This is the one where you can have your cake, and eat too– with strawberry and cream! Adapted from Kris Holechek’s Have Your Cake And Vegan Too, this is a simple looking book, with effective and comforting recipes. I absolutely adore using shaped baking tins, and although I may use them not as often as I want to, every time I do, I am instantaneously transported to the eureka moment at which I bought it, which brings a smile to my face. (And so does this cake!)
BTW- Joie De Vivre is 99 posts old! Watch this space for the 100th!
Ingredients:
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4th teaspoon salt
- ½ cup canola oil
- 2 cups organic granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce/ cream cheese
- 1 ½ cups + 1 tablespoon milk
- ½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups whipped cream (with 1 tbs vanilla extract and ½ cup powdered sugar)
- 2 cups halved strawberries, marinated with 1 tbs balsamic and 1 tbs granulated sugar
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 175*c and grease and flour 2 8-inch round pans or 1 9×13-inch pan.
- In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl use an electric mixer to cream the oil & sugar until combined. Add the applesauce, milk, vinegar, & vanilla. Beat until combined.
- Leave the mixture to sit for a few minutes to activate the vinegar. Mix in half the dry mixture into the wet ingredients. Blend until just mixed. Then repeat with the rest of the dry mixture.
- Split the batter between the prepared pans and spread evenly. Bake for about 25-30 minutes (2 round pans) or 37-42 minutes (Square pan). When a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean remove from oven and let cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 15 minutes.
- Once cool, smother thickly with the cream, leaving about 3/4ths of a cup behind for decoration. Decorate with strawberries, and pipe over pretty swirls or designs of your choice with the rest of the cream. Et Voila!
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Feedback:
- I am still not confident with layer cakes. Maybe its psychological, a mental block, so I halved the recipe.
- I would advise dousing the cake with a bit of simple syrupbefore decorating, to moisten and soften the cake.
- You can change the toppings by using whatever fresh fruit is in season, or a combination of fruit never hurt anybody!
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