{"id":8126,"date":"2024-10-04T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/?p=8126"},"modified":"2025-03-25T12:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T16:43:57","slug":"strawberry-summer-cake-from-smitten-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2024\/10\/04\/strawberry-summer-cake-from-smitten-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry summer cake from smitten kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smitten\/5753383132\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3164\/5753383132_95193420a7.jpg\" alt=\"strawberry barley summer cake\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6 tablespoons (85 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for pie plate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 1\/2 cups (188 grams) all-purpose flour (can swap 3\/4 cup or 94 grams all-purpose flour with 3\/4 cup or 75 grams of barley flour, see Note)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon table salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup (200 grams) plus 2 tablespoons (25 grams) granulated sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 cup (118 ml) milk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 pound (450 grams) strawberries, hulled and halved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F (180\u00b0C). Butter a  9- or 10-inch springform or cake pan. The 10-inch would make a thinner cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whisk flour or flours, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl. In a larger bowl, beat butter and 1 cup sugar until pale and fluffy with an electric mixer, about 3 minutes. Mix in egg, milk and vanilla until just combined. Add dry mixture gradually, mixing until just smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour into prepared pan. Arrange strawberries, cut side down, on top of batter, as closely as possible in a single layer (though I had to overlap a few to get them all in).<strong> <\/strong>Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons sugar over berries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bake cake for 10 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 325\u00b0F and bake cake until golden brown and a tester comes out free of wet batter, about 50 minutes to 60 minutes. (Gooey strawberries on the tester are a given.) Let cool in pan on a rack. Cut into wedges. Serve with lightly whipped cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do ahead:&nbsp;Cake can be stored at room temperature for up to 2 days, loosely covered, but good luck with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F (180\u00b0C). Butter a 9- or 10-inch springform or cake pan. The 10-inch would make a thinner cake. Whisk flour or flours, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl. 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