Strawberry Coffee Cake

How to make the best strawberry coffee cake recipe, a light and fluffy coffee cake made with fresh strawberries which brings in a moist texture. This coffee cake is delicious served with a dusting of confectioners' sugar and vanilla ice cream, perfect for your spring and summer desserts.

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If you love all fruits coffee cake recipes then you must try this amazing recipe made with fresh strawberries that give an incredible flavor and texture to this coffee cake.

Coffee cakes are very popular because they are very easy to make at home, perfect for any occasion and you can add a lot of toppings to make great desserts.

This very simple and delicious coffee cake recipe is perfect with fresh fruits like strawberries, but if you are not very crazy about strawberries think that you can easily replace them with raspberries, berries, apples, pears, apricots, cherries in short the list is very long.

Why we love this recipe

This strawberry coffee cake recipe is very easy to make, it has perfect light and fluffy texture. The strawberries add a delicious flavor and moisture to the cake that gives it that crazy buttery texture.

Served with just a bit of icing sugar, this coffee cake strawberry recipe is perfect for enjoying the strawberry season and to share with your family this summer.

And to make it a wonderful dessert, you can add to this coffee cake a crumble topping (I'll tell you how below) and serve it with vanilla ice cream, strawberry sauce and crushed pistachios..

Fresh Strawberry or frozen strawberry

This coffee cake with strawberries has the particularity of having a dense and moist texture and it is the addition of the fresh strawberries that brings this moist texture.

Frozen strawberries get waterlogged after being in the freezer, so I don't recommend using them or you'll end up with a coffee cake that's too dense and wet and will lose its softness.

Ingredients and substitutions

Here is an overview of the ingredient list and possible substitutions for this delicious moist strawberry cake at home, scroll down the page to see the quantities in the recipe card.

• Vegetable oil: Use a neutral oil like sunflower oil or grapeseed oil or if you like light olive oil to flavor this cake. When the cake is cooled you don't taste the oil in the cake anymore, using oil instead of butter gives a much moister texture. (but you can always replace it with the same amount of unsalted butter)
• Sugar: white granulated sugar not a flavored sugar like brown sugar to keep the strawberry flavor.
• Eggs: use room temperature eggs (run them under hot water for a few moments if you didn't have time to take them out ahead of time)
• Buttermilk: you can replace it with plain yogurt, mascarpone, sour cream, or just semi-skimmed milk.
• Flour: white wheat all-purpose flour.
• Baking powder: Use baking powder or baking soda to make the batter rise.
• Salt and vanilla extract: essential to bring out all the flavors.
• Strawberries - Use fresh strawberries instead of frozen ones, which will make the cake too wet and lose its softness.

Find the quantities and instructions in the recipe card below and if you have any questions about the recipe you can leave them as comments.

How to make strawberry soft cake recipe

• Place oil and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl and mix with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat again for a good 1 minute to incorporate them.
• Pour in the buttermilk and mix again for a few moments until you have a homogeneous mixture.

Tip: To make this coffee cake you can use your hand mixer, your stand mixer or simply a hand whisk, all 3 work.

• Add the dry ingredients, all-purpose flour, salt and baking powder and fold in with a flexible spatula.
• Finish by adding the sliced strawberries and mix gently just enough to obtain a homogeneous preparation.

Baking

• Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C and prepare a 8 inches / 20 cm cake pan by lining it with parchment paper at the bottom or greasing it with butter for easier removal from the pan.
• Pour the coffee cake batter into the prepared pan and place the sliced strawberries on top.
• Bake the coffee cake in the preheated oven for about 40-50 minutes until puffed and golden brown.
• Let the cake cool completely in the pan before removing from the baking pan and placing on a large plate.
• Place in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Tip: Check for doneness with a knife blade or toothpick inserted it into the center of the cake. It should comes out clean or with a few crumbs.

Serving suggestions

This fresh strawberry coffee cake is not at all dry in the mouth and can be served without accompaniment. But you can make it even more indulgent by adding a few toppings to make it a great dessert.

• Strawberry coulis
• Vanilla ice cream
• Icing sugar
• Homemade whipped cream
• Chopped pistachios or almonds
• Fresh fruits, berries, strawberries etc.

Storage and Freeze instructions

Since it is made of fresh fruit and has a very moist texture, it is best kept in the refrigerator. You can keep it for 3-5 days in the refrigerator covered with cling film.

it is not recommended to freeze your strawberry coffee cake it because of the fruits which can give back water after defrosting and give a too wet texture.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I add a crumb topping?

If you wish, you can add a crunchy layer to this strawberry coffee cake. Simply make a mixture of flour, almond meal, brown sugar and butter in equal amounts with a pinch of sea salt and crumble the mixture on top of the cake just before baking.

A crumb topping will add even more flavor and deliciousness to this coffee cake and will be perfect with vanilla ice cream.

More Cake Recipes

• French soft apple cake
• Cookie butter biscoff cake
• Almond coffee cake
• Flourless chocolate cake

More strawberry desserts

• Strawberry layer cake with diplomat cream
• Strawberry milkshake
• Strawberry fraisier
• Strawberry tart
• Strawberry galette
• Strawberry banana smoothie
• Strawberry macarons
• No bake strawberry cheesecake
• Strawberry swirl cheesecake

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