Light, airy vanilla cake loaded with fresh strawberries and topped with an easy cream cheese frosting!
Servings 1Loaf
Prep Time 30 minutesmins
Cook Time 1 hourhr
Cooling Time 30 minutesmins
Total Time 2 hourshrs
Ingredients
For the strawberry cake:
1stickUnsalted butter, softened
3/4cupGranulated sugar
2Whole eggs, room temperature
1Egg yolk, room temperature
1tbspVanilla extract
1 1/4cupsAll-purpose flour
1tbspBaking powder
1tspSalt
1/4cupMilk, can substitute a non-dairy like almond milk
2cupsFresh strawberries, small dice
For the cream cheese frosting:
8oz.Cream cheese, softened
2cupsPowdered sugar
1tbspVanilla extract
1-2 tbspMilk, can substitute a non-dairy like almond milk
Instructions
For the Strawberry cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease and loaf pan*, set aside.
In a small mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine and set aside. In the bowl of a stand or hand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the sugar and butter for 4-5 minutes. Do not skip this part, you want to have a light, fluffy consistency. Add in the whole eggs, one at a time, the egg yolk, and vanilla extract. Mix until fully combined. Slowly mix in the milk. Once the wet ingredients are combined, slowly mix in the prepared dry ingredients, mixing until thoroughly incorporated. Gently fold in the diced strawberries.
Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan, bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle come's out clean. Once done, remove the loaf from the oven and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes. Flip and gently remove from the loaf pan. Allow to cool before frosting.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
In the bowl of a stand or hand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese until smooth. Slowly add in the powdered sugar until completely combined. Mix in the vanilla extract, and milk. If the mixture is too thick, add in an extract tablespoon of milk until desired consistency is reached.
Spread the cream cheese frosting over the top of the cooled strawberry cake, if desired top with more fresh strawberries or other berries!