Ingredients
2 ¼ cups cake flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
¾ cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla bean paste
3 eggs
¾ cup whole milk, room temperature
Frosting (if using 8-inch layers, increase everything by 1/2):
1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
2 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar - the finest you can find (usually 10x)
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
Pink gel food coloring
Milk or heavy cream (optional)
Strawberry Cream Pocky (15 six-quantity packets for 6-inch, 17 eighteen-quantity packets for 9-inch)
Preparation