Sweet Strawberry Valentine Cake (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Wet Ingredients
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1 cup soft butter, unsalted
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1 3/4 cups white sugar
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4 large eggs at room temp
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2 teaspoons pure vanilla
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1/2 cup milk at room temp
→ Dry Ingredients
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2 1/2 cups sifted plain flour
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1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon table salt
→ Fruit and Topping
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1 1/2 cups chopped fresh strawberries with tops removed
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Icing sugar for sprinkling
# Instructions:
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Beat the butter with sugar till light and fluffy. Drop in eggs one by one, mixing after each addition. Add the vanilla and stir.
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In another bowl, mix all dry stuff together. Add to the butter mix bit by bit, switching with milk pours, starting and finishing with the dry mix.
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Slowly fold your chopped strawberries into the mix without mashing them.
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Dump into a buttered and floured bread tin. Cook at 350°F for about 60-70 mins. After 40 mins, cover with foil if it's browning too much.
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Let it sit in the pan for 10 mins, then move to a wire rack until totally cool. Sprinkle some icing sugar on top before you eat it.
# Notes:
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Warm ingredients work way better
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Turn the pan around halfway through cooking time
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Great treat to share on February 14th