Strawberry Streusel Cake

 This is a versatile coffee streusel cake, flavorful and buttery with a sandwiched layer of fresh strawberries and finally topped with cinnamon flavored crumbly crust.The streusel or the sprinkle is flavored with butter and cinnamon and nuts. Give this recipe a try,you will surely love it.

Ingredients
For the topping
Flour- 1/2 cup
brown sugar- 1/2 cup
butter- 3 tsp
cinnamon- 1/2 tsp
chopped pecans 1/2 cup
Strawberry 8-10

For the cake
Flour- 1 1/2 cup
baking powder 1 1/2 tsp
salt- 1/2 tsp
Unsalted Butter -1/2 stick
Sugar- 1/2+ 2 tsp
Eggs-2
vanilla essence- 1 tsp
sour cream- 1/3cup

Pre- heat oven to 325 degree F. Prepare cake tin by greasing and then dusting with flour.

To make streusel topping,mix in brown sugar flour and cinnamon. Cut butter into small pieces and using a pastry blender or the with the tip of your fingers rub in the butter with the flour mixture till it resembles wet sand. Mix in chopped pecans and keep aside. 

Slice strawberries and keep aside.Mix together flour, salt and baking powder.

Beat butter and sugar till soft and fluffy with a mixer and add in sour cream and vanilla essence. Add one egg at a time and beat well. Gently fold in the flour little  little until well combined.
Pour half of the batter into the greased pan.Layer the strawberry on the batter,sprinkle two tsp of sugar and 1/3 of the streusel topping mixture.Pour in the second layer and sprinkle the rest of the topping evenly over the batter.Bake till the cake is cooked or till a tooth pick inserted at the center comes out clean. Allow it to cool completely before serving.

Try this..
Hope you will all enjoy...