Mom's 50th Birthday Pistachio Strawberry Cake

6 “‘I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove savage beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. 7 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. 8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.Lev 26


Ingredients:


3 eggs
1 cup evaporated cane juice
1/2 cup butter  (1 stick) softened
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup pistachio flour (pistachios powdered in the blender)
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt


Frosting


8 oz Neufchatel cheese softened
1/4 cup evaporated cane juice
2 tbsp butter softened


1/4 cup chopped pistachios
sliced strawberries for lining the sides of the cake


Directions


1. use an egg beater to mix the eggs, evaporated cane juice, butter, milk, and vanilla
2. beat in the pistachio flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, and salt
3. pour into a round olive oil-sprayed cake pan
4. bake for ~ 45 minutes at 350 degrees F
5. let cool and remove from pan
6. beat together the frosting ingredients and frost the top and sides of cake
7. sprinkle the chopped pistachios on top of the cake
8. line the sides of the cake with sliced strawberries