A beautiful and simple cake that is loaded with ripe strawberries. Just before you slide the cake into the oven, I pressed fresh strawberries into the top of the cake batter, cut-side down, so the cake rises around the berries. This strawberry cake is winning in every way: simple ingredients, easy to make, beautiful and completely delicious.
Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- Fresh strawberries – I cut the strawberries in half and the bigger ones in quarters as I want to add as many as possible in this cake.
- Butter
- Granulated sugar
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Egg
- Milk
- Vanilla extract
How to Make This Strawberry Cake
Step 1 – In a bowl, combine granulated sugar and butter and mix until fluffy and pale.
Step 2 – Mix in milk, egg and vanilla extract.
Step 3 – In a separate bowl, mix all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually, add this flour mixture to the butter mixture.
Step 4 – Transfer the cake batter to a 6-inch buttered pie dish and level the top.
Step 5 – Arrange the cut strawberries on top of the cake batter. Try to get as many strawberries in there and don’t worry about any particular pattern. You will thank me later as more strawberries enhances the flavor, Place the strawberries cut-side down, because that improves the looks.
Step 6 – Sprinkle the cake with granulated sugar and place it in an oven (350 degrees F.) for 40-45 minutes, until the cake is golden and firm to the touch.
Leave the cake as it, or sprinkle it with some powdered sugar for a nice presentation.
Other Strawberry Desserts to Try
Strawberry Cake
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- 27 grams butter, 1 oz. – room temperature
- 75 grams granulated sugar, 1 cup
- 1/3 egg
- 45 grams milk, 3 tablespoons
- 1/3 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 80 grams all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 ounces strawberries, halved and/or quartered
- 1/2 tablespoon powdered sugar, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl, combine granulated sugar and butter and mix until fluffy and pale.
- Mix in milk, egg and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, mix all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually, add this flour mixture to the butter mixture.
- Transfer the strawberry cake batter to a buttered 6-inch pie dish and level the top. (NOTE 1)
- Arrange the cut strawberries on top of the cake batter. Place them cut-side down. Try to get as many strawberries in there and don’t worry about any particular way to arrange them. (NOTE 2)
- Sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar and place the in the oven for 40-45 minutes, until the cake is golden and firm to the touch.
- Allow to cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar, if you prefer, for a nice finished presentation.
Notes
- I always cover the bottom with parchment paper and only grease the sides.
- The more strawberries the better for the flavor. Don’t pile them on top of each other, arrange them side by side. The flavor is more important than any type of pattern (in my opinion).
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.