I'm decorating a two layer butter cake and I was thinking of adding a layer of sliced fresh strawberries in between the two layers together with some strawberry flavored Bavarian cream. I will be serving the cake in two days. Will the strawberries give out too much liquid and make the cake soggy?
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Best Answer
Generally, no they should be fine. You'd have more of an issue with frozen than fresh. It would take fresh strawberries a long time to release enough moisture to cause any significant amount of sogginess.
The issue you're more likely to run into depending on the size of your strawberries, the density of your Bavarian cream, levelness of your cake, and the weight of your top layer is that they can act like rollers and friction between the two layers will be low. If the cake is tilted wrong, the top layer will just slide right off. I've definitely had it happen - ruined a cake for a charity event :(. Make sure the strawberries are cut into bits - not halves or slices and preferably fold them into the cream to prevent this from happening. All the flavors will still be there, but your cake will be safer.