5-Minute Strawberry Cake

Name: 5-Minute Strawberry Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Strawberries 2.3 cups; Type 00 flour 2 cups; Whole milk at room temperature ½ cup; Eggs at room temperature 3; Sugar 0.6 cup; Butter melted 9 tbsp; Vanilla bean 1; Baking powder 2 ½ tsp; Sugar to taste; Powdered sugar to taste

Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Serving: 6
Cost: Low

PRESENTATION

5-Minute Strawberry Cake earns its name honestly: the five minutes refers specifically to assembling the batter, not to some optimistic total. One bowl and a hand whisk are all the equipment required — no mixer, no whipping, no technique beyond stirring a few simple ingredients into a smooth, lump-free base. It is the kind of cake designed for people who have little time but still want something genuinely homemade, whether that means breakfast on a Tuesday or an afternoon snack that feels worth the effort.

Fresh strawberries go in cut into pieces, folded straight into the bowl, with a handful held back to arrange across the top before baking. That double use — some inside the batter, some on the surface — gives every slice a little fresh fruit in each bite and a pretty finish without extra work. The result is a fragrant, wholesome spring cake that is quick enough to actually get made on a weekday and pretty enough that you will not mind if someone sees it on the counter.

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients for an 8-inch pan: Strawberries 2.3 cups (350 g); Type 00 flour 2 cups (250 g); Whole milk ½ cup (125 g) - at room temperature; Eggs 3 - at room temperature; Sugar 0.6 cup (125 g); Butter 9 tbsp (125 g) - melted; Vanilla bean 1; Baking powder 2 ½ tsp (10 g)

for decorating: Sugar to taste; Powdered sugar to taste

Preparation

How to prepare 5-Minute Strawberry Cake

To prepare the 5-minute strawberry cake, start by removing the green tops from the strawberries 1, then cut about 1 3/4 cups (approximately 10.6 oz / 300 g) into small cubes 2 and slice the rest to decorate the surface. At this point move on to the batter: in a large bowl pour the whole eggs with the sugar 3.

Whisk with a hand whisk 4 without whipping, then add the warm melted butter 5 and the seeds from the vanilla pod 6.

Sift the flour and baking powder together 7 to remove lumps and stir 8, alternating by gradually adding the milk in a thin stream 9.

When the batter is smooth 10, gently add the strawberry cubes 11 and mix to distribute them evenly 12.

Pour everything into an 8-inch pan 13 that you have previously buttered and floured 14. Complete the cake by arranging the sliced strawberries on the surface and finish with a light sprinkle of sugar 15. Finally, bake in a preheated conventional oven at 356°F for about 45 to 50 minutes.

Once baked 16, let it cool slightly before serving, then dust to taste with granulated and powdered sugar 17. The 5-minute strawberry cake is ready to enjoy 18.

Storage

The 5-minute strawberry cake keeps for a couple of days at room temperature under a glass dome.

You can freeze it after baking.

Tip

To make your cake even more indulgent and irresistible, you can enrich the batter by adding the grated zest of an organic lemon to enhance the aroma of the strawberries.

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