Myles is 17 this year! WOW! Where does the time go. He asked for "something fruity" for his birthday cake. I was surprised- I thought he'd ask for chocolate. We used chocolate ice cream instead. I found a flavor called Brownies on the moon - I'd never heard of it before, but Jessica said it was Brad's favorite and Ashlee loved it too! I found a recipe online for Strawberry Yogurt cake and decided to try that. I found the same recipe posted a couple of places but I think the original is from A Spicy Perspective. I'm re posting it here with the minor changes I made - mostly adding more lemon flavor and berries. Myles and everyone else really liked it!
1 cup 2 sticks butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Zest of 1 lemon
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 ounces plain or vanilla, Greek yogurt
16 ounces fresh strawberries, chopped into small pieces
1/4 cup flour
Mix flour, soda and salt. In a separate bowl cream the butter, add sugar. Cream well. Add eggs and lemon juice. (I think I used 2 Tbsp, the original recipe only had 1, but I think I added extra.) Add about half the yogurt, mix in, then add half the flour mixture and mix in. Then repeat with the other half of the yogurt and flour mixing after each addition. Toss the berries with the 1/4 c flour. Gently stir into the batter. The batter seemed thicker to me than most cake batters. Pour into a well greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake at 325 for 60-70 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 min. (original recipe said 20 min) then dump onto a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled, glaze the cake.
1 1/2 c powdered sugar
3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
zest of 1 lemon
Mix together and drizzle over the top of the cake.
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