How has it been a month already??? Where is my life going. While we opted not to find out the gender of our baby, we were all sure she was a boy. So we didn't try too hard to come up with a girl's name. Until Levi came out a girl. It took us a little while to decide on a name - not just any name, but the right name. The perfect name.
She is an amazing, precious part of our family, and we are so thankful! All of us...and her big brother is especially pleased with her, in case you couldn't tell.
And so now we have fresh strawberry cake. Because it's strawberry season, and this mama still bakes occasionally. One hand measures ingredients and the other hand snuggles this baby girl. Miss Sarah Kate is not fond of being anywhere except in my arms. And I'm pretty happy about that.
This recipe has been all over Pinterest so I made a few changes and came out with a really great base cake recipe. You could add anything in place of the strawberries - next time I'm definitely going down the blueberry route.
My big girls are quite happy with their "New Baby" too.
Fresh Strawberry Bundt Cake
Adapted from A Spicy Perspective
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1/2 cup canola oil
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
Juice of one lemon
1 tsp lemon extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
2 1/2 cups flour, divided
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
12 oz. fresh strawberries, diced (could also substitute 1 1/2 cups blueberries)
Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
Juice of 1 lemon (about 3 T)
Cream together the butter, oil and sugar in a mixer until combined and fluffy. Add the eggs and combine well. Add the lemon juice, vanilla, lemon extract and sour cream and mix until combined. Add 2 1/4 cups of flour, soda & salt and mix until just combined. Toss the remaining 2 T flour with the chopped strawberries and fold them into the batter.
Pour into a well-greased bundt cake and bake in a 325 degree oven for about 60 minutes, until a knife inserted in the middle comes out with a few crumbs sticking to it. Let cool in the bundt pan for about 15 minutes.
Turn the cake out onto a cake stand and let it cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, whisk together the glaze ingredients. When the cake has cooled, drizzle the glaze over the top of the cake, letting it fall down the sides.