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Everybody who's anybody loves Meemaw's Strawberry Cake! Her classic dessert is a golden and tender treat literally filled to the brim with sweet, juicy, summery strawberries. It's actually an easy cake to put together and such a refreshing treat for the warm weather! Serving Meemaw's Strawberry Cake with whipped cream is like having berries and cream in its most delicious form!
Everybody who's anybody loves Meemaw's Strawberry Cake! Her classic dessert is a golden and tender treat literally filled to the brim with sweet, juicy, summery strawberries. It's actually an easy cake to put together and such a refreshing treat for the warm weather! Serving Meemaw's Strawberry Cake with whipped cream is like having berries and cream in its most delicious form!
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour sifted
- 1 pound fresh strawberries hulled, halved or quartered, divided
- whipped cream optional, to taste, for serving
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Grease a 9-inch round cake pan or pie plate.
- In a bowl, add the eggs, the sugar, and the vanilla and using an electric hand-mixer on medium speed, beat until pale in color, about 3 minutes.
- Add the flour to the egg mixture and using a rubber spatula, gently fold until just combined and a smooth batter forms.
- Add almost all of the strawberries to the batter, reserving a few for topping, and fold to combine.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared baking pan.
- Top the batter with the reserved strawberries.
- Bake the cake for 5 minutes.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
- Continue to bake the cake until golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30-35 minutes.
- Allow the cake to cool until it is just warm.
- Serve with the whipped cream.
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