Mini Vanilla Bean Strawberry Layer Cakes

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a jelly-roll pan with butter. (or spray.) Set aside.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.
2. 2
   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.
3. 3
   Pour batter into the prepared pan evenly, smoothing with the back of a spoon.
4. 4
   Bake for 25-30 minutes in the preheated oven or until golden.
5. 5
   Let cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.Whip butter on high speed until fluffy.
6. 6
   Add the powdered sugar and continue to beat until smooth.
7. 7
   Add the vanilla and milk, and beat until creamy and good spreading consistency. Use a round cookie or biscuit cutter to stamp out rounds of the cooled cake.
8. 8
   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.