This cake gets its golden hue from a dose of coarse, brown turbinado sugar. But you can use all white sugar if you prefer. The cake bakes up and around the berries creating a strawberry “tunnel” inside.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: buttermilk, strawberry
Servings: 10
Author: Relish
Ingredients
1 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
3/4teaspoonbaking powder
3/4teaspoonbaking soda
3/4teaspoonsalt
6tablespoonsbuttersoftened
1/2cupgranulated sugar
1/2cupturbinado sugarplus more for sprinkling
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2eggs
3/4cupbuttermilk
1 1/2cupssmall strawberriesplus more for topping (use the smallest strawberries you can find in this cake, or cut larger ones into halves)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400F. Greased and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
Combine flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Beat butter and sugars together until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
At low speed, add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, until just blended. Spoon batter prepared pan. Top with strawberries and sprinkle with extra turbinado sugar.
Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until a pick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool. Release sides of pan. Remove cake and place on a serving plate. Garnish with additional strawberries, if using.