2! Good gravy. It's loud over here, y'all.
I was completely out of cake ideas for the big day, so I resorted to asking the (not yet 2) birthday girl what kind of cake she wanted.
"Strawby."
Ok, sure, it's December, but a strawberry cake you shall have!
I found the exact same recipe on Pinterest over and over, with differences in the method, and most of them didn't make sense, so this is what I did to end up with a pretty nice Strawby Cake.
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1½ T baking powder
¾ t salt
¾ cup vegetable oil
1½ cups pureeed strawberries
1 t vanilla
1 t lemon juice
4 eggs
Pureed strawberries - just throw your strawberries (thawed if using frozen) into a blender or food processor and whiz until smooth.
Note: Even though your batter will be a pretty pink, your cake will not. If that's important to you, add some food coloring.
Beat the sugar and oil together until thick and smooth. Add the vanilla and lemon juice and beat again. Add in the flour, baking powder and salt,and mix. Add 2 eggs, mix again, then add the other 2 eggs.
Pour cake into pans - this is a lot of batter, so you'll need a big bundt pan, or square pan, or at least 3 9" cake pans.
Bake at 325' for 20-30 minutes, checking at 20 if you think the cake is getting close.
Remove from oven, let sit 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and let cool completely.
Delicious with whipped cream!
