I’m not going to lie, when I see something on sale I get excited. It doesn’t really matter what it is. I know the clearance stickers for the major stores and I am like a clearance hawk when I walk down the aisles. [You know you love those red Target clearance stickers too!] And for some reason, I get really really excited for food sales. Good food sales. [What can I say, I’m a cheap foodie!] So when our grocery store had strawberries on sale, who grabbed 4 pounds? This girl! And after eating a pound and a half, we whipped up these strawberry cake bars.
“We” is Ryley and me. She’s my baking buddy. She likes to sit on the counter next to my mixer and turn it on. She also helps me pour in the ingredients and sometimes crack the eggs. Depending on the day. On this day she was the mixer turner on-er, the sugar pourer and the strawberry counter.
And the strawberry taste tester. I had a bowl of cut strawberries and she could hold one up and say “Look! A strawberry chip!” and dip it in the batter. Well, I guess it is a strawberry chip, why not eat it covered in cake batter? So she sat on the counter and dipped strawberries and just chatted away with me.
She’s also my little shopper too. We love to go “shop shop” at the “popcorn store” together. [Translation – we love to browse the clearance stickers at Target.] It’s fun when her and I are able to have a little solo mommy/daughter time. [And we get to spend daddy’s money. Duh.]
When we aren’t baking or shopping we color, or read Judy Moody books, or watch My Little Ponies. Which are all things I’m sure I did when I was her age. So once the strawberry cake bars were done and I had cut them into squares, I handed her one. And she looked at it funny and said “I don’t like it mommy”. I titled my head to the side and wondered what the teenage years would bring. [And I had to console myself with two strawberry bars and some ice cream. Alone.]
Strawberry Cake Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 stick of salted butter, room temp.
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup cut strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Cream the butter and the sugar.
- Add the egg, yogurt, milk, and vanilla extract.
- Mix in the flour and baking powder.
- Add the strawberries and beat on high for a minute.
- Pour the batter into the baking dish and level out.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean in the center.
- Let cool and slice.
- Enjoy!
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Crystal says
They look delicious!! I remember doing the same things with my girls. Even though they are 20 & 17 (next month), we still love shopping for sales. My 17 year old is my grocery shopping buddy. Lots of sweet memories 🙂 Thanks for the delicious recipe!! I love strawberries and have been eating a ton!!
Kelley says
Aww. Thats so sweet Crystal! Im so glad you have such a good relationship with your girls! Makes me smile since my momma was and is my best buddy. Hope you like the bars if yall make em! 🙂
Msjbelle says
These look delicious and I enjoyed reading your story. Now I know what to make next time I see strawberries on sale. And I love the clearance isle!!!
Kelley says
Thanks so much! Yea, I’m a clearance aisle junkie for sure 😉
Diane Balch says
Always looking for things to do with strawberries in the Spring. Great looking cake. Thanks for bringing it to foodie friday.
Kelley says
Thanks Diana! And same here.. Im always on the hunt for good strawberry recipes!
Andi @ The Weary Chef says
These are so pretty, and I love the short ingredient list! Pinning these to try soon. Thanks for linking them up at Saturday Night Fever. Hope to see you back tonight 🙂
Kelley says
Thanks Andi! I love easy recipes with simple ingredients. They are the best! Im heading over now 🙂
Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says
I love having one on one time with my girls…..sounds like all the things we would do together. And mine always feel so bad when they don’t like something I make. They try to break it to me gently (apparently they’ve learned!!) Ha!
Kelley says
haha! Ryley hasn’t learned to break it to my gently yet.. she’s only 4 though. And isn’t one on one time the best?! Cooking is normally our time together. 🙂
valerie says
can i use greek yogurt?
Kelley says
You should be able to! 🙂
Valerie says
Ok, so I don’t know if I goofed. But my batter was more like crumbs. Very dry and not batter like at all. Followed everything to a T. Really all it takes is a couple tablespoons of milk? Just wondering what I could have done wrong.
Kelley says
That is weird that it was more crumbly then a batter. I haven’t made these in awhile, but I’ll test the recipe again and see how it comes out. I’ll let you know how it goes Valerie!
Valerie says
It almost feels like there should be more wet ingredients, like more milk or something. Or maybe it’s because I put in all the flour at once I don’t know. But all I know is it wasn’t batter-like at all.
Kelley says
I’ll make them soon and shoot you an email with how it went. 🙂