A Recipe

Strawberry Cake With Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting

Cake:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups turbinado sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup mashed strawberries
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter and the turbinado sugar. Add the eggs, and beat for 1 minute. Stir in the vanilla and salt.
3. In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream and the baking soda until the baking soda has dissolved. Add the sour cream mixture and the flour to the egg mixture. Beat well, then stir in the mashed strawberries.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until top springs back when lightly touched.

Icing:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

1. In a small bowl beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form; set aside.
2. In a large bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla. Beat until smooth, then fold in whipped cream.

Frost the completely cool cake any way you wish. You can also easily use this recipe to make about 24 cupcakes. Enjoy!


If you are like me and just don't do white sugar most of the time, it is definitely worth the splurge.

I think that it is so ironic that I haven't posted a single recipe on here, seeing as we bake and cook all the time. And later, so that my little blog will be healthy and will not perish from a sugar and cream overdose and a lack of wholesome food, I think I will be posting another recipe soon- either my favorite hummus recipe or whole wheat graham crackers. We'll see. :-)

Have a blessed day!
~Margaret