Strawberry Pound Cake

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.

	this recipe	typical
fat	67%	94%
total sugar	168%	167%
egg	58%	83%
leavener	1%	1%
salt	0%	1%
liquid	85%	34%
dairy	70%	57%

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

345 g	3 cups cake flour (spooned & leveled (345 grams))
40 g	Â1/2 cup freeze-dried strawberry powder ((40 grams) see recipe notes)
4 g	1 teaspoon baking powder
	Â1/2 teaspoon baking soda
	Â1/2 teaspoon salt
230 g	1 cup unsalted butter (softened (230 grams))
400 g	2 cups granulated sugar ((400 grams))
200 g	4 large eggs (at room temperature)
	Â1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil ((60 ml))
9 g	2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
	1 teaspoon strawberry extract
	6 to 8 drops red liquid food coloring (or a small squeeze of red gel coloring)
240 g	1 cup sour cream (at room temperature (240 grams))
180 g	1 Â1/2 cups powdered sugar ((180 grams))
10 g	2 tablespoons freeze-dried strawberry powder ((10 grams))
52 g	3 to 4 tablespoons hot water (use more as needed (45 to 60 ml))

Method: 12 steps, published by www.livewellbakeoften.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“The cake was a very good texture and it was a easy recipe to follow, but, surprisingly, not the intense strawberry flavor I expected, especially given the amount of strawberry powder in the batter. I thought 2 teaspoons of vanilla may have softened the flavor ” — a cook, 4.0★

“This is simply the best! A co-worker requested a strawberry birthday cake, so I broke a personal rule and baked and served something I had not tested before, and she and everyone else loved it! I used strawberry powder from Angel Specialty Products, which elim” — a cook, 5.0★