Looking to make strawberry frosting and I’m trying to decide between 3 flavors:
Vanilla
Lemon
Chocolate (but I don’t have buttermilk here and would really prefer to only make chocolate cake with it)
Not interested in making a strawberry cake.
Thanks!
by Mtnclimber09
27 Comments
Lemon might be your best shot or possibly vanilla. Lemon will def give it a nice tart taste that I personally think will compliment the sweetness of your icing but vanilla is always a classic… tough choice
Basil! Idk the best way to do basil cake but berries and basil is incredible. Berries basil and lemon is even better!
Ive had luck with a basil lemon curd by just muddling a fuckoad of basil in the sugar before making the lemon curd. Maybe try lemon cake, probably with just a fair bit of zest since you prob don’t want it sour, strawberry buttercream, and maybe basil lemon curd between the layers? Could even put chopped strawberries mixed into the curd too
Lemon cake would give you Strawberry lemonade vibes, especially paired with a lemon curd or strawberry jam. However, be careful not the make everything too tart.
Vanilla Cake with strawberry frosting, however, would better allow the strawberry frosting to shine through because the vanilla is more neutral. The cake would really be there more for texture while the frosting would be for taste.
Strawberry frosting with chocolate cake would taste like a chocolate dipped strawberry, especially paired with strawberry jam and decorated with chocolate dipped strawberries.
It all really depends on what your going for both taste and texture wise. I would choose the vanilla + strawberry combo.
Vanilla cake, lemon curd filling, strawberry icing. Someone else said basil and I can confirm lemon basil strawberry is delicious but not for everyone
Champagne cake or pistachio cake go well with strawberry buttercream
I just did a lovely strawberry cake for my kid’s birthday cake and used lemon cream cheese frosting–big hit! I bet it would work the other way 🙂
Definitely lemon. Lemon and strawberry is faktastic together.
Matcha! Not everyone likes it but if you do, strawberry is a great match for it.
Lemon cake, funfetti cake, chocolate cake, white cake, strawberry cake
Yellow or white.
I might be a weirdo but matcha
I would do a compote for the filling, use freeze dried in my frosting to make the strawberry pop
https://teakandthyme.com/matcha-strawberry-cake/
*not my recipe but just an example
Chocolate! I did chocolate with strawberry a couple of weeks ago and it was such a great choice. It reminded me of a chocolate covered strawberry 😍
Devils or Angel’s Foods
Lemon or vanilla – I am going to throw a wildcard in here and suggest apricot cake too
I have great success with rich chocolate cake and strawberry buttercream frosting. Also making short cake and stacking it with the filling and on top.
Lavender with berry might actually turn out very well, or a banana cake.
Chocolate… it’ll give you a reverse chocolate coated strawberry
Ho my good 🥹
Vanilla with a bit of Lavender if you have access to Lavender or Lavender syrup ! I’ve tried it , tastes very fancy .
Earl grey and strawberry are phenomenal together
I’ve done a strawberry lemon and it went over great. Lemon pairs so well with everything honestly. I’ve done a lemon, lavender, and earl grey cake too.
My Birthday coming that cake would make my day!!
Cake?
My birthday cake was this super soft, super fluffy vanilla lemon cake filled with a vanilla custard and frosted with a strawberry frosting (with bits of strawberry inside). I grated plenty of lemon zest in the vanilla cake, and there was this slight lemon flavour all over. I think that’s one of the best flavour combinations if you want to keep it light 🙂
Also, it was all vegan and one of the first times I made vegan custard! (crema pasticcera in italian) It was so delicious. Ofc with eggs and butter it would taste even better hahah
edit: oh! between each custard layer, i also put a layer of fresh strawberries (cut into somewhat thin slices)! so it was basically layer of vanilla cake with lemon zest, custard filling, fresh strawberries, layer of vanilla cake with lemon zest, strawberry frosting, and then i topped it all with little whipped cream decorations and a few strawberries 🙂
edit: i also wet each cake layer with a generous amount of vanilla sugar water! i made my own, and it was really light and not sweet, just very vanilla-ish. it was to keep the cake soft and moist (we always wet the cake in italy hahah) and it was actually three layers!
Banana cake, think pb and j vibes
The better question is what flavors don’t go with it
You can make a buttermilk substitute by adding lemon juice to normal milk