Easy Strawberry Cake Recipe
This Easy Strawberry Cake Recipe really is that, you don’t need a mixer, just a bowl and a wooden spoon, you don’t even have to do any creaming or beating, it uses NO food colouring, No added flavourings, just the 500g of fresh Strawberries, how easy is that?
Easy Strawberry Cake Recipe
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Ingredients
- 500 g strawberries hulled (ie tops removed)
- WET: INGREDIENTS
- 200 g sugar caster/superfine best but granulated ok too
- 125 ml vegetable oil NOT Olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ tbsp grated lemon rind
- 65 ml lemon juice 1 large lemon
- 250 g sweetened plain yoghurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- DRY:INGREDIENTS
- 335 g plain flour
- 4 tsp baking powder NOT baking soda
- Pinch of salt
DISCLAIMER
I recommend using the Metric measurements (instead of cups & spoons) for more accuracy and better results.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F (180°C fan).
- Grease and line a 23 cm / 9" cake with baking paper/parchment paper.
- STRAWBERRIES:
- For inside of cake: Dice some strawberries into 1.5cm pieces (about 1/3 of the strawberries)
- For the topping: Cut the remaining strawberries in half.
- FOR THE CAKE:
- Place the Wet ingredients in a bowl and whisk well for about 1 minute.
- Then add the Dry ingredientsand whisk well until lump free.
- Pour half the batter into a cake tin, smooth the surface and scatter over diced strawberries.
- Top with the remaining batter. Smooth surface and then top with halved strawberries, placing them cut side down.
- Bake 50 minutes or until skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. If you need to cook longer, cover with foil if it starts getting too golden.
- Allow to stand 15 minutes in the cake tin before turning out onto cooling rack.
- Cool a further 15 minutes or so before serving warm or at room temp. Dust with icing sugar, and serve with cream or if serving warm, ice cream!
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Category: Baking, British, Cakes, Pastries & Biscuits, Cuisine, Recipes, Teatime Treats, Snacks, Party Food
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Looks lovely must make
Thank You Anonymous
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