My mom’s strawberry snacking cake
My mom’s Strawberry Snacking Cake. And yes, I plan to snack on this allll day long.
My mom used to make this a lot when I was growing up. I’ve had this recipe, written on 2 yellow post-it notes, for well over 30 years. The post-it notes are smeared and smudged and hard to read but I refuse to transfer the recipe to a new piece of paper because it reminds me of the day I called my mom to ask her to read me the recipe over the phone as I wrote it down on the only paper I could find.
There is a lot of sugar in this cake. I’ve never tried but I would imagine you can cut some of the sugar. Feel free to give it a shot but if you do, you’re going to need to explain yourself to my mama for messing with her recipe…and, well, good luck with that.
XO, km
THE DISH:
strawberry snacking cake | serves 6
THE STUFF:
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 Tbsp melted butter
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups AP flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups chopped strawberries (or any fresh fruit)
Sugary Topping:
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbsp melted butte
THE HOW-TO:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
Stir together in a mixing bowl: sugar, egg, butter, buttermilk. In a separate bowl, sift together: flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir dry ingredients into wet and then gently stir in the fruit. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
In small bowl make the sugary topping by stirring together the sugar and butter. Spread topping all over the top of the cake.
Bake until set and golden brown, 45-50 minutes.
Prepare for your kids to love you a little bit more and to ask for this recipe on 2 yellow post-it notes.
THE EXTRA:
• you can use blueberries, raspberries, boysenberries, peaches and nectarines! I’ve tried them alI; I love them all.
• this one needs to be fresh fruit. Frozen just has too much water content and the result is soggy. I’ve tried. And yes, we still ate it all = total animals!
• if your pan isn’t exactly 9” don’t worry - you will just need to adjust the cooking time (less time for bigger pan) but it will otherwise be just fine.