Strawberry Buttermilk Cake
2014-06-18 00:39:18
Yields 6
Ingredients
- 2½ cups whole-wheat pastry flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 5½ tablespoons fine-grain cane sugar
- 2½ tablespoons vanilla sugar
- 3 tablespoons finely ground toasted almonds
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup whole buttermilk
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1½ teaspoons lemon zest
- 2 cups chopped strawberries
- 3 tablespoons turbinado sugar
- 1 teaspoon coarse or flaked sea salt
- 1 recipe Lemon Cream (recipe follows)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°. Spray a 2½-quart baking dish with nonstick baking spray with flour.
- Sift together pastry flour and baking powder. Add cane sugar, vanilla sugar, almonds, and salt, whisking to combine.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk, eggs, butter, sour cream, and lemon zest. Pour buttermilk mixture into flour mixture, and gently stir until combined. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Scatter strawberries across the top. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar and sea salt.
- Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve warm with Lemon Cream.
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Lemon Cream
2014-06-18 00:42:43
Ingredients
- 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 2/3 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine cream and sugar. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add zest, juice, vanilla, and salt, beating to combine. Serve with warm Strawberry Buttermilk Cake.
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I would like to know where you can purchase whole wheat pastry flour?
I live in NJ and have not heard of whole wheat pastry flour.
the cake looks good and I would love to make it.
Bob’s Red Mill makes a whole wheat pastry flour. You can purchase online at: http://www.bobsredmill.com/whole-wheat_pastry-flour.html