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Recipe

Strawberry Snacking Cake

Y’all know we love all things strawberries and Bon Appetit. This week we’re loving this Strawberry Snacking Cake. You’ll be the MVP of the parade route with this winner - complete with farm fresh eggs, sweet berries, cornmeal, and your favorite jam. Uh, yum!

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Ingredients

  • 8 oz. strawberries, hulled, thinly sliced lengthwise
  • 1 cup plus 3 Tbsp. sugar, divided, plus more for pan
  • Kosher salt
  • ¾ cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for pan
  • 1½ cups (180 g) all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup (60 g) fine-grind cornmeal
  • ½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • ½ cup plus 2 Tbsp. sour cream
  • Finely grated zest of 2 lemons
  • 3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ½ cup strawberry jam (preferably Bonne Maman)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Gently toss strawberries, 1 Tbsp. sugar, and a pinch of salt in a medium bowl. Let sit, stirring occasionally, until ready to use.

Grease a 13x9" pan with oil. Line with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on 2 long sides. Grease parchment with oil. Generously sprinkle pan and parchment with sugar, tilting to coat pan in an even layer; tap out excess.

Whisk flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, 1 cup sugar, and 1 tsp. salt in a medium bowl. Whisk eggs, egg yolks, sour cream, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla in a large bowl until well combined. Add dry ingredients to sour cream mixture and whisk gently to combine. Using a spatula, gradually fold in ¾ cup oil until batter is smooth and homogenous with all of the oil incorporated.

Scrape batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Using a small spoon, dollop jam onto surface. Using a butter knife or small offset spatula, gently swirl jam into batter. Arrange reserved strawberries on top of batter in even rows, touching at widest points. Sprinkle all over with remaining 2 Tbsp. sugar.

Bake cake until risen and deeply bronzed with no damp spots in the middle and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 40–45 minutes.

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Market UmbrellaMarket Umbrella is an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3), based in New Orleans, whose mission is to cultivate the power of farmers markets to drive economic and community health in the region. Market Umbrella has operated the Crescent City Farmers Markets (CCFM) since 1995.

Crescent City Farmers MarketThe Crescent City Farmers Market operates weekly year-round throughout New Orleans. The CCFM hosts 70+ local small farmers, fishers, and food producers, and more than 150,000 shoppers annually.