Name: Aunt Kate's Strawberry Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: White sugar - 1 cup; Shortening - ½ cup; Eggs, room temperature - 2; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Mashed fresh strawberries - 1 cup; Baking soda - ½ teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 2 cups; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Confectioners' sugar - 2 cups; Butter, room temperature - ¼ cup; Mashed fresh strawberries - ¼ cup

Ingredients for - Aunt Kate's Strawberry Cake

1. White sugar 1 cup

2. Shortening ½ cup

3. Eggs, room temperature 2

4. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

5. Mashed fresh strawberries 1 cup

6. Baking soda ½ teaspoon

7. All-purpose flour 2 cups

8. Salt ½ teaspoon

9. Confectioners' sugar 2 cups

10. Butter, room temperature ¼ cup

11. Mashed fresh strawberries ¼ cup

How to cook deliciously - Aunt Kate's Strawberry Cake

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Grease a cake pan.

3 . Stage

Beat white sugar and shortening together until light and fluffy.

4 . Stage

Beat eggs, one at a time, into sugar mixture until well mixed; stir in vanilla extract.

5 . Stage

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.

6 . Stage

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.

7 . Stage

Pour batter into prepared cake pan.

8 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

9 . Stage

Beat confectioners' sugar, butter, and 1/4 cup strawberries in a bowl with an electric mixer until blended; frost the cooled strawberry cake.