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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

strawberry pound cake

 

preheat 350 degrees
-1 cup butter                                                                        
-1 1/2 cups white sugar 
-1/4 cup of brown sugar                                                                        
-2 eggs                       
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract                      
-1 teaspoon ground walnuts (optional)
-2 cups all-purpose flour (sifted)                                           
-1/3 cup milk                                               
-1 1./4 cup quartered strawberries                                        
-1/4 cup water
 
icing:
1 cup of powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. of vanilla
2 tbsp. of water
1 tsp. of butter
 
makes 2 loaf pans
 
step 1 :
-mix your butter, white sugar and brown sugar until fluffy
 
step 2 :
-add in eggs and vanilla, mix until eggs are well incorporated
then fold in nuts
 
step 3:
-add in flour and milk until smooth
-fold in strawberries and water .. (do not over mix)

step 4:
- grease pans all over with butter
-flour pans
- pour in batter and bake for 1 hour or until a knife comes out clean
-let cake set in pans for 5 minutes and remove

step 5 :
-mix ingredients for icing it will thicken as it settles drizzle over cake as desired

**Tip:
for a super moist cake let cake cover with foil paper and let set for 3 hours or over night.
the foil traps in the moisture and sets it back into the cake

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