Nothing beats fresh, local, sun-ripened, fragrant red strawberries! We quite love these sweet fruits and they can be found everywhere from muesli to cake. This strawberry cake is tasty, creamy and also very simple to make. So turn that oven on and let’s get started!
The strawberry cake is characterised by a simple dough, refined with sour cream. Pssst secret tip: this makes the cake especially creamy and definitely not dry! The vanilla bean gives the cake its aroma and tastes simply delicious in combination with the strawberries!
The cream topping complements the strawberries with its light and airy texture. This delicious strawberry cake will definitely become your new summer favourite!
- 160 g flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 80 g sour cream
- 80 g light sour cream or 160g classic sour cream in total
- 200 g sugar
- 1 vanilla pod or 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 packet vanilla sugar
- 120 g Butter softened
- 500 g Strawberries 100 g for decoration
- 250 ml full cream
- Preheat the oven to 180˚C.
- Cut the strawberries into quarters or halves.
- Mix the butter and 170g sugar until you get a loose mixture.
- Add the eggs one by one and stir further. Add the vanilla extract or scrape out the vanilla pod with the tip of a knife and add it to the mixture.
- Add sour cream (and light sour cream) and mix well. Combine flour and baking powder in a bowl and add to the mixture.
- Carefully fold in strawberries with a spatula.
- Cover the bottom of the cake tin with baking paper, butter and flour.
- Pour in the dough, sprinkle the remaining sugar over it and bake the cake on the middle shelf for 60 minutes.
- Let the cake cool down in the baking tin.
- Whip the heavy cream until stiff and cut the remaining strawberries into halves.
- Once cooled, cover the cake with whipped cream and place the strawberries on top.