Like every year, at the end of last year I made a list of things I wanted to do. I’m a list person. I love lists and therefore have millions of these for any cause or purpose. They help me get focused on what I need to do and actually calm me.
Ironically, my list of goals for 2020 included things like reading more books and making a huge jigsaw puzzle (I know, you should always be careful for what you wish for…), which I obviously marked as checked with no problem. However, it also had in it things like getting to know a new country, which weren’t quite as possible this year…
So this year I decided not to make my annual list. Not because I don’t have such, I actually have, and lots of it. But for some reason I don’t feel like it this year, nor do it seems to fit the spirit of current time.
So instead of a list of plans – I made a strawberry shortcake!
My strawberry cake is basically a light sponge cake, topped with sweet strawberries and then an almond streusel … let me tell you one thing – wow. The batter of the cake has in it both almond flour and yoghurt, which makes the cake especially soft.
There are 2 versions to the recipe – one vegetarian and the other vegan. The vegan recipes follows the vegetarian one. Both are excellent!
May we a sweet year!
Looking for more sweet recipes to make you feel good?
- Vegan cherry crumb bars
- Vegan chocolate chip cookies with white chocolate and pistachio
- Upside down orange muffins with semolina and spelt flour
- Vegan tahini ice cream- no churn
Strawberry Cake with Almond streusel
Ingredients:
- 100 gr / 3½ Oz butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 200 ml /7 Oz natural yogurt or greek yogurt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup ground almonds
- 10 gr / 2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 300 gr / ¾ pound strawberries, washed and drained
- dusting sugar for topping as preferred
for the almond streusel –
- ½ cup sliced/ slivered almonds
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil or butter, softened )please see notes(
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 330°F/170°C and prepare a baking pan greased or lined with baking paper.
- Prepare the almond streusel mixture – place all the streusel ingredients in a small bowl. Using your clean hands, process the mixture so that all the almonds are evenly coated. Keep aside.
- Wash the strawberries and slice them vertically in half and / or quarters. Keep aside.
- In a mixer bowl with a flat beater on, place soft butter, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Beat the mixture on medium speed until a creamy and even. Add an egg, continue to process until it is absorbed into the mixture and then add the yogurt. Process until a uniform mixture is obtained.
- Add the dry ingredients – flour, ground almonds, baking powder and a pinch of salt and process until a uniform mixture is obtained. If necessary – stop the mixer and scrape the sides with a spatula so that all the ingredients are mixed evenly.
- Transfer the mixture to a greased pan. Arrange over the sliced strawberries and top it with the almond streusel we kept aside.
- Bake for 55 minutes to an hour, until the cake is completely stable and a toothpick stuck in the center comes out dry. Let the cake cool before you slice it.
- After cooling and/ or before serving, sprinkle the cake with dusting sugar.
Notes:
- The recipe is also suitable for 30 cm/ 12-inch bread pan
- you can substitute brown sugar with regular sugar
- As for the streusel – personally I prefer to use coconut oil (love the flavor it adds), but of course you can also use butter. In any case, it should be in a soft state. If the coconut oil/ butter is solid- heat it in the microwave for a few seconds, and if it is liquidish – put it in the fridge for a few minutes.
Strawberry VEGAN Cake with Almond streusel
Ingredients:
- 1½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup ground almonds
- 1 cup brown sugar
- pinch of salt
- 10 gr / 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 100 ml / ½ cup coconut oil , in a soft or liquid state
- 125 ml /4½ Oz natural or greek vegan yogurt
- 113 gr / 4 oz apple puree
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 300 gr / ¾ pound strawberries, washed and drained
- dusting sugar for topping as preferred
for the almond streusel –
- ½ cup sliced/ slivered almonds
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, softened
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 330°F/170°C and prepare a baking pan greased or lined with baking paper.
- Prepare the almond streusel mixture – place all the streusel ingredients in a small bowl. Using your clean hands, process the mixture so that all the almonds are evenly coated. Keep aside.
- Wash the strawberries and slice them vertically in half and / or quarters. Keep aside.
- In a large mixing bowl place all the dry ingredients: flour, ground almonds, brown sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt, mix. In a separate bowl, place all the wet ingredients: coconut oil (soft to liquid), vegan yogurt, apple puree, lemon juice and vanilla extract, and mix until well combined.
- Add the wet ingredients mixture to the dry ingredients mixture and mix well until a uniform mixture is obtained.
- Transfer the mixture to a greased pan. Arrange over the sliced strawberries and top it with the almond streusel we kept aside.
- Bake for 55 minutes to an hour, until the cake is completely stable and a toothpick stuck in the center comes out dry. Let the cake cool before you slice it.
- After cooling and/ or before serving, sprinkle the cake with dusting sugar.
Notes:
- The recipe is also suitable for 30 cm/ 12-inch bread pan
- you can substitute brown sugar with regular sugar
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Please let me know how it turned out!
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