To make a cat theme strawberry cake vanilla flavor turned out to be the ideal foundation for a strawberry cake. I omitted some of the wet ingredients to make room for the 1/2 cup of reduced strawberries, but otherwise, I followed the recipe exactly as written. The cake is fluffy, soft, springy, and light. The cake batter will take on a beautiful pastel pink hue from the decreased strawberry puree; if desired, you can intensify that color with a tiny drop of pink or red food coloring. Naturally, not required. I used one drop of gel food coloring in pink. The cake batter should be silky and somewhat thick. For those who love cats, this cake might be perfect. The cake has been decorated with buttercream flowers in various hues.