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Strawberry Cake Recipe

Strawberry Cake

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By
Andrew Chase
Ice this cake with Strawberry Buttercream, or with lightly sweetened whipped cream, and decorate lavishly with fresh strawberries. I don't usually use food colouring in recipes, but a few drops of red food colouring definitely make this cake more attractive.

Ingredients

3 cups  + 2 tbsp (780 mL)  cake-and-pastry flour
2 tsp  (10 mL)  baking powder
3/4 tsp  (4 mL)  baking soda
1/4 tsp  (1 mL)  salt
2 cups  (500 mL)  halved strawberries (8 oz/250 g)
1/2 cup  (125 mL)  buttermilk
6 drops red liquid food colouring (optional)
1 cup  (250 mL)  unsalted butter, softened
1-3/4 cups  (425 mL)  granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp  (5 mL)  vanilla

Preparation

Butter two 9-inch/23 cm diameter cake pans; line bottoms with parchment paper, then flour sides; set aside.

In bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and soda, and salt. In blender, purée together strawberries, buttermilk, and food colouring (if using).

In large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy; on high speed, beat in sugar, 1/3 cup/75 mL at a time, until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time; beat in vanilla. Gradually stir in flour mixture and buttermilk mixture, making 3 additions of dry and 2 of wet. Divide evenly between cake pans, smoothing tops.

Bake in centre of 350F/180C oven until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes. Slide knife around edges and remove from pans; peel off paper. Let cool on racks.

Makes 12 to 16 servings.

Serving(s)
12 to 16
Nutritional Information
Per each of 16 servings (with Strawberry Buttercream): about
Calories 482
Protein 4 g
Fat (total) 33 g
Sat. Fat 21 g
Carbohydrate 44 g
Fibre 1 g
Cholesterol 131 mg
Sodium 171 mg
Calcium 4 % RDI
Iron 10 % RDI
Vitamin A 30 % RDI
Vitamin C 22 % RDI
Folate 13 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: June 2007

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