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Strawberry Snack Cake

March 19, 2009 By Susan Voisin 62 Comments
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This moist, vegan vanilla cake is topped with fresh strawberries. Oil-free and only 1 gram of fat per serving.

Strawberry Snack Cake: Oil-free and vegan!

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by Sherry Lucas, the food writer for our local newspaper, who asked if I’d like to be the subject of an article. Though naturally camera-shy (as well as people-shy), I agreed, and when she suggested that I cook a dish using something seasonal, my very first thought was strawberries.

Besides being pretty (I hoped the photographer would be smitten by them and forget to take any photos of me), juicy strawberries from Florida have been available in our grocery stores for the past few weeks, and we’ve been able to get Louisiana strawberries since early February from “The Strawberry Man,” a farmer from my hometown in Louisiana who drives them up every day to sell from the back of his truck.

So I set to work on making the best, low-fat strawberry dessert I could, baking 4 different versions of the same recipe…and gaining 5 pounds in the process! All the experimenting paid off; the final version was light and tender. But after all that cooking, testing, and tasting, the newspaper chose to use the other recipe I made–a quinoa and asparagus dish–in the article.

Never fear–the newspaper’s loss is your gain. I’ve got the recipe, as well as these photos of the cake, right here! Be warned that though fat-free, it’s no health food because of the sugar and white flour. But sometimes during strawberry season, we just have to indulge ourselves a little.
Strawberry Snack Cake

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Strawberry Snack Cake

I call this a "special occasion" cake because of its sugar content. Even without the strawberry topping, it's a moist, delicious vanilla cake. Using soy yogurt makes it the most delicious, but apple sauce can be substituted in a pinch.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 9
Author Susan Voisin

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups cake flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup soy or other non-dairy yogurt see note
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup vanilla soymilk
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 pound strawberries stemmed and sliced
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
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Instructions

  • Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add yogurt, vanilla, water, soymilk, and lemon juice. Mix until just blended–do not overmix. Pour into oiled 8×8-inch pan and bake at 350 F until a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Remove and allow to cool completely.
  • Combine the strawberries, cornstarch, sugar, and water in a saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat until sauce boils and thickens. Spread over top of cake. May be served warm or chilled.

Notes

If you can't find unflavored non-dairy yogurt, you can use any fruit flavor and decrease the sugar by a couple of tablespoons. If you're not following a strict no-oil diet, you can use 1/4 cup yogurt and 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil for a more tender cake; add 20 calories and 2.5 grams of fat per serving.
If vegan yogurt is not an option, use applesauce instead.
Nutrition Facts
Strawberry Snack Cake
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 219 Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Sodium 280mg12%
Carbohydrates 51g17%
Fiber 1g4%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutritional info is approximate.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Vegan
Keyword vanilla cake, vegan white cake
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This vegan vanilla cake is topped with fresh strawberries. Oil-free and only 1 gram of fat per serving.

Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: Cakes, Louisiana, Southern cooking, Soy, Vegan Valentine’s Day Recipes

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  1. parsnipsandsprockets

    August 20, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    This is really good! I had to sub a few things because my pantry is lacking at the moment but it turned out delicious anyway! I used wheat and all purp flour instead of cake flour, applesauce for the yogurt, and blueberries instead of the strawberries.

    I think I'm going to use your sauce creation over waffles next time I make them. Thanks for yet another great recipe!

    Reply
  2. evolvingtastes

    February 2, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    Hi Susan, thanks for the recipe, and also for the link love on Facebook!

    Reply
  3. Alison

    February 14, 2010 at 5:28 am

    I cannot wait to try this one out. I applied the same method to blueberry with outstanding results!

    Reply
  4. Sailaja Damodaran

    April 20, 2010 at 11:40 pm

    Is cake flour known as All purpose flour.Please explain.
    Thanks,

    Reply
    • SusanV

      April 21, 2010 at 7:39 am

      Cake flour has less protein and gluten than all-purpose flour, giving baked goods a lighter texture. In the US, it can be bought in grocery stores–look for boxes rather than bags. If you can’t find cake flour, you can use 3/4 cup of all-purpose mixed with 2 tablespoons of corn starch to substitute for each cup of cake flour.

      Reply
  5. Christine

    May 7, 2010 at 4:40 pm

    Hi Susan! This looks delish! Do you think it would be okay to sub the soy yogurt with something like So Delicious’ coconut milk yogurt? And rice milk (or other) instead of soy milk? I’ve developed soy issues and would still like to make this recipe as soon as strawberries make it up to NJ! 🙂 Thanks for all your fantastic recipes – you deserve the newspaper accolaes!

    Reply
    • SusanV

      May 7, 2010 at 4:48 pm

      Thanks, Christine! Feel free to use non-soy ingredients for soy. They’ll all work.

      Reply
  6. Vikki

    May 11, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    This was very good! I used whole wheat pastry flour instead of the cake flour and I intended to use some stevia in place of the sugar but I forgot to add either. It was still very good!! Will make again and omit the sugar on purpose this time.

    Reply
  7. Melanie

    May 20, 2010 at 12:46 pm

    What could I use instead of soy yogurt? I don’t have any here…

    Reply
    • SusanV

      May 20, 2010 at 12:57 pm

      You can use apple sauce or you can increase the soy milk by 1/4 cup and leave out the soy yogurt.

      Reply
  8. Kitty

    May 22, 2010 at 10:20 am

    Just wanted to say that this is a wonderful website!

    Reply
  9. Tammy

    June 28, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    Susan, thanks for this wonderful recipe! I had strawberries to use up quickly but not quite enough so I did 1/2 blueberries and it was a huge hit w/my 7 yo daughter (and with me, too!!). Wonderful website…you are awesome! 🙂

    Reply
  10. Gwen

    July 5, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    Made this for my dad’s birthday today and it was a big hit! So moist and delicious!

    Only thing I did differently was I made it in a 9×9… the baking time was more around the 20-25 minutes area for me.

    Reply
  11. anu

    January 13, 2011 at 6:05 am

    Hi Susan, I think u have a fantastic site, love all your dessert recipes. I would like to know if I can make the Strawberry Snack Cake with frozen strawberries & if so do I have to thaw them (in a microwave?) before making the sauce . Please advise. Thanx & keep up the good work.

    Reply
    • SusanV

      January 13, 2011 at 7:43 am

      I would just let them thaw in the fridge overnight before using them. Hope you enjoy!

      Reply
  12. anon

    February 26, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    Susan you should write a book, it would be great! It would be fantastic to have all your recipes together in hardcopy!

    Reply
  13. Melomeals: Vegan for $3.33 a Day

    March 20, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    Yum! I am sooo looking forward to strawberry season… it’s still pretty chilly up here in NH!

    Reply
  14. Cindy Hood-Siegal

    March 20, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    Thanks for this recipe – it was delicious! My son is on a very restricted diet to try to pin down his allergies, so we subbed GF baking mix for the pastry flour. The cake was dense, but tasty and the sweet/sour strawberry sauce was a good complement. It looked and tasted like cake, which was great! It’s a whole lot more than I can say for some “alternative” recipes I have tried lately.

    Reply
  15. Cassie

    March 21, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    mmm.. delish! Just made this today – perfect for a lovely spring day!

    Reply
  16. Get Skinny, Go Vegan.

    March 21, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    Beautiful!!

    Reply
  17. V Ian

    March 24, 2011 at 5:20 am

    hi Susan I tried it and did not like it at all, the cake was not even similar to a normal one 🙁

    Reply
  18. Ali

    April 5, 2011 at 9:23 am

    This was fabulous! I’ve been dabbling a bit with vegan baking and I’ve never made a cake that was edible. This was more than edible and I could have easily eaten the entire cake myself! Everyone loved it.

    Reply
  19. Christine

    May 2, 2011 at 10:57 am

    I bought a ton of organic strawberries on sale this past Friday and wanted a way to use some of them, so I made this – it’s delightful! Even my husband, who is not big on sweets, liked it. His only complaint was that it tasted a little “healthy” but that was my fault for using 3/4 cup of white whole wheat flour… I just couldn’t stand the thought of all that white flour! 🙂 I think the cake is perfect, though I think next time I will decrease the sugar in the strawberry sauce since it was a tad sweet for me (maybe my strawberries were just that sweet?). I used vanilla almond milk and some homemade vegan yogurt too. Thanks for the cornstarch tip to sub for cake flour!

    Reply
  20. Shelley

    March 23, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Yum! I cannot wait for strawberry season here in upstate New York now!

    Reply
  21. Esther

    March 23, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    Well now I want strawberry shortcake. And strawberry season’s not til May. 😛

    Reply
  22. Heather

    March 26, 2012 at 12:05 am

    Just wondering where you got that ADORABLE red/white polka dot pan?

    Reply
  23. Jessica Caneal

    April 15, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    Omg, omg, omg. I can’t wait to try this!!

    Reply
  24. rebecca @outinthemsticks

    April 18, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    question: Would you put the topping on it right away or would you wait until serving time? i.e. does it hold up when put together?

    Reply
    • Susan Voisin

      April 18, 2012 at 1:57 pm

      You can put it on beforehand, but put the whole thing in the refrigerator. Also, it works best if you leave the cake in the pan rather than take it out.

      Reply
      • rebecca @outinthemsticks

        April 18, 2012 at 3:41 pm

        Thanks so much Susan! I’ll do that now that the cake has cooled. We are having it as a special treat tonight. We LOVE your recipes!!!!

        Reply
  25. Claudia

    March 17, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    Ok just made this……wow. thank you thank you. Had no yogurt on hand but used applesauce and a lil oil combined 4/1 to equal the amount of yogurt. This is sooo what I needed to go along with nada “chicken” parmesan over polenta. Perfect comfort food without too much guilt.

    Reply
  26. Erin

    March 22, 2013 at 5:01 pm

    I am baking this after seeing the post the other day and then pinning it to make later when I had strawberries. I was missing a couple of ingredients like soy yogurt, but I added a touch more almond milk and it made a very nice batter. We’re all excited to try this. YUM!!

    Reply
  27. Chelsea

    March 19, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    My husband was just saying to me the other day – “I wish we could find a good recipe for strawberry shortcake”…. and then this recipe pops up! I can’t wait to try it. Thank you!

    Reply
  28. Ceara @ Ceara's Kitchen

    March 20, 2014 at 4:59 am

    Susan this recipe looks delicious and you are so right about strawberry season – sometimes we have to indulge just a little 😉 Excited to try this cake! Thanks for the great recipe – Pinned!

    Reply
  29. Stacy

    August 29, 2015 at 9:06 am

    Hi Susan! My little one has many food allergies and I’m trying to find a vegan and gf cake to make for my birthday this weekend. I can’t find gf cake flour at Whole Foods, so I’m wondering if you have a specific gf suggestion.
    You said this above:
    “Cake flour has less protein and gluten than all-purpose flour, giving baked goods a lighter texture. In the US, it can be bought in grocery stores–look for boxes rather than bags. If you can’t find cake flour, you can use 3/4 cup of all-purpose mixed with 2 tablespoons of corn starch to substitute for each cup of cake flour.”
    Should I follow your advice with the “all purpose” gf flour and mix it with corn starch, or because it has no gluten, use it as is, or should I be looking for a special baking mix?Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Susan Voisin

      August 29, 2015 at 9:56 am

      Oh gosh, Stacy, I am really no expert in gluten-free baking! I’m not even adequate, really. My belief, however, is that a gluten-free baking mix can be used instead of wheat flour, no extra starch required. I’m not sure about an all purpose gluten-free flour, but if you notice any starches on the ingredients list, it probably is already formulated for baking. Hope it comes out well!

      Reply
  30. Stacy

    August 29, 2015 at 3:50 pm

    Thank you! I’ll try it and see!!

    Reply
  31. Stacy

    August 30, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    Made the cake with Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose Baking Flour today. That seemed like the best choice at Whole Foods. It turned out great!! Thank you for the advice and the recipe!

    Reply
  32. Amy

    February 22, 2016 at 4:51 am

    Love this snack cake. I used Truvia sweetener in place of the sugar in the recipe, and it turned out great. Definitely would recommend others to try it. AMAZING!!!

    Reply
  33. Laina

    March 30, 2016 at 4:58 pm

    Hi Susan,

    I’ve finally made this recipe – so delicious!!!

    Do you have something similar for blueberries? Or can I use blueberries in place of the strawberries?

    Thanks!
    Laina 🙂

    Reply
    • Susan Voisin

      March 30, 2016 at 5:43 pm

      I’m so glad you liked it! I can’t see any reason why you couldn’t use blueberries instead of strawberries. I’d love to know how it comes out if you do.

      Reply
  34. Gloria petrey

    August 12, 2017 at 6:18 pm

    I’m not able to PIN from this site. Hoping you’ll add it to your Pinterest page so i can pin it from there. Looks amazing!!!

    Reply
    • Susan Voisin

      August 12, 2017 at 7:30 pm

      Thanks! The Pin button is down right now, but I’ll see if I can pin it from Pinterest.

      Reply
  35. Jenny

    July 7, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    Hi,
    I’m confused how this could be fat-free unless you know of some secret ingredients that I don’t know about. How can I find non-dairy milk and non-dairy yogurt without fat? I know they have fat free dairy versions…

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Susan Voisin

      July 7, 2018 at 10:27 pm

      Hi Jenny, by fat-free, I mean free of added oil. Whole foods plant-based diets don’t exclude foods that have naturally-occurring fat, like soy milk and yogurt.

      Reply
  36. Suzanne

    March 12, 2019 at 7:33 am

    Love your fat free recipes! Thanks for doing the heavy lifting on developing these for those of us on Dr Esselstyn’s “no oil” (“I said NO OIL!”) diet. You’ve nailed it!

    Reply
  37. kim

    March 29, 2019 at 2:40 pm

    This reminds me of my German Grandmothers cottage pudding ( cake) . Only better. She used lemon topping. also yummy. This is easy and very good , Susan! Thank you.

    Reply
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