Strawberry Cake (really easy cake recipe)
Total Time
1 hour and 5 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
50 minutes
Rating
4.8 out of 5 stars
(110)
Ingredients
10 servings
- 500g / 1 lb strawberries (, hulled (ie tops removed)
- 1 cup sugar (, caster/superfine best but granulated ok too)
- 1/2 cup oil (, canola or vegetable oil)
- 2 eggs (, large (~50g/1.75 oz each)
- 1 tbsp grated lemon rind
- 1/4 cup lemon juice (1 large lemon)
- 1 cup plain yoghurt (, unsweetened (Greek or just plain)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (or essence)
- 2 1/4 cups flour (, plain/all purpose)
- 4 tsp baking powder (or 1 1/4 tsp baking soda)
- Pinch of salt
- Whipped cream
- Extra strawberries
- Icing sugar/ powdered sugar (, for dusting)
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F (180°C fan).
Step 2
Grease and line a 23 cm / 9" cake pan with baking paper/parchment paper. (Any type of cake pan is fine)
Step 3
Strawberries:
Step 4
For inside of cake: Dice some strawberries into ~1.5cm / 1" pieces to make 1 cup (about 1/3 of the strawberries)
Step 5
Topping: Cut the remaining strawberries in half.
Step 6
Cake:
Step 7
Place Wet ingredients in a bowl and whisk well for 1 minute.
Step 8
Add Dry ingredients then whisk well until lump free.
Step 9
Pour half into cake pan, smooth surface. Scatter over diced strawberries.
Step 10
Top with remaining batter. Smooth surface, then top with halved strawberries, cut face down.
Step 11
Bake 50 minutes or until skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. (Note 1) If you need to cook longer, cover with foil if it starts getting too golden.
Step 12
Stand 15 minutes in the cake pan before turning out onto cooling rack.
Step 13
Cool 15 minutes+ before serving warm or at room temp. Dust with icing sugar, and serve with cream or if serving warm, ice cream!
Step 14
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