Beautiful fresh Strawberries are the essence of this French Strawberry Cake. This simple cake recipe produces a very light and refreshing cake. Accompanied by homemade strawberry whipped cream, a slice of this cake is sure to brighten anyone’s day. Perfect for a brunch dessert, a snack cake or just about anytime.
*your strawberries don’t have to be French*
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Ingredients
- Strawberries (fresh) -1 quart more or less (1 liter)
- Butter (unsalted, room temp) – 1/2 C (112g)
- Sugar – 1 Cup (200g)
- Eggs – 2 large
- vanilla – 1 tsp (add in after the eggs, missed it in the video)
- AP flour – 1 Cup (120g)
- Baking Powder – 1 tsp
- salt – just a pinch
- Sugar – 1 Tbl (for sprinkling on top)
Steps –
- Pre-heat over 350
- Cream Butter and Sugar (well creamed)
- Add the eggs 1 at a time
- Add the vanilla
- Sift the dry ingredients into the batter – DO NOT overmix, finish with a spatula
- Pour into prepared pan – place strawberries on top then sprinkle with sugar
- Bake for 45 – 50 minutes, top will be golden
- Let cool in pan for about 10 minutes, run spatula around edge of pan, turn out onto a cooling rack, topside up
- Let cool completely, place on serving platter
Strawberry Whipped Cream
- melt a couple tablespoons of strawberry preserves and a splash of water on the stovetop or microwave
- Let it cool
- whip just enough whipped cream until it’s soft and fluffy (think cloud)
- – whip in the cooled preserves