Wheatfields Strawberry Wedding Cake Recipe

Steps

• Blend the strawberries: You can blend the strawberries using an emersion blender. It will give better texture for reduction.
• Heat the liquids: Turn on the stove and keep the heat at medium-high. Start heating the strawberry blend.
• Add some sugar: Add some sugar into the blend to preserve the taste.
• Add some lemons: Add some zest and juice of a lemon to the blend.
• Add a pinch of salt: Now, add a pinch of salt and frequently stir while ensuring the mixture is not burning.
• Reduce the heat: When you see the bubbles, reduce the stove heat to medium-low and slowly reduce. It will reduce the mixture by half quantity. The whole process will take around 20 minutes.
• Ready the thick strawberry reduction: Occasional stirring and proper heat will turn the mixture into two cups of strawberry reduction. It will look like you prepared some tomato sauces. Then, let them cool while keeping them in another container. You need to keep all the ingredients at room temperature, not cold.
• Take out the strawberry reduction: Bring it out from the refrigerator at least 60 minutes before you follow these steps. It will allow the reduction to match the room temperature. Set the preheat to 350°F and grease the three pans with a cake coop. 
• Whisk the ingredients (liquid-type): Take a separate medium bowl, and whisk several items like milk, strawberry reduction, extracts (vanilla & lemon), lemon zest and juice, and some edible pink food color.
• Whisk the powders: Take another separate bowl and use the hand mixer to mix flour, baking soda and powder, and salt.
• Whisk the butter: Take the butter and whisk it for 30 seconds at a medium speed till you get it smooth and shiny.
• Sprinkle the sugar: Sprinkle the sugar in the butter till you get a fluffy, whitish mixture within 3-5 minutes.
• Add the egg whites: Take the egg whites and add them into the butter mix (one at a time) with 15 seconds gap per egg white. Thus, you get a cohesive mixture.
• Add the dry ingredients: You should mix the butter and dry ingredients at low speed just after adding the 1/3^rd milk mixture. Do the same process twice more. Stop mixing once you see butter is blended well. Then, scrape all the bowl sides using a spatula.
• Divide the butter: Divide the blended butter in all the pans and even the surface with the spatula.
• Bake the cakes: Take the cakes and bake them at 350°F in the oven. They will feel smooth and firm in their center within 30-35 minutes. Bring the cakes out and place the pans on the wire rack top. Let it cool for 8-10 minutes. Then, wrap all the cakes with plastic wrap and place them in the refrigerator.
• Place the first layer: Without decoration, you may consider it as regular strawberry cake. But once you decorate it properly, it will turn out as an attractive Wheatfields strawberry wedding cake. Take the cake plate and place the first layer of cake. Using a sharp knife, you can trim the top and bottom surfaces to keep them flat.
• Add the reduction: It’s time to add the cooled strawberry reduction on the top surface. It will add moisture and strawberry flavor to the cake.
• Add the buttercream: Add a layer of strawberry buttercream on the strawberry reduction. Take the spatula and make it smooth and flat.
• Decorate with fresh strawberries: Now, you can frost cake’s outside with the leftover buttercream and decorate with half-cut strawberries.