Delicious Strawberry Pound Cake with Easy Homemade Glaze

ByCerys Parker Published on
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Strawberries are in season again and the kids are begging to go to the local pick you own and get a couple of punnets but before that I wanted to make a delicious strawberry cake to share with my friends for our weekly coffee and catch up. This strawberry pound cake is amazingly delicious and one of my favourites to make as soon as the strawberries are in season.

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Fresh Strawberry Cake with Glaze

The secret to making this strawberry cake really moist is that we use Greek yoghurt in it. This combined with the vegetable oil makes a cake that is particularly light and tasty. Add in the homemade strawberry glaze and it’s fantastic.

slices of pound cake with diced strawberries topped with a homemade easy strawberry glaze. Presented on a white plate with 2 fresh strawberries too

The diced strawberries within the cake add an extra flavour that makes it perfect for summer coffee mornings in the garden.

2 slices of homemade from scratch strawberry pound cake with a strawberry glaze 2 strawberries on the plate as well

Strawberry Glaze

The strawberry glaze that we have added to the top is so simple to make, just strawberries and powdered sugar.

making homemade glaze in a bowl with smashed strawberries and powdered sugar

The strawberries need to be thoroughly smashed, something that my kids love to help with. We smash then with a fork or if the kids are feeling particularly “helpful” then they may use a potato masher.

strawberry glaze poured over the top of a pound cake in the loaf pan letting it set before serving at coffee morning

Which ever way the smashed strawberries mean that you don’t need to add any liquid in with the powdered sugar to create the glaze. But be warned you have to resist the temptation to avoid eating the cake before the glaze has set!

Yield: 1 pound cake

Delicious Strawberry Pound Cake with Glaze Recipe

A white square plate with 2 slices of freshly baked strawberry pound cake with a homemade glaze and 4 ripe red strawberries around the outside

A delicious summer pound cake with strawberries and a homemade sweet tasty strawberry glaze ideal for fresh strawberries from your garden or the store.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

Strawberry Pound Cake

  • 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup plain greek yogurt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup diced strawberries

Glaze

  • 1/2 cup smashed strawberries
  • 2 cups powdered/icing sugar

Instructions

Strawberry Pound Cake

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F.  
  2. Spray a loaf pan with non-stick spray.
  3. In a bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.  
  4. In a second bowl, mix the wet ingredients: greek yogurt, eggs, vanilla extract, and oil. adding greek yoghurt to a pound cake mix will make it extra moist and delicious
  5. Add the sugar to the wet ingredients and mix well. sugar added to the wet ingredients for a strawberry pound cake
  6. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until combined.  adding the dry and wet ingredients for making cakes together
  7. Fold in the diced strawberries. diced strawberries added to the cake batter ready to fold in
  8. Pour the cake batter into the 1lb loaf pan. strawberry cake batter in a loaf tin ready to go into the oven
  9. Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the center comes out clean with a toothpick. 
  10. Once baked, remove from oven to cool.

How to Make the Strawberry Glaze

  1. Combine the smashed strawberries and powdered sugar to form a glaze.  making homemade glaze in a bowl with smashed strawberries and powdered sugar
  2. Pour over the cooled pound cake. strawberry glaze poured over the top of a pound cake in the loaf pan letting it set before serving at coffee morning
  3. Allow to set before serving. 2 slices of homemade from scratch strawberry pound cake with a strawberry glaze 2 strawberries on the plate as well

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

10

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 373Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 245mgCarbohydrates: 60gFiber: 1gSugar: 44gProtein: 6g

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Cuisine: Summer / Category: Cakes

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