easiest cake ever

By skidivr595

Earlier this spring I made a very simple and very delicious strawberry cake. A few weeks later, I made another. I was looking to make a very simple and quick cake for company and after an internet search, I found myself looking at this recipe. It was called the easiest cake ever, so really how can you go wrong? If you think that easy means that it also skimps on taste, you are dead wrong. This cake is delicious! I used strawberries because it was the end of May and ripe local berries were in season. But this cake would be delicious with blackberries, boysenberries, raspberries, nectarines, peaches and even plums! It requires only 1 bowl so the clean up is easy too. Really, what are you waiting for?

Ingredients

• 1 c flour
• 1 t baking powder
• zest of 1 lemon
• 3/4 c sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 c canola oil
• 1 t vanilla
• 1 1/2 c strawberries (or any soft fruit)
• 1 T raw sugar

Details

Servings 10

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and lemon zest. Add in the sugar, eggs, vanilla and oil and mix to combine. Butter and flour an 8 or 9 inch cake pan and add in batter. Batter will be quite thick, so use a spoon to smooth out the top. Drop in strawberries, pressing them into the batter. Sprinkle with raw sugar. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hr or until a cake tester inserted comes out clean.