Sipi’s Strawberry Cake

Name: Sipi’s Strawberry Cake
Yield: Serves 8–10
Cuisine: Finland
Ingredients: 220 g (1¾ cups) cake flour or plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 180 g (6 oz) butter, melted; 180 g (¾ cup) sugar; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 4 tablespoons icing (confectioners’) sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 750 ml (3 cups) thick (double/heavy) cream; 4 eggs, separated; 185 ml (¾ cup) warm milk; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 800 g (1 lb 12 oz) strawberries

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Falling Cloudberries

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2004

About

The Finns are crazy about strawberries and my mother’s kitchen is always full of them. This is the cake my mother still makes for a celebration. It is so lovely; really pure and pretty, just like the Finns.

Ingredients

220 g (1¾ cups) cake flour or plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting
180

Europe
Finland
Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian
Nordic

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Grease and flour a 22 cm (8½ inch) springform cake ti