aunt kate's strawberry cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup mashed fresh strawberries
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup mashed fresh strawberries

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• grease a cake pan.
• beat white sugar and shortening together until light and fluffy.
• beat eggs, one at a time, into sugar mixture until well mixed; stir in vanilla extract.
• stir 1 cup strawberries and baking soda in a large bowl until baking soda is dissolved. this will help strawberries foam and rise in the cake.
• whisk flour and salt together in a separate bowl. stir flour mixture and strawberry mixture by hand, into sugar mixture, alternating flour mixture, then strawberry mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• pour batter into prepared cake pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• beat confectioners' sugar, butter, and 1/4 cup strawberries in a bowl with an electric mixer until blended; frost the cooled strawberry cake.