How to make strawberry almond cake step by step

Step 1 - preparations

• Take the butter and eggs out of the fridge at least two hours in advance to warm up.
  5 eggs, 225 g soft butter
• Line the baking pan with parchment paper or grease it with butter and dust with flour or breadcrumbs.
  
• Turn on the oven to 180 ℃ (top/bottom heat mode) or 170℃ (convection mode).
• Wash the strawberries, remove the stems, and cut them in half or into quarters (depending on the size of the fruit).
  approx 250 g strawberries
• In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and ground almonds.
  275 g wheat flour - all-purpose, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 75 g ground almonds
  

Step 2 - preparing the creamed almond cake batter

• Transfer the soft butter and powdered sugar to the mixer bowl - you can also add a little almond extract if you like more aromatic almond cakes.
  200 g powdered sugar, 225 g soft butter
  
• Beat the butter with sugar for a few minutes on the highest speed of the mixer - until the mixture is visibly fluffy and light in color.
  
• Add one egg and a tablespoon of the mixed flour to the butter mixture at a time - mix briefly on low speed, just until combined.
  5 eggs
  
• Once all eggs have been added, add about half of the remaining flour and mix briefly on low speed.
  
• Add the rest of the flour and mix briefly - stop mixing when you can still see remnants of flour around the edges of the bowl. Then, just fold in the batter with a spoon.
  
• Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.
  
• Arrange the strawberries on top.
  approx 250 g strawberries
  
• Finally, sprinkle the top of the cake with chopped almonds or almond flakes.
  almonds
  

Step 3 - baking the strawberry almond cake

• Place the pan with the cake in the preheated oven on approximately the middle rack (but slightly closer to the bottom) and bake for about 40 minutes - until a skewer comes out clean.
• After baking, cool the cake, and before serving, sprinkle with additional powdered sugar.