German Strawberry Cake by Lisa Smith

Lisa says: This is a really simple recipe, especially because you are only using one bowl for all of the mixing! This one isn’t a sweet recipe, but more fruity. Delicious!

Ingredients:

            Cake-

• 100 grams of softened butter
• 100 grams of granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• A pinch of salt
• Lemon zest
• 160 grams of all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 3 tablespoons of milk

Topping-

• A small box of strawberries
• 24 grams of Dr.Oetker’s Tortenguss (or strawberry jello)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter your round spring baking pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine all of your cake ingredients and mix! This may take a little bit, simply because you’re adding all the ingredients at once, but not too long.
3. Pour the batter into your spring pan and bake for about fifteen to twenty minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
4. Allow the cake to completely cool.
5. Wash and cut strawberries in half. Use a paper towel to dry. They must be really dry or else the jello will not stick.
6. Organise your strawberries neatly on the top of your cake.
7. Make your jello following the package directions.
8. Pour liquid jello over top your strawberries, making sure that not a single strawberry is sticking out. If they do, the strawberries will go bad QUICKLY.
9. Put your strawberry cake into the fridge and allow the jello to cool and stiffen.
10.  Enjoy!