Strawberry Cake

Anyone know where to buy vanilla bean paste? This recipe called for it and I looked everywhere but nobody knew what I was talking about. It turned out to be an okay cake even without it, but was a little bit too dense and the frosting was too sweet for my taste.

Super Strawberry Cake

Cake

3 cups cake flour

1.5tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2c sugar

1c butter, softened

3 large eggs

1 tbsp vanilla bean paste (I used vanilla extract)

1/4 tsp almond extract

1c buttermilk

1/2c sliced strawberries

Preheat oven to 350. Sift together cake flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, beat together sugar and butter until creamy and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then beat in vanilla and almond extracts. Add flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk. Fold sliced strawberries into batter. Divide batter between 2 8-inch round cake pans. Bake for about 35 minutes.

Frosting

1/2c butter, softened

1tbsp vanilla extract

1/8 tsp salt

4c powdered sugar

3-5 tbsp milk

1/2c sliced strawberries

Beat butter, vanilla extract, and salt until creamy. Add powdered sugar in 3 parts, alternating with 3 tbsp milk, one tbsp at a time. Fold in strawberries. If frosting is too stiff, beat in remaining milk.