Learn how to make Mini Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Filling perfect for Valentine's Day! These cute homemade desserts are made with vanilla cake, strawberry filling, and a fluffy vanilla buttercream.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 2cakes
Author Two Market Girls
Ingredients
Vanilla Cake
214g(1¾ cups) all-purpose flour
200g(1 cup) sugar
4g(1 tsp) baking soda
2g(1/2 tsp) salt
5mL(1 tsp) white vinegar
75mL(5 tbsp) canola or vegetable oil
7½mL(1.5 tsp) vanilla extract
240mL(1 cup) water
Vegan Vanilla Buttercream
113g(½ cup) vegan butter
2½mL(1/2 tsp) vanilla extract
185g(1½ cups) icing sugar
Filling
320g(1 cup) seedless strawberry jam
Garnish
fresh strawberries(for garnish)
Instructions
Bake Cakes:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line baking sheet with parchment and grease
To a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
Add the vinegar, oil, vanilla, and water to the dry ingredients and mix until all combined and no lumps remain.
Pour into baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
Cool for 10 minutes before transferring to wire rack. Allow cake to fully cool before cutting out the rounds or frosting.*
Make Icing:
While the cake cools, prepare the icing. To a large bowl add vegan butter and using an electric beater or stand mixer, beat until fluffy. Add in the icing sugar ½ cup at a time and beat on low speed. Once all sugar is combined, add the vanilla and beat until combined.
Construct Cakes:
Using a round 3½" cookie cutter cut out 6 cake rounds – these will be the cake layers. On four of the rounds, add a layer of strawberry jam using a spoon or piping bag. On top of the jam, add a layer of the icing using a piping bag.
For the remaining two rounds, start at the outer edge of the cake and pipe icing along the edge, working your way to the centre. Depending on the piping tip you’re using, this will create a swirl pattern for your top layers.
Stack the icing and jam layers so that you have two cake, with two layers each. Add the icing only layer on top of each of the stacks to complete your two cakes.
To garnish the top, you can warm up a bit of the jam so that it’s runny and drizzle some over the top. Finish with a fresh strawberry on top.