Strawberry Cake – really easy cake recipe
Ingredients
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500 g strawberries
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WET:
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1 cup Sugar
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1/2 cup oil
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2 eggs
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1 tbsp grated lemon rind
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1/4 cup lemon juice
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1 cup plain unsweetened yogurt
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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DRY:
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2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
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4 tsp baking powder
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Pinch of salt
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SERVING:
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Canned whipped cream
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Extra strawberries
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Icing sugar
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Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F (180°C fan).
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Grease and line a 23 cm / 9" cake pan with baking paper/parchment paper. (Any type of cake pan is fine)
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STRAWBERRIES: For inside of cake: Dice some strawberries into ~1.5cm / 1" pieces to make 1 cup (about 1/3 of the strawberries) Topping: Cut the remaining strawberries in half.
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Place Wet ingredients in a bowl and whisk well for 1 minute.
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Add Dry ingredients then whisk well until lump free.
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Pour half into cake pan, smooth surface. Scatter over diced strawberries.
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Top with remaining batter. Smooth surface, then top with halved strawberries, cut face down.
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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.
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Stand 15 minutes in the cake pan before turning out onto cooling rack.
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Cool 15 minutes+ before serving warm or at room temp. Dust with icing sugar, and serve with cream or if serving warm, ice cream!
Please be mindful of any allergies you and/or your family may have before you try out this recipe.