Best Strawberry Cake Ever
By Isabella Quinn
Cook
20 min
Total
20 min
Servings
4
This highly rated recipe for Best Strawberry Cake Ever includes a pink cake made with strawberries, a delicious summer dessert. A light soft sponge cake and fresh strawberries combine to make a moist cake that everyone will enjoy. Top with strawberry cream cheese frosting for parties, special events, or other occasions, or serve as a dessert.
Ingredients
- •1 box white cake mix (18.25 ounces)
- •4 large eggs
- •1 box strawberry-flavored instant gelatin (3 ounces)
- •1 package frozen strawberries in syrup (thawed and pureed, 15 ounces)
- •1 cup water
- •1 2 vegetable oil (1/2 cup)
- •7 cups confectioners' sugar
- •1 package cream cheese (8 ounces, softened)
- •1 4 butter (1/4 cup, softened)
- •1 package frozen strawberries in syrup (thawed and pureed, 10 ounces)
- •1 teaspoon strawberry extract
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- 2
In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, strawberry gelatin, pureed strawberries, eggs, vegetable oil, and water. Mix well.
- 3
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans and bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in center of cake.
- 4
For the frosting, beat softened butter and cream cheese until smooth.
- 5
Add 1/4 cup strawberry puree and strawberry extract to the cream cheese mixture. Mix until combined.
- 6
Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth and creamy.
- 7
Once the cake layers have cooled, frost the cake with the strawberry cream cheese frosting.
- 8
Optionally, garnish with freshly sliced strawberries.
- 9
Serve and enjoy your delicious strawberry cake!
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