Strawberry Cake

By jeenikeen

I make this cake at least once every summer, when fresh strawberries are in season. It's delicious! I found the recipe in a cook book titled, "A World of Baking".

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup fresh crushed strawberry, unsweetened
• FOR GLAZE
• 1/2-3/4 cup crushed strawberry
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2 FOR CAKE: Sift together: flour, salt, and baking powder.
3 In a separate bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. 4 Beat for a total of 3 minutes, scrapping the sides of the bowl.
5 Then add flour mixture to creamed mixture, alternating with strawberries.
6 Beat for two minutes.
7 Pour batter into two 8-inch round greased and floured cake pans.
8 Bake in pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until cake tests done.
9 Turn out on to wire cooling racks to cool.
10 When cool, top with Strawberry Glaze.

11 FOR STRAWBERRY GLAZE:
Mix together all ingredients.