Strawberry Cake
I think the older I get the more I look to external joys to celebrate my birthday. In my youth I used to flippantly say, “My favorite holiday is my birthday!” I would demand that people shower me in attention and gifts. Its was my day after all.
Servings: 1 cake
Ingredients
- 1 c butter
- 2 -3 cups diced fresh strawberries
- 1 c sugar
- 4 egg whites
- 2/3 c strawberry puree 1 cup thawed frozen strawberry & 1-2 tbsp water in blender
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 3 c all purpose flour
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/2 tsp. almond extract
- 1 tbsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 c white sugar
- 2 tbsp. flour
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare three 8-in round cake pans.
- Whip four eggs whites in mixer until soft peaks form. Add 1 cup sugar, 1 tbsp at a time, whipping to maintain soft peaks. Pour whites into large bowl (This was about 5 cups in volume after whipped) and set aside.
- Cream room temperature butter and 1 cup sugar until fluffy. Add in vanilla and almond extract. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating after each addition.
- Sift together 3 cups flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Alternatively add flour mixture and strawberry puree to batter until fully combined. Batter will be thick.
- Fold in egg whites.
- Coat diced strawberries in 2 tbsp flour and gently add to batter. (I used 2 cups but think 3 cups would also be delicious.)
- Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If using two 8-in cake pans, bake for 45-50 minutes.
- Recipe adapted from [Allrecipes.com | http://allrecipes.com/recipe/melt-in-your-mouth-blueberry-cake/]