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STRAWBERRY LOVE CAKE one piece with hearts
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Valentine's Day Strawberry Love Cake

A strawberry cake made with yogurt and topped with chocolate topping.
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Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 8 minutes
Servings: 8 slices
Course: Recipes
Cuisine: cake
Calories: 564
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 6 Pitted Amarena Cherries and about 1 Tablespoon of its syrup optional ingredient
  • 16 Ounces of Strawberries about 8 sliced, and cube the remaining and set aside. Strawberries should be Hulled, rinsed, and dry
  • 1 Cup of Sugar Of which 2 teaspoons need to be separated from the rest
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 C Olive Oil
  • 3/4 C Greek Yogurt PLAIN
  • 2 Teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 2 C All Purpose Flour sifted
  • 2 Teaspoon Almond Extract optional but Mmm
  • 1-2 TBSP A Thick-skinned rinsed lemon for testing. About 1 -2 Tablespoons
  • 1/4 C Confectioner's Sugar (optional for topping )
  • 2 Tablespoons Hot Cocoa (optional)

Method
 

  1. First, preheat the oven to 350° F
  2. Next, prep your spring pan
  3. Using a piece of parchment paper, cut a circle the same size as the moveable base and place the base in the pan and lock the springform. (optional you can just grease your spring pan as I did in the video and not worry about the parchment paper step)
  4. Next, grease the sides of the springform pan.
  5. Sugar the base of the springform pan lightly with about 2 teaspoons or less of sugar, just to lightly coat.
  6. Now, use the 8 sliced berries (maybe a few more depending on the sizes of berries you have) and arrange the berries on the bottom of the pan.
  7. Cut up the cherries (if using) and drizzle with some cherry syrup.
  8. Set this aside.
  9. BATTER FOR CAKE
  10. Unlike most recipes, we will be incorporating MOST ingredients before mixing or combining it is not a typo.
  11. Add to your mixing bowl: eggs, sugar, oil, yogurt,
  12. Mix, to combine.
  13. Add in the Vamilla Extract
  14. Add in Almond Extract,
  15. Then Baking Powder.
  16. Next Sifted Flour.
  17. Mix, it will get thick but you must mix to ensure all ingredients are combined.
  18. Scrape down the bowl
  19. Add in lemon zest.
  20. Mix quickly to incorporate but not extra mixing.
  21. Now fold in the remaining strawberries that you cubed.
  22. Transfer to your prepared baking pan.
  23. When you 'plop' the dough in, try NOT to move the berries and cherries on the bottom.
  24. The best way to do this is to divide the batter into four and then cover all four areas of the pan.
  25. Then lightly drag your spatula across 'GENTLY' the top.
  26. Don't pull too hard and the bottom of the batter will not MOVE.
  27. Transfer cake into the oven.
  28. Bake for one hour at 350°F.
  29. Do check with a toothpick to ensure that the batter is fully baked, if the toothpick comes out clean you are golden!
  30. Allow the cake to cool for 30 minutes.
  31. Then, remove it from the spring pan.
  32. If your cake is still warm, allow it to cool on a rack before sliding it onto a serving dish (next step) *Notes below
  33. Next, Invert onto a pedestal tray or serving dish.
  34. Allow the cake to cool for another 30 minutes to an hour. (if you sprinkle with confectioner's sugar before the cake is full, the sugar will melt into the cake!
  35. Then top with confectioner's sugar.
  36. If you are putting a heart of hearts atop, you use a cookie cutter or stencil.
  37. I filled mine with Hot Cocoa and dusted the exterior with Confectioner's Sugar.
  38. Serve.
  39. Enjoy.
    Valentine's Day Strawberry Love Cake piece
  40. Refrigerate any leftovers as yogurt is your base ingredient and it will not be counter-safe storage.

Video

Notes

*If your cake is warm after it has initially cooled from being in the spring pan, you will want to allow the cake to cook with a cooling rack below so that it does not get soggy on your serving platter.