simple strawberry sweet cake with sour cream glaze
Strawberries are still in season here in Florida. There is just something very summery about a simply constructed fruit flavored sweet cake this time of year. t is simply, sweet, quick and easy to make and refreshing after a long day with this unGodly heat! There is something very comforting in my opinion about a food that is as unpretentious as a sweet cake. I love French cooking methods, but with a sweet cake there are no double boilers, or creme glazes, or flavor profiles to develop! Heck, you don't even need a stand or hand mixer for this one... just a fork and a little elbow grease.
prep time
5 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients
- FOR STRAWBERRY SWEET CAKE:
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup strawberry syrup
- FOR SOUR CREAM GLAZE:
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
How To Make simple strawberry sweet cake with sour cream glaze
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Step 1For Simple Strawberry Sweet Cake: Preheat oven to 350'F Grease and flour one 9 inch round cake pan.
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Step 2In a medium bowl, cream together butter with sugar with a fork.
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Step 3Slowly beat eggs into butter mixture, one at a time.
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Step 4Stir vanilla into butter/ egg mixture and beat until completely incorporated.
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Step 5In a small bowl combine flour and baking powder.
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Step 6Slowly add flour mixture to egg/butter mixture. Add it in halves, completely incorporating before adding the rest of the flour.
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Step 7Stir in milk until batter is completely smooth. Side note: Do not over mix the batter. It will become tough when it bakes. You want cake, not a giant biscuit!
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Step 8Add strawberry syrup and mix until batter is just pink. Be sure your strawberry syrup is not hot when you add it to the batter! You don't want cooked eggs in the mixing bowl. Side note: Strawberries are in season right now. I suggest making your own strawberry syrup by reducing whole strawberries with sugar and straining out the solids. But if whole strawberries are not available bottled syrups can work as well.
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Step 9Pour batter out into baking pan.
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Step 10Bake on the center wrack for 30-40 minutes, or until the center has set. You can test by inserting a tooth pick in the center. If it comes out clean the cake is done. Cool cake on a wire wrack
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Step 11For Sour Cream Glaze: Simply just beat sour cream, powdered sugar, softened butter, lemon juice and vanilla extract together until completely incorporated. Refrigerate sour cream glaze while cake is cooling.
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Step 12Once cake has cooled completely, turn cake out of cake pan and onto a cake dish. Smother cake with sour cream glaze. Chill before serving.
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Category:
Cakes
Category:
Fruit Desserts
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Tag:
#For Kids
Diet:
Vegetarian
Keyword:
#butter
Keyword:
#Cream
Keyword:
#easy
Keyword:
#sourcream
Keyword:
#sugar
Keyword:
#strawberries
Keyword:
#FRESH
Keyword:
#Vanilla
Keyword:
#strawberry
Keyword:
#sour
Keyword:
#Summer
Keyword:
#No
Keyword:
#glaze
Keyword:
#simple
Keyword:
#seasonal
Keyword:
#fuss
Method:
Bake
Culture:
Southern
Ingredient:
Flour
Collection:
Summer Recipes
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