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Strawberry Sheet Cake
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Strawberry Sheet Cake

This cake is bursting with fresh strawberry flavour, from the soft and fluffy sponge, to the irresistible strawberry frosting and the strawberry crunch topping!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Servings: 24
Course: Cake
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

For the cake
  • 350 g all-purpose flour all purpose, 2 3/4 cups (plain flour
  • 330 g caster sugar superfine sugar
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tbsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 200 g butter cubed, softened, ¾ cup plus 1 heaped tbsp
  • 4 egg large
  • 120 g strawberry yogurt full-fat, 1/2 cup
  • 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
For the frosting
  • 240 g icing sugar
  • 230 g unsalted butter 1 cup, softened
  • 60 ml cream double / heavy cream, 1/4 cup
  • 4-6 tbsp strawberry powder freeze-dried
  • 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
Strawberry crunch
  • 10 Golden Oreo cookie or custard creams biscuits
  • 2 tbsp strawberry powder freeze-dried
To decorate
  • 165 g strawberry sliced, 1 cup
  • Edible Flowers (optional)

Instructions

Make the cake
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  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan).
  2. Line a rectangular cake tin (9 x 13 inches) with baking paper, letting the edges hang over the top edge.
  3. Measure the flour, sugar, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl. Stir to combine.
  4. Add the eggs, butter, yogurt and vanilla bean paste to the bowl, and beat it all together until the batter is smooth, scraping the bowl halfway through.
  5. Transfer the batter into the prepared pan and level.
  6. Bake for 35 minutes or until the cake is springy to the touch and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  7. Lift the cake out of the pan and cool on a wire rack before frosting.
Make the frosting
  1. Beat all the ingredients together until the frosting holds peaks. Add more strawberry powder to taste. Swirl the frosting over the cake.
Decorate the cake
  1. Crush the biscuits in a food processor or in a mortar and pestle, and mix with the freeze-dried powder. Sprinkle over the frosted cake.
  2. Decorate with fresh sliced strawberries and edible flowers just before serving.