The strawberry cookie cake is a fragrant, delicious, and super soft dessert. With the arrival of the beautiful season, strawberries are one of the ingredients that are never missing in my kitchen, and today, I want to share with you one of my favorite bases for making delicious cakes, whose filling does not sink during baking. The strawberry cookie cake has a batter that is not very soft, but during baking, thanks to the presence of yogurt, it becomes very soft! Without butter and eggs, with a creamy heart of strawberry jam and fresh fruit, the strawberry cookie cake melts in your mouth and will win you over at the first bite!
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 8-inch pan
- Cooking methods: Oven, Electric Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
Ingredients
- 9 oz strawberries
- 1 cup natural plain yogurt (unsweetened)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 4 tbsps strawberry jam
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1 lemon zest
Steps
The strawberry cookie cake is very simple and quick to prepare, first clean the strawberries and cut them into slices about 1/8 inch thick.
In a bowl, put the unsweetened plain yogurt, vegetable oil, sugar, grated zest of one lemon, and mix with a fork.
Add the all-purpose flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and, still using the fork, mix all the ingredients well, the mixture will not be very soft.
Transfer half of the batter into a pan lined with parchment paper and level it well, spread a layer of strawberry jam on top, add some chopped strawberries, and cover the filling with the remaining batter. Since it is quite dense, to make it neater, I recommend putting it, as I did, into a pastry bag, level it, and place the remaining strawberries on top.
Bake the strawberry cookie cake in a preheated oven at 350°F for about 40 minutes, use a toothpick to check if it is done.
Garnish the strawberry cookie cake with a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
Notes:
The strawberry cookie cake keeps at room temperature for 3-4 days. If you don’t want to use jam, you can simply omit it, perhaps adding a few more strawberries, or you can use another flavor, like peach or apricot, for example.
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