Strawberry Pound Cake

This strawberry pound cake recipe from scratch is the perfect spring dessert. With fresh strawberries folded into the sour cream pound cake and topped with a strawberry cream cheese glaze, it’s bound to be a hit at your next party!"

- Boston Girl Bakes

key ingredient

strawberries

INGREDIENTS:

For the cake: – 2 1/2 cups (300 grams) all-purpose flour *spooned and leveled – 1/2 teaspoon salt – 1/2 teaspoon baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon baking soda – 1 pint strawberries hulled and diced – 1 cup (2 sticks, 226 grams) unsalted butter softened to room temperature – 2 1/4 cups (446 grams) granulated sugar – 4 large eggs room temperature – 1 cup (227 grams) sour cream – 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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For the Strawberry Cream Cheese Glaze – 4 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature – 2 cups (227 grams) powdered sugar (confectioners sugar) – 6 Tablespoons (84 g grams) heavy cream I’ve also used milk or water! – 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract – 1.2 ounces freeze-dried strawberries crushed to a powder

Strawberry Pound Cake

servings

12 Slices 

COURSE

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total time

1 Hour 20 Minutes

prep time

30 Minutes

1. Prep oven and pan. Position a rack in the middle of your oven. Pre-heat your oven to 350°F/177°C).

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2. Sift dry ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Remove a tablespoon of the flour mixture and toss with the diced strawberries (this helps the strawberries from not sinking to the bottom of your cake). Set both aside.

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3. Combine sour cream and vanilla. In a small bowl or measuring cup, stir together the vanilla extract and sour cream.

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4. Cream butter and sugar. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or a in a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes.

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5. Add eggs. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the mixing bowl well after each addition and mix until blended.

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6. Alternate flour and sour cream. Add the flour mixture and sour cream mixture alternately to butter-sugar-egg mixture, in 3 batches, beginning and ending with the flour. Do not overmix at this point. Stop stirring once you see the last of the flour has been stirred in. With a wooden spoon or spatula fold in the diced strawberries.

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7. Add strawberries. With a wooden spoon or spatula fold in the diced strawberries.

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8. Prepare bundt pan. Grease and flour one bundt cake pan. I like to grease with either shortening and a dusting of flour, or cooking spray (I like using a cooking spray with flour) and then dust with flour. You can also use two 9×5" loaf pans and grease/flour those instead.

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9. Bake the cake. Pour batter into pan. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for approximately 50-60 minutes. (If baking in a loaf pan, divide the batter between the two pans and bake for 40-45 minutes). The cake is done when a toothpick or skewer inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Allow cake to sit in the pan for 10 minutes before turning the cake out onto a wire rack to further cool. Allow to cool before glazing.

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10. Make the glaze. Mix all ingredients until smooth. Pour over top of cake and serve. For a thicker glaze use less heavy cream.

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Enjoy!

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