You probably saw some anime where the character passes by a beautiful pastry shop and chooses a white cake full of strawberries. This is one of the most appreciated cakes by the Japanese and has an extremely light and refreshing flavor.
This cake should be served cold and pairs well with both cold and hot beverages, especially black tea. Although the most sold is the strawberry one, you can add other fruits, such as apple, melon, mango, or even persimmon (many Japanese recipe books recommend persimmon for winter).
This cake, being a refrigerator cake, has a shelf life of 3 days, as the fruit may start to deteriorate after that time. This cake is made in 3 stages; just wait for the batters and syrups to cool before assembling the cake, so it doesn’t risk spoiling quickly.
The cake can also be made with other ingredients like powdered milk. In fact, this cake is so common around the world that there are thousands of versions of this recipe with strawberry cake both inside and out.

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Strawberry Cake Recipe
Makes a 20 cm cake with 10 cm height
Batter (sponge cake);
- Preheat the oven to 180°C
- Grease a 20 cm pan with butter and place parchment paper at the bottom;
Ingredients
- 120g of sifted wheat flour
- 40g of melted butter/or margarine
- 4 large eggs or 5 small (separated yolks and whites)
- 120g of refined sugar
- 2 tablespoons of milk
How to make
In a mixer, place the egg whites and beat them until they start to foam. When this happens, gradually add the sugar. The egg whites will form a meringue.
Then, with the mixer still running, add the yolks one by one. Then the butter and milk. Stop mixing.
With a spoon, gently add the flour. Pour into the pan and bake for 15 to 20 minutes (check if it is lightly golden and baked in the middle using a fork) Make 2 cake layers and set aside.

For the syrup
- 1 cup of water;
- 1/2 cup of sugar;
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence/or liqueur/or brandy;
How to make
In a small saucepan, mix the sugar and water. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat. Add the essence or liqueur. Let cool before using.
For the filling and topping
2 boxes of chilled whipped cream (whip according to package)
500g of chopped strawberries
Assembling the cake
- Cut the cake layers in half;
- Using a spoon, spread the syrup over all cake layers;
- Place whipped cream and chopped strawberries. Repeat until the layers are finished;
- Finally, cover with whipped cream and decorate with strawberries to taste;
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