One of my friends, an avid Crossfitter who’s been on the paleo diet for around a year and a half, asked me to make her a strawberry cake for her birthday. I believe my exact response was, “Strawberry cake? In winter? Off season? No way!” To which she responded, “I eat white sugar three days a year. Don’t deny me this. Not on my birthday.”
I couldn’t really argue with that.
Actually it was a colleague who showed me the recipe. The only time-consuming part of this recipe is the chopping and washing of strawberries.
Just look at how the cake folds over the strawberries.
What was left.
This Winter Strawberry Cake by is perfect for any celebration.
- 85 g unsalted butter at room temperature, plus extra to coat the baking pan
- 188 g all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 225 g plus sugar
- q large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 459 g strawberries hulled and halved
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Preheat oven to 200°C. Butter a 10-inch springform.
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Whisk flour, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl. In a larger bowl, beat butter and 1 cup sugar until pale and fluffy with an electric mixer, about 3 minutes. Mix in egg, milk and vanilla until just combined. Add dry mixture gradually, mixing until just smooth.
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Pour into prepared cake pan. In the pan, the mixture looks too little but when you push and arrange strawberries, cut side down, on top of batter, as closely as possible in a single layer, the mixture will gradually spread. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons sugar over berries.
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Bake cake for 10 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 180°C and bake cake until golden brown and a tester comes out clean, about 50 minutes to 60 minutes. Let cool in pan on a rack.
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