Sweet Strawberry Pound Cake
I love strawberries and this cake is so simple and easy to make. The powder sugar makes it light because the cake is already sweet its perfect for spring/summer time 🙂 or anytime you want something sweet.
Sweet Strawberry Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 butter cups Butter Room temp
- 3 cups sugar Granulated
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 6 large eggs
- 3 cups flour all purpose
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract pure
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Strawberry sauce
- 2 Cups Fresh Strawberries diced
- 1 cup sugar granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 tsp strawberry extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- with a standing mixer Beat butter until creamy and gradually add sugar beat until well combined
- Add cream cheese and beat until fully incorporated with ingredients
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
- Add in vanilla extract
- Gradually add flour slowly turn mixer to a low speed setting
- take diced strawberries and ad them to a saucepan
- add sugar and cornstarch add in strawberry extract Then stir in water
- Cook and stir the strawberry mixture for 3 minutes or until it has thickened
- remove from heat let cool
- in your cake pan add half of the cake batter
- then add cooled strawberry sauce to top the cake batter be careful when scooping. pour the remains batter on top of sauce
- bake in oven for 60 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean .
- let cake cool and top with powdered sugar and fresh strawberries
- enjoy
