Strawberry-Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

By Lv2Cook

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup stick margarine or butter softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1 large egg white
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 cup chopped strawberries
• 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Cooking spray
• Cream Cheese Frosting
• 2 cups sliced strawberries
• CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
• 2 teaspoons stick margarine or butter softened
• 1/2 (8-ounce) block fat-free cream cheese chilled
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
• 3 cups sifted powdered sugar

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350º.

Beat the sugar and the margarine at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 5 minutes). Add the eggs and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 6 ingredients (flour through cloves) in a medium bowl. Mash chopped strawberries with a potato masher, and combine mashed strawberries, buttermilk, and vanilla. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture alternately with the strawberry mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Pour the batter into a 13 × 9-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350º for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool the cake in pan on a wire rack.

Spread cake with Cream Cheese Frosting; arrange sliced strawberries over top of cake. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.
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To Make Cream Cheese Frosting:

Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl, and beat at high speed of a mixer until fluffy. Add powdered sugar; beat at low speed just until blended (do not overbeat.

Yield: 1 1/3 cups