- Level
- easy
- Prep Time
- 25 mins
- Cooking Time
- 35 mins
- Serves
- 8
Ingredients
- Strawberries
- 4 cups
- fresh strawberries, quartered
- 680 g
- 1⁄3 cup
- sugar
- 70 g
- 2 tbsp
- cornstarch
- 2 tbsp
- lemon juice
- 30 ml
- Cake
- ¾ cup
- unbleached all-purpose flour
- 115 g
- 1 tsp
- baking powder
- ¼ tsp
- salt
- ½ cup
- sugar
- 105 g
- ¼ cup
- vegetable oil
- 60 ml
- 1
- egg
- 1⁄3 cup
- milk
- 75 ml
Directions
- Step 1
- Strawberries
Preheat the grill, setting the burners to medium (see note).
- Step 2
- In a bowl, combine all of the ingredients just until the sugar has dissolved. Spread the mixture out in an 8-inch (20 cm) square foil dish. Set aside.
- Step 3
- Cake
In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Step 4
- In a third bowl, whisk the sugar, oil and egg with an electric mixer. With the machine running on low speed, stir in the dry ingredients alternating with the milk.
- Step 5
- Spread the batter over the strawberries. Place the foil dish on the grill. Close the lid and cook for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. Let cool.
- Step 6
- Serve the cooled cake with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
Tips
To prepare the cake in the oven: with the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Continue the recipe from step 2.
