Fresh Strawberry Cake with White Chocolate Chips

I bake(again) along with Zoe, Lena, Joyce and of course everyone is welcome to bake along too. This week is Free and Easy Bake Along event #21 ~  Fresh Strawberry Cake with White Chocolate Chips. I get this simple recipe from the FoodBuzz.

Fresh Strawberry Cake with White Chocolate Chips

(Recipe from Cake Keeper Cakes by Lauren Chattman)

The name is so refreshing, yummy and I knew it this cake must be very sweet. That is sugar and white chocolate chips in it. I try to balance the sweetness here and I had some changes in the recipe.

Ingredients

1 large egg + 1 egg yolk

1/2cup sour cream (Is about 100-110gm, I mix plain yoghurt with sour cream)

1/2tsp grated lemon zest

2tsp vanilla extract

11/2cups all purpose flour (I used Rose Plain Flour)

11/2tsp baking powder

3/4tsp baking soda

6tbsp unsalted butter and a pinch of salt (Is about 90-100gm. I used normal butter so no salt needed)

1cup of sugar (That is too sweet, I used about 150gm only)

8 oz fresh strawberries, stemmed and sliced (approximately 16-20 strawberries, depends on sizes. I found nice red one which less sourish)

1cup of white chocolate chips (I used about 70gm only. White chocolate chip is always that sweet)

Method

• Heat the oven to 350F. Grease a 8inch square baking pan and dust it with some flour, knocking out the excess.
• Combine 11/4cups of flour (There remaining 1/4cup of flour left for the strawberries), baking powder, baking soda in a medium bowl.
• Combine the egg, egg yolk, sour cream, lemon zest and vanilla in a bowl and beat lightly.
• Combine the sliced strawberries with the remaining flour in a bowl and mix well. This is too control the excess juices from the fresh fruits. The flour will covered the strawberries and add in the white chocolate chips as well. 
• Combine butter (at room temperature) and sugar in a mixing bowl and cream it with an electrical mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Scrap down the sides if necessary.
• Slowly pour in the egg mixture, half at a time and mix well.
• Turn the mixer to a low speed and add in the flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time.
• Then mix the cake batter for another 30 seconds on medium speed.
• Last but not least, pour in the strawberries and chocolate chips mixture inside the batter and fold well using a spatula.
• Scrape the batter in the baking pan and bake the cake for 45-50 minutes.
• When it is ready, let it cool for 5minutes. Then invert it onto a wire and immediately turn it right side up on rack to cool completely. *Important*

I sliced the cake into bars. Look at those pale fresh pinkie strawberry with melted white chocolate chips inside. Hubby tasted, said ok and not that sour. Strawberries originally aren't that sweet, slightly sourish after all. So I'm lucky to found the red ones for this recipe or else need to add more sugar or either add more white chocolate chips.

Note: Taste your strawberries first before deciding to cut down the sugar from the recipe.

I decorated the cakes with some glazed fresh strawberries for the finishing touch. I made some sugar syrup to glaze the extra berries. Before glazing, I sliced the berries into half and then slightly make two inches again. 1 recipe really not enough, I have to cut into half again so everyone has a bite. In just a glimpse...all gone!

Isn't it looks sweet and delightful? High Tea anyone? My mum thought I bought from somewhere else.*wink*

Hahaha decorating really do the tricks right?

This recipe is simple because just dump in all the ingredients and that's it! Bake it and you gonna love this delicious cake. From my point view, this cake suits any events. I'm sending this Fresh Strawberry Cake with White Chocolate Chips to the Bake Along #21 Event hosted by this wonderful ladies: Zoe, Lena and Joyce.