Strawberry Cake

Direction :

Preheat oven and prepare the pie plate:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10-inch pie plate.

Sift flour, baking power, and salt:
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together into a medium bowl.

Beat butter and sugar together:
Put butter and 1 cup sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

Mix in egg, milk, and vanilla:
Reduce speed to medium-low; mix in egg, milk, and vanilla.

Make the batter:
Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in flour mixture.

Prepare the batter in the pie plate:
Transfer batter to buttered pie plate. Arrange strawberries on top of batter, cut sides down and as close together as possible. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons sugar over berries.

Bake the cake:
Bake cake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Bake until cake is golden brown and firm to the touch, about 1 hour. Let cool in pie plate on a wire rack. Cut into wedges.