Strawberry cake … Imagination immediately draws something deliciously springy, fragrant and airy. But in fact, it is not difficult to experience these emotions, since baking this cake is very simple. Products that are always at home, fragrant strawberries, a minimum of time - and you already enjoy the extraordinary taste.
Strawberry puree cupcake
For cooking you will need:
- strawberries - 250 grams;
- wheat flour - 2 glasses;
- butter - 250 grams;
- sugar - 1, 5 cups;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- baking soda - 1 tsp.
For a richer cupcake, use fresh strawberries. But if you are cooking out of season, you can easily get by with frozen berries. Strawberries should be ground in a blender or minced. It is necessary to get a homogeneous puree without lumps.
Place the strawberries in the refrigerator and prepare the dough at this time. Separate the yolks and whites. Grind the yolks with sugar and baking soda. Add sifted flour to oxygenate the dough. Knead thoroughly.
Beat the whites with a fork until they become thick foam. Do not drive to peaks. Introduce the proteins into the dough, stirring with a wooden spoon from bottom to top. Gently stir in the cold strawberry puree.
You can bake a cake in any shape, but for convenience it is better to use a silicone one. It does not need to be lubricated with oil. And at the same time, the cake is more convenient to get If you do not have a silicone mold, grease the metal mold well with butter or margarine.
Pour the dough into a mold, leave about 2 cm to the edge. The cake rises well, so the baking dish should be no more than 3/4 full.
Preheat the oven to 200oC. Place the cake and bake for about 50 minutes. Willingness to check with a toothpick. Remove from the form completely cooled down. Garnish with strawberry quarters or strawberry puree flowers before serving.
Quick Strawberry Cupcake with Whole Berry
You will need:
- strawberries - 500 grams;
- kefir - 2 glasses;
- sugar - 2 glasses;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- baking soda - 1 tsp;
- wheat flour - 4, 5 glasses;
- vanilla sugar - 1 sachet.
Mix eggs thoroughly with sugar and vanilla. Add kefir, soda (no need to extinguish). Stir with a spoon and gradually, very slowly add flour. After the introduction of flour, the dough should have the consistency of thick sour cream.
If you are using fresh strawberries, sort out, wash and dry. Defrost the frozen berry completely and drain the juice.
Sprinkle a baking dish with flour and brush with butter (margarine). Divide the dough into 2 parts. Pour the first part of the dough into the mold. Put strawberries on top of the dough. Pour in the second part of the dough.
It is necessary to bake the cake in a well-heated oven for an hour. Check readiness with a toothpick. Sprinkle the cake with icing sugar on top. For a juicier cupcake, you can pour strawberry juice on top of the finished cake.
