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

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Strawberry Cake with Almond streusel

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr

Total Time1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course: Sweet

serves: 1 20″ round cake pan

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.

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Strawberry VEGAN Cake with Almond streusel

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr

Total Time1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course: Sweet

serves: 1 20″ round cake pan

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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הפוסט Strawberry Cake with Almond Streusel + Vegan Version הופיע לראשונה ב- The Happy Lentils.