Name: Strawberry Torte
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature; ¾ cup granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; 2 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia (optional); 1 cup all-purpose flour; 2 cups fresh strawberries, cut into ¾ inch dice; 2 tablespoons Turbinado Sugar

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Strawberry Torte is an easy dessert made with fresh strawberries (or other fruit of your choice). Simply delicious!

Strawberry Torte - A simple dessert made with fresh strawberries (or other fruit of your choice). This has the most amazing flavor thanks to a secret ingredient!

Last fall, over on Instagram, the King Arthur Flour company posted a photo from their test kitchen of a torte made with fresh cranberries. It was a version of this recipe – and I pinned it over on Pinterest with plans to try making it myself!

Fast forward a few months and over Easter weekend, I decided to finally try the recipe – using some fresh strawberries that we had in our refrigerator. Let me tell you – this Strawberry Torte is fantastic! And – it was so good that less than a week later, I baked it a second time so we could photograph this amazing dessert and share it with you today!

This strawberry torte is very easy to make! A simple batter is prepared and spread in the bottom of a shallow cake pan, then diced strawberries are spread over the batter. (I placed the diced strawberries seed side up because I thought it would look prettiest!) Before baking, I sprinkled turbinado sugar over the top, giving the cake a sweet crunchy topping once it comes out of the oven.

But don’t be fooled by the simplicity of this recipe – there is actually a secret ingredient that makes this strawberry torte so delicious! The batter of this torte is flavored with Fiori di Sicilia – an extract made from vanilla, citrus and floral essences. It’s used in many Italian baked goods such as Panettone and it lends a wonderful, distinctive flavor that you’ve got to taste! While we’ve listed it as optional in the ingredients list (and this torte will still be delicious without it) – we really encourage you to use the Fiori di Sicilia if you can!

You can purchase Fiori di Sicilia Extract here.

Martha

Martha is part of the husband-wife team that creates A Family Feast. She loves to cook and entertain for family and friends, and she believes that serving a great meal is one of the best ways to show someone that you care. Martha is a self-taught home cook, who loves to read cookbooks and try new recipes. After a decades-long career in business and online marketing, she now runs A Family Feast full-time. Her specialties are baking, desserts, vegetables and pasta dishes.

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