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Easy Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Sauce
Easy Strawberry Cake recipe loaded with strawberries. So soft, lightly sweet, moist and bursting with strawberry flavor. Don't skip that easy and amazing strawberry syrup!
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 50 min👤 Natasha Kravchuk📖 natashaskitchen
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●mixing bowl
- ●whisk
- ●spatula
- ●blender
- ●food processor
📝 Preparation Steps
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Cake Prep:
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Butter a 9" springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 375˚F. Prepare 12 oz of strawberries for the cake: dice 6 oz of strawberries and slice the second 6 oz into halves.
strawberries (hulled)12 ozstrawberries (hulled and halved)16 oz
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How to Make Strawberry Cake:
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In a large mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer (or stand mixer), beat together 2 eggs with 1 cup sugar on high speed for ⏱️ 5 minutes or until light in color and thick.
large eggs (room temperature)2
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Add 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup oil, 1 tsp vanilla and beat on low speed until well combined.
sour cream1 cup
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In a small bowl, whisk together: 2 cups flour, 2 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt until well incorporated. With the mixer on med/low speed, add flour mixture to the batter 1/3 at a time, letting the flour incorporate with each addition and continue mixing just until well combined. Do not over-mix.
baking powder2 tsptsp salt1/4
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Pour half of the batter into prepared pan. Top with 6 oz of diced strawberries then spread remaining batter over the top. Cover the surface with 6 oz of halved strawberries (cut-side-down), pressing them down just slightly into the batter. Bake at 375˚F for ⏱️ 45-55 minutes (mine was perfect at ⏱️ 50 min), or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cake rest in pan ⏱️ 15-20 min before removing the ring.
strawberries (hulled)12 ozstrawberries (hulled and halved)16 oz
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Run a thin spatula around cake edges to loosen from pan. then transfer to a cake platter. Cool until just warm or at room temperature. To serve, dust with powdered sugar if desired. Drizzle individual slices generously with strawberry syrup.
powdered sugar (for dusting, optional)1 tsp
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How to Make Strawberry Sauce:
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While the cake is baking, make the strawberry sauce: In a blender or food processor, combine 16 oz strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar (or add sugar to taste) and blend until pureed.
strawberries (hulled)12 ozstrawberries (hulled and halved)16 oz
Nutrition Facts
calories
368 kcal
fat Content
16 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
2 g
sugar Content
29 g
sodium Content
91 mg
protein Content
4 g
cholesterol Content
44 mg
carbohydrate Content
51 g
saturated Fat Content
4 g
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