The Cake of the Summer

Strawberry Cake

(adapted from Martha by Smitten Kitchen, stolen by me)

Need an easy cake?  Need a potluck cake?  Need a cake you can eat for breakfast?
Here's what you do.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 & 1/2 inch pie plate (or 10 if you have it). De-stem and cut in half 1 lb strawberries. 

In a small mixing bowl, whisk together and set aside:

1 & 1/2 C flour

1 & 1/2 t baking powder

1/2 t salt

In a mixer or large bowl:

Cream 6 T room temperature unsalted butter with a little less than a cup of sugar (3 minutes)

Add one egg, 1/2 C milk, and 1 t vanilla extract and mix until combined

Add flour mixture slowly until just combined

Taste the batter.  Isn't it delicious?

Pour batter into pie plate and arrange strawberries on top.  Sprinkle 1 T sugar over top.

Bake for 10 minutes at 350, then lower heat to 325 for 50-60 minutes.  Should be golden brown on top. Let cool.  

Notes:

You can put any fruit on top of this cake, I think.  Maybe nothing too watery.  I've done it with sour cherries and I've put rhubarb inbetween the strawberry slices.  Both were delicious.