Mini Vanilla Bean Strawberry Layer Cakes

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a jelly-roll pan with butter. (or spray.) Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and beat on high speed for about 3 minutes, until fluffy and pale. Stir in the vanilla.
3. Combine flour, baking powder and salt, and add to the butter mixture in three batches, alternating with the milk, starting and ended with the flour mixture. Don't over-beat the batter.
4. Pour batter into the prepared pan evenly, smoothing with the back of a spoon.
5. Bake for 25-30 minutes in the preheated oven or until golden. Let cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.

For Frosting:

1. Whip butter on high speed until fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and continue to beat until smooth. Add the vanilla and milk, and beat until creamy and good spreading consistency.

To assemble:

1. Use a round cookie or biscuit cutter to stamp out rounds of the cooled cake. Spread each layer with frosting, add sliced strawberries and then add another layer and repeat. After adding a thin layer of frosting to the whole cake, chill in the freezer before adding an thicker layer of frosting.