Strawberry pound cake 2


Course : Cakes
Serves: 1 cake
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Ingredients:


8 ounces strawberries, hulled and quartered

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

1 cup unsalted butter

1 cup sugar

4 large eggs

1 medium Grated zest (rind) of 1 orange

1 teaspoon baking powder

---Icing

4 ounces hulled strawberries

1 1/2 tablespoons confectioners sugar

1 1/4 cups heavy cream, whipped

6 medium extra strawberries, for decoration
 

Preparation / Directions:


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 C). Butter a 9-inch round cake pan and line the base with parchment or waxed (greaseproof) paper.

Toss the strawberries in a little of the flour, to coat. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in the orange zest (rind), flour, baking powder, and strawberries in 3 batches. Stir to combine after each addition.

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

ICING:

Place the strawberries and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and process to a puree. Fold into the whipped cream. Ice the cake and decorate with the strawberries and serve.


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