INGREDIENTS
* 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pie plate
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
* 1 large egg
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
* 1 pound strawberries, hulled and halved
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Butter a 10-inch pie plate. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together into a medium bowl.
2. 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. Reduce speed to medium-low,mix in egg, milk, and vanilla.
3. Reduce speed to low,gradually mix in flour mixture. 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 strawberries
4. Bake cake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 162 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.
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