WHB: Strawberry Coffeecake

The fabulous Butta Buns has once again shown her fearsome courage.  First she made a towering Dagwood Sandwich, after some fiend Triple Dog Dared her to do it.  Now she has posted a different cake five days in a row.  After reading about the popularity of her Strawberry Coffeecake, so good one friend described it as "strawberry crack," I knew I had to make it. It seemed perfect for a little Mother's Day get together today.   

This is one of those recipes that's easy to prepare and great fun to eat.  How could it miss, with fresh strawberries on top of the batter creating little lakes of juice as they bake?  One of the ingredients in this recipe is cinnamon, which gives the cake a sweet floral flavor, but doesn't overwhelm the berries.  I used my wonderful Penzeys Vietnamese Cinnamon, which gave the batter a faint tan color.  Although cinnamon is, in truth, a spice, I have deemed it an herb this week, to qualify for Weekend Herb Blogging, the marvelous event created by Kalyn at Kalyn's Kitchen.  This week WHB is being hosted by Patl at Up A Creek Without A Patl.  Stop by her site and enjoy all the other herby recipes from around the world.

Here you see the strawberries on top of the batter. This set me to thinking how different fruits, such as blackberries, raspberries, or sliced peaches, would taste?   Ahh, the possibilities!

A crumbled topping is sprinkled on top of the strawberries and into the oven it goes.   In no time, it's done with beautiful berry juice pooling on the surface of the cake.

I didn't wait for it to cool. It was quite wonderful eaten while it was warm.  Thank you Butta Buns! 

Strawberry Coffee Cake

Crumble Topping

1 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
1 stick of margarine (stick form is necessary), cold from the fridge  (I'm a hopeless butter fanatic--so I used it instead.)

To make crumble topping, sift the sugar and flour together in a large bowl. Place the margarine in the center of the bowl and sprinkle a little of the sugar and flour mixture over it. Place all 10 fingers on the stick and start crumbling it by making cat-kneading gestures with your fingers so the margarine turns into little pea sized bits. If you need a visual, refer to this little fella. Keep crumbling until the stick is completely whittled down.
Keep the bowl of crumbles in the fridge until you’re ready for it.

Strawberry Coffee Cake

2 c. flour
1 c. sugar
2 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. milk
2 eggs
1/4 c. margarine, melted (Again, like Paula Deen, I use butter!)
3 c. strawberries, sliced

-Sift the first four ingredients together in a bowl and set aside
-Whisk the milk, eggs, vanilla, and melted margarine together in a bowl.
-Add the mix of wet ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients.
-Beat together with a handheld mixer until well incorporated.
Pour into a pre-greased 13×9 pan. Arrange the sliced strawberries on top of the batter. Sprinkle the crumble toppings.
Bake at 350F for 35-45 minutes.

Comments

[Jenn]

I can't leave a long comment, I have to wipe the drool off my keyboard.

[Tanna]

This is ultimate goodness! Beautiful also!

[Rosa]

Wow, that cake looks wonderful! I've bookmarked your recipe and will test it very soon...

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[Glenna]

mmmmm....I have fresh blueberries in the fridge...I'm thinking I have to make some of this! Looks delicious!

[Kalyn]

It does sound wonderful. Makes me remember how we always had strawberry shortcake for Mother's Day when I was a kid.

[Jenny]

Oooh I don't know about herbs but this looks amazing!

[Lydia]

That looks like a great Mother's Day breakfast dish! (you know what they say, eat dessert first....)

[Ivonne]

Oh my! I have to try this. You know last year I became obsessed with finding recipes for berry coffeecakes. It's gorgeous!

[Butta Buns]

You did a great job, my fiendish friend! The pictures really do give it justice, I hope everybody reading our blogs makes this cake.
It's too darn good not to share!!!!

PS The pyschic vibes must have been high last night because while you were making this, I was cooking your ricotta meatball recipe. Dangerously addictive stuff!

[Lisa]

I'm not a HUGE coffeecake lover - they are good, don't get me wrong.. I just rarely think about making one. Until now. I will make this.. Oh yesssss I will.

It's GORGEOUS, Sher!

xoxox

[Deborah]

Oh wow - I just bought some strawberries and was thinking of how I was going to use them - I think I have decided!!

[Gigi]

ooh! I love it! I love when a recipe can be modified to suit the fruit that is in season. I can't wait to make this!

[Julie]

This looks great, and you're right, it looks like it could easily be adapted for other fruits.

OK, it's definitely on my list of things to bake.

[Jennifer]

This one is a keeper! I want to try this someday, it looks absolutely fabulous!

[astrid]

This is gorgeous! I love strawberries. I'll bake this one for sure!
Thanks for sharing :)

[peabody]

That looks devine. I have a brunch next Sunday, perhaps I shall make these.

[Patricia Scarpin]

I'm so glad we are about to have strawberries here! Sher , this is magnificent, I'm tagging it right now!

[kristi]

mmm... I love coffee cake (and strawberries) so I'm totally trying this recipe soon.

[Nicole]

This looks amazing!!! I'll be adding it to my strawberry recipe round-up this week :-)

[s'kat]

I adore coffee cake plain, but with strawberries.... truly delightful. I'll take a slice with my afternoon cuppa, please.

[mary]

I am going to make this. I'm just not sure exactly when. But, sometime this summer especially before baby #2 is born "lol". It looks soooo good. I'm wondering if I can use the powdered sugar instead of the granula sugar. I'm more into cooking than baking so I don't know if you can do stuff like that.

[Helen]

Can't believe I missed this one, but glad I found the recipe. Looks divine!

[Intisar]

This looks absolutely delicious. I'm not the biggest fan of coffecake, and have never made one before. But I think I will definitely have to give this recipe a try. Thanks for sharing.

[Alice]

I'm thinking of making it for company brunch tomorrow. It sure looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing!