Strawberry Cream Cheese Torte

By awright0511

Ingredients

• Filling and Frosting:
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Cream Cheese Filling and Frosting, recipe follows
• 1 pint cleaned, fresh strawberries
• 2 8oz pkgs cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 pint whipping cream

Preparation

Step 1

Heat milk to boiling in small saucepan. Add butter. Set aside.

In large bowl, blend sugar, vanilla and eggs. Beat at high speed for 3 minutes until thick and lemon colored.

Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat 1 minute at low speed. Add milk-butter mix. Beat 1 minute more at low speed.

Pour into well buttered and floured 10 inch springform pan. Bake 350 for 55 to 65 minutes or until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool thoroughly. Remove from pan.

Split cooled cake into 3 layers. Fill between layers with about 3/4 cup filling, placing strawberries on top of filling before stacking cake.

Frost stacked cake with Cream Cheese filling. Press about 1/2 cup through pastry bag to decorate top. Garnish with more berries. Chill until ready to serve.

Filling:
Whip 2 pkgs of cream cheese, room temperature until smooth. Beat in about 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1 pint whipping cream until mixture is very light and fluffy. Chill before using.