Easy Strawberry Cake tastes and looks like a bakery cake, but is easier than from-scratch! It’s full of strawberries in the cake and the icing. This cake is ‘easy’ because it starts with a cake mix, but don’t worry unless you tell no one will ever know, it tastes like homemade.
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Fluffy, moist, studded with strawberries, and easy to whip together, my Easy Strawberry Cake will be your new favorite.
There is nothing like a freshly home-made cake with lots of sweet creamy frosting.
This is my recipe box. Yes, it’s quite large and it’s not the only recipe box I have. This is the box of my family ‘favorites’; I also have a box of recipes that I want to try. And a binder of pretty entertaining and party recipes and tips. And, I have cookbooks.
So many recipes, so little time! One-third of these recipes are for desserts! I know, crazy, it’s my passion.
And, Strawberry Cake has been one of my favorite desserts for many years. It’s the cake I always wanted my Mom to make for my birthday (or anytime I could persuade her to make it!)
Cooking times for pan size
- two 9-inches round or 9×9 inch square 28 to 31 minutes
- two 8-inch round or 8×8-inch square 30 to 33 minutes
- three 8-inch round 28 to 30 minutes
I prefer it made in three 8 inch layers and iced.
But, if it’s easier in a sheet pan, by all means, you do not have to stack it.
Easy Strawberry Cake
June 10, 2018. I updated the recipe for the cake and the frosting. This frosting has the same flavor and ingredients, I made it thicker. The changes are correct in the recipe as written.
Please note also the original Easy Strawberry Cake recipe used an 18.25-ounce cake mix. For a long time you could still get the 18.25 size cake mix, but I have been unable to find it recently. Here are two options for adjustments to the 15.25-ounce, 16.5 or 16.25-ounce cake mix to make it work. Everything else remains the same after these additions.
- You can purchase two cake mixes. Use one complete 15.25 package plus measure 3 ounces out of the second cake mix. Likewise, if you have 16.50 or 16.35-ounce box of cake mix, make up the difference with another box of cake mix. Store the remaining for next time.
- OR: Use one 15.25 ounce cake mix PLUS add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.
I made it for the teachers at my son’s school and baked it in an aluminum 9×13
was much easier to transport and I didn’t have to go back and collect a cake pan.
The beauty of this recipe? Dump all ingredients in the bowl and mix!
I like using the whisk attachment for cakes. I think it incorporates more air into the batter.
Mix it all together and pour into pan.
I iced it with a Cream Cheese Frosting.
Easy Strawberry Cake
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Easy Strawberry Cake tastes and looks like a bakery cake, but is easier than from-scratch! It's full of fresh strawberries in the cake and the icing. This cake is 'easy' because it starts with a cake mix, but don't worry unless you tell noone will ever know!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, American/Southern
Keyword: cake
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 283 kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 18 -ounce white cake mix (use ingredients listed here NOT what is listed on the box)
- 3 -ounce strawberry jello
- 1 cup fresh strawberries mashed or finely chopped (frozen can be used)
- 1 cup vegetable oil I always use canola
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 4 large eggs at room temperature
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 -ounce cream cheese at room temperature
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 5 to 6 cups confectioners' sugar more if needed
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream more if needed
- 1/4 cup fresh or frozen strawberries mashed or chopped fine, drained
Instructions
PLEASE READ POST ABOVE FOR MORE INFO
For the Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray pans with non-stick spray. Place the cake mix, jello, strawberries, oil, milk and eggs in a large bowl. Mix 3 minutes, stopping to scrap down sides of bowl a couple times. Divide the batter evenly among layer pans or pour into 9x13 inch pan. For 9x13 pan bake 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (Cook layers according to directions on box of cake mix.) Remove cake and cool completely.
For Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth. Sift sugar and add one cup full at a time to cream mixture. Add cream and strawberries and incorporate completely. Pour over cake and smooth out covering entire cake layer.
Recipe Notes
Cooking times for pan size two 9-inches round or 9x9 inch square 28 to 31 minutes two 8-inch round or 8x8-inch square 30 to 33 minutes three 8-inch round 28 to 30 minutes
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Nutrition Facts
Easy Strawberry Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 283 Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 8g 40%
Cholesterol 79mg 26%
Sodium 393mg 16%
Potassium 78mg 2%
Total Carbohydrates 36g 12%
Sugars 19g
Protein 4g 8%
Vitamin A 7.4%
Vitamin C 8.6%
Calcium 12%
Iron 6.4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Yadira lopez says
What cake mix flavor?
Paula says
white or yellow
Katie says
This cake is DELICIOUS! I made it for my dad’s Birthday last year after he requested a strawberry cake. I’m usually lazy and just use a strawberry boxed cake, but I wanted a more homemade touch and more of a fresh strawberry flavor. This cake did not disappoint. And I’m always a fan of cream cheese frosting!! (I’ll admit I ate quite a bit out of the bowl with a spoon 😉) As for the bakers that said the frosting was too thin, I believe that’s due to the fresh berries as they give off too much liquid. To fix this I just cooked down the strawberries in a pot until some of the moisture was cooked out. I believe this helped immensely! I plan on making this recipe again this week for my dad’s Birthday again! Thanks for the yummy recipe that will become a favorite in my recipe box. 😊
Paula says
Thanks so much Katie! Hope your Dad enjoys it for many years 😀
Tori says
My cake mix is 16.25 oz. Do I need to adjust anything to make this recipe work?
Paula says
Yes, I have it detailed in the post
Tracy says
Post is for 15.25 my cake mix is 16.5??
Carol Davis says
I have followed your recipe to the letter and have never seen an icing recipe that stays the consistency of liquid. Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful . I added more powdered sugar hoping to thicken it up. Placed in my fridge and hopefully will thicken up overnight
Paula says
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
8 -ounce cream cheese at room temperature
1/2 cup butter room temperature
5 to 6 cups confectioners’ sugar more if needed
2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream more if needed
1/4 cup fresh or frozen strawberries mashed or chopped fine, drained
Alex says
I have a very similar recipe from my grandmother I want to try – the only difference is in hers she has only 2/3 cup oil, and does not include any milk. It also says ‘1 package’ of white cake mix which probably referred to the larger size cake mix (or whatever was sold in the 60s!). Thinking yours will just be more moist.
Mflo says
You mention in the recipe to use strawberry jello, does this act as the sugar? It’s The jello powder that is put into the powder correct?
Paula says
Yes, you put the Jello in the cake in powder form. The cake mix has the sugar.
Eva says
I am 78 yrs old and have baked this identical cake for at least 50 years…my husband’s request for his birthday always and now my granddaugther asks for it but she wanted cream cheese frosting. Thank you for providing this change. You mention in the text something about the strawberries in the frosting but I can’t find any reference or a post about this. Can you help?
Paula says
I changed it in the recipe so it’s corrected as written
Jackie Wooten says
Hi forgot to ask, if you strawberry cake mix, do you still use the strawberry jello? Thanks for your help.
Paula says
I haven’t made it with strawberry cake mix, but I’d leave it out. Using strawberry cake mix will alter the taste of the cake a little from the written recipe.
Jackie Wooten says
Thanks
Jackie Wooten says
Hi used this recipe several times and have gotten good comments. Do you have a chocolate cake recipe using cake mix? If so, would you mind sharing it? Thank you.
Paula says
I have this chocolate cake that starts with a mix> https://www.callmepmc.com/chocolate-praline-bundt-cake/
and this one doesn’t use a cake mix, but it’s super simple> https://www.callmepmc.com/chocolate-coca-cola-cake-call-me-pmc/
Janet says
Since the icing is made with cream cheese does the cake need to stay refrigerated?
Paula says
yes