Fast Strawberry cake for my sister ! (gateau aux fraises rapide pour ma soeur)

My youngest sister is going to have a surgery intervention, called "sleeve", in few days.
Maybe you know it.
The goal is to remove 3/4 of stomach.
It can seem to be a very violent way of losing weight, but for some persons, who fight during all their life against their own body, doing each kind of diet, it became the last solution.
My mother had this surgery 8 months ago and she's got a new life, now !

My sister is 30 years old, she's got the life in front of her and she can't just stand it anymore.
I'm supporting her in her choice.
Because I know how much her weight hurts her.
But I'm scared. Because I was 11 years old when she came into this crazy world, and she is my first baby. And she'll always be.

But, as we're crazy people, we decided to celebrate her old body, making a diner together with my two other sisters !
Because, after this surgery, the appetite is really REALLY low !
My mother who used to eat and drink as a "bon vivant" before, came to... "eat" at home, 15 days after her operation...
She told me : "Don't worry, I take my food with me".
She came with 2 tiny tiny boxes ! One with a tablespoon of minced ham and one tablespoon of carrot purée !
She ate that and tapped her belly, saying : "Whoo ! I'm not hungry anymore !"

... whoo... Oooookaaay ! You know how much food is important for frenchmen ??! Such a difference !

So, yesterday, my oldest sister prepared lasagna, my second one took salami and a bottle of rosé, my youngest prepared aperitifs, and I baked a strawberry cake.

As a lot of people, I love strawberries ! But I always hesitate to bake them. First, because it's expensive, I don't want to waste them into a bad or difficult cake.
Second, because strawberry cakes are usually hard or long to make. I would LOVE to prepare a "fraisier" (strawberry gateau), for example. But it seems to be soooooo long and difficult.

Then I found this recipe and it's been a good alternative to make a tasty strawberry cake. Follow me !

Here what you'll need for a 4 person's cake :

• 250 gramme sof strawberries.
• 150 grammes of flour
• 120 grammes of brown sugar
• 100 gramme sof melted unsalted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 6 cl of milk
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon of rum.

Your oven must be preheated at 180°C (350°F / Th 6).

Step 1 : 

... Pour all the ingredients (except strawberries) together in a large bowl ! 

You can see my legs on the reflection !! ... I really must have a photographer training, one day !! 

Don't complain ! I'm dressed !! It could have been worst !! 

And whisk all that ! 

Step 2 : 

Pour your mixture in a buttered and floured dish.

... And the other side of my kitchen !! Almost cleaned, fortunately ...

Step 3 : 

Then, rinse and cut your fruits in 2 pieces and arrange them into the pastry. 

Step 4 :

In the oven for 20 minutes. Then, cover it with a aluminum sheet and let it for 13 minutes more... yes, I know... 13 minutes ... Not 10, not 15 ... Sorry, but this is the real time for my oven !

That's it ! Let it cool totally and eat it with crème chantilly.

Bon appétit ! 

Recapitulative for a 4 person's cake : 

• 250 gramme sof strawberries.
• 150 grammes of flour
• 120 grammes of brown sugar
• 100 gramme sof melted unsalted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 6 cl of milk
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon of rum.

Your oven must be preheated at 180°C (350°F / Th 6).

Pour all the ingredients (except strawberries) together in a large bowl ! 

And whisk all that ! 

Pour your mixture in a buttered and floured dish.

Then, rinse and cut your fruits in 2 pieces and arrange them into the pastry. 

In the oven for 20 minutes. Then, cover it with a aluminum sheet and let it for 13 minutes more.

Let it cool totally.