp. salt
4 eggs
1 cup of milk
1 tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. almond extract
1 jar of strawberry preserves

Ingredients: Frosting
2/3 cups of White Chocolate Chips
2T butter, softened
1 pack of cream cheese, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
Pinch of salt
2 cups of powdered sugar

Baking Instructions: Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Spray 2 9in. round cake pans
In a mixing bowl cream butter until smooth … slowly add sugar while still mixing … it should be creamed and light … add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one … sift flour, baking powder, salt in another bowl … to the wet mixture add the almond and vanilla…mix… add the flour mixture and the milk alternating between the two and mixing well after each one … mix batter until nice and smooth … pour into cake pans and bake for about 25 minutes …. Let cool a few minutes then remove from pan and let cool completely before frosting.

Mixing Instructions: Frosting
In a microwave safe bowl... combine your white chocolate and butter … put in microwave and melt stirring occasionally … you want it to be smooth, no lumps
Mix cream cheese, salt, vanilla and chocolate in a bowl until nice and smooth
Add powdered sugar ½ cup at a time until nice and smooth and creamy

Putting it together:
Once your cake has cooled, flip them over so they are bottom to bottom; spread one half with the jar of strawberry preserves, top with the other half of cake …. Frost the entire cake starting in the center of the top and working your way down the sides … sprinkle the top with remaining chips from the bag … let set for a good hour before cutting into it.