Japanese Strawberry Shortcake...Happy B'day To Me :)

My sis wanted to buy cake for my bday yesterday but I told her that I planned to bake one for myself
She scratched her head and said, you're the bday girl and you're the one who's going to bake your own bday cake? :)

This is one of my favorite cake, but this was my first attempt...it's also one of Abby's fave :)
Satisfied with the result, soft, light and fluffy sponge cake layered and covered with whipping cream with cut strawberries in between layers, yum!
Abby has to have two slices everytime, in fact as I'm writing this, she is now eating the last slice :)
I'm so happy I can bake another fave cake of hers, as usually I'd run to Four Leaves everytime her cravings for this cake kicked in hihi...

Before you view the pics below, please pardon the quality of the frosting, you know me...my weakness in cake deco hehe...

Recipe is from Dailydelicious, I don't have 7" round cake pan, so I used 8" and sliced the cake into two instead of three

What you need:

For the cake:

3 eggs

90g sugar

90g cake flour (sifted)

20g unsalted butter (melted)

20ml milk

For the syrup:

80g sugar

100ml water

2 tsp kirsch gel (or you may change to other liqueur or 1 tsp vanilla extract)

===> Bring to boil over low heat in small pot sugar and water, let cool, add in liqueur

For the whipped cream:

400ml whipped cream

40g icing sugar

===> Beat til forms medium stiff peak

Preheat oven to 180degC

Line pan with baking paper

Beat eggs in high speed til lighter in color, gradually add sugar into the eggs and beat til ribbon stage

Take 3/4 cup of the mixture, mix with melted butter

Add in sifted flour into the remaining of the eggs mixture, fold in gently til well combined

Pour the 3/4 cup of the eggs+butter mixture into the remaining eggs+flour mixture, fold gently and follow with milk, fold in gently til well combined

Pour mixture into pan, bake for 25minutes approx

Let cool, once cooled cut into layers (either two or three as you like), brush each top with kirsch mixture

Place one layer of the cake, place cut strawberries on top of the cake, pour whipped cream over strawberries, put another layer of cake over the cream, and frost the top and sides of the cake with the remaining cream

Decorate with whole strawberries

Refrigerate

Homemade cake on birthday - what can be better? :)