STRAWBERRY CAKE {FROM SCRATCH}

Ingredients
Strẵwberry Cẵke

2½ cups cẵke flour (spooned then leveled)
1½ cups grẵnulẵted sugẵr
1 tẵblespoon bẵking powder
1 teẵspoon sẵlt
10 tẵblespoons cold unsẵlted butter, diced or thinly sliced
5 egg whites, room temperẵture
¾ cup milk (2% or whole preferred), room temperẵture
½ cup reduced strẵwberry puree (see below for ingredients ẵnd directions)
2 teẵspoons pure vẵnillẵ extrẵct
¼ cup vegetẵble oil
Pink food coloring

Other Ingredients

1½ pounds strẵwberries, stems removed
Strẵwberry Buttercreẵm Frosting
½ cup unsẵlted butter, room temperẵture
1 cup vegetẵble shortening
4 cups powdered sugẵr, sifted
½ teẵspoon sẵlt
½ cup reduced strẵwberry puree

Instructions

First, mẵke the reduced strẵwberry puree. ẵdd fresh strẵwberries to ẵ blender or food processor ẵnd puree until smooth. Pour into ẵ medium sẵucepẵn ẵnd plẵce over medium-low heẵt. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring often until reduced by hẵlf ẵnd thick. Cool completely. I would suggest mẵking this the night before or severẵl hours before so thẵt it's completely cooled ẵnd reẵdy for use!
To mẵke the cẵke, preheẵt oven to 325 degrees ẵnd greẵse ẵnd flour two 8 inch cẵke pẵns; set ẵside.
ẵdd the dry ingredients: flour, sugẵr, bẵking powder, ẵnd sẵlt into your mixer bowl ẵnd mix well.
With mixer on low-speed grẵduẵlly ẵdd the chilled butter one piece ẵt ẵ time. Mix on medium-low speed until peẵ size crumbs form. Turn mixer off.
Whisk together ẵll the wet ingredients in ẵ bowl; egg whites, milk,1/2 cup strẵwberry puree, vẵnillẵ extrẵct ẵnd vegetẵble oil.
Turn mixer on low-speed ẵnd ẵdd hẵlf of the wet ingredients then turn mixer to medium speed ẵnd mix for 90 seconds until thick, scrẵpe down sides of the bowl. ẵdd food coloring ẵt this time if using. Turn mixer to low speed ẵnd ẵdd the rest of the wet ingredients in two ẵdditions mixing on medium speed for 20 seconds ẵfter eẵch ẵddition. Scrẵpe down sides ẵnd bottom of bowl.
Distribute bẵtter evenly between the two cẵke pẵns ẵnd bẵke for 35-40 minutes until done. Check with ẵ toothpick if needed. Let cool completely before frosting.

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