Strawberry buttermilk cake from Back in the Day Bakery Made with Love: More Than 100 Recipes and Make-It-Yourself Projects to Create and Share (page 74) by Cheryl Day and Griffith Day

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  • jimandtammyfaye on December 30, 2022

    Extraordinary cake! I was not expecting something so delicious from such a humble ingredient list. Next time I'll try adding a sprinkle of coarse sugar on top before baking.

  • pavolva on August 18, 2022

    This is one of those recipes that's more than the sum of its parts, and just perfect given the simplicity of throwing it together. I've only made it with strawberries, but I'm sure it would be endlessly adaptable with other fruits, particularly berries and stone fruits. Ensure any fruit used has been thoroughly dried off before use, as any outstanding water/juice create that unpleasant wet doughy texture in the cake beneath. I added a pinch of nutmeg to give the plain cake a bit of a boost without detracting from its simplicity. I would recommend a sprinkle of demerara sugar on top as others have suggested; TrishaCP's adaptation with toasted oat flour is also genius (other possibilities: toasted flour in general, caramelized/toasted granulated sugar).

  • anya_sf on July 19, 2021

    Since I didn't taste them side by side, I can't say if I prefer this cake or Smitten Kitchen's - they're both great. My baking notes for this are identical to that one. I did sprinkle sugar on this before baking (a la SK's version) as I think it brings out the sweetness of the berries.

  • TrishaCP on July 01, 2020

    I also love the Smitten Kitchen cake but I thought this was even better. (It was the buttermilk in this version that did it for me.) I used 1/2 cup of toasted oat flour, which added delicious caramel notes, and I skipped the dusting of powdered sugar at the end.

  • anya_sf on June 18, 2020

    Note to self: this is nearly identical to Smitten Kitchen's delicious Strawberry Summer Cake, except this calls for buttermilk instead of milk, and doesn't have extra sugar sprinkled on top before baking.

  • HerBoudoir on June 07, 2015

    Excellent cake - remember to cram the strawberries onto the top of the cake as they shrink quite a lot during baking. Dressed it up with a drizzle of ganache and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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