Strawberry and Vanilla Pound Cake

August 29, 2013

A moist and tender vanilla pound cake, full of fresh strawberries and glazed with a simple vanilla glaze.

Ingredients for the cake
2 sticks butter (226g)
1 cup caster sugar
4 eggs
1tbsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup sour cream
2 and 1/2 cups cake flour (in the UK we don't get this, for every 1 cup of plain flour, remove 2 tbsp and replace with cornflour, then sift together to create cake flour)
1 and 1/2tsp baking powder
2 cups diced, fresh strawberries
Ingredients for the glaze
2/3 cup icing sugar
1tsp vanilla extract
1-2tbsp water

Preheat the oven to 160C/325F and grease and line a 2lb loaf tin. Place the butter and sugar into a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes on med-high...
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Nutritions

Calories
314

Sodium
395mg
16% DV

Fat
11g
17% DV

Protein
5g
10% DV

Carbs
49g
16% DV

Fiber
1g
6% DV

Snack Baked