Monday, October 29, 2007

Strawberry cake

Ok first I'll say that it was a little bit more dense than it should be...
That was because I added more liquid (from the strawberry extrudate) and didn't compensate in adding more flour.
Also if you want the cake to be pink, the extrudate will add only a little color, so you may have to go artificial if you want it really pink- I didn't.
Other than that....

I think this came out good. I don't say great because I think I can do better with some tweaking.

This is a white cake recipe from scratch that I modified by adding strawberry and vanilla/chocolate pudding.

Recipe

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (add another 1/2 cup-because of what I said)
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup strawberries (previously frozen)
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1 vanilla pudding cup
  • DIRECTIONS

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x9 inch pan or line a muffin pan with paper liners.
  • Prepare the strawberries by letting them thaw in one cup of powdered sugar (yum)
  • In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter.

  • Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla pudding
  • Add the Strawberries

  • Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
  • Finally stir in the milk until batter is smooth

  • Pour or spoon batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven.

  • For cupcakes, bake 20 to 25 minutes.
  • Cake is done when it springs back to the touch.

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