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!)
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.
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 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. 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
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 18 ounce package white cake mix (use ingredients listed here NOT what is listed on the box)
- 1 3 oz package 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
- 1 8 oz package 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, drainedPLEASE READ POST ABOVE FOR ALTERATIONS
Instructions
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 sizes2 -9 inch round or 9x9 inch square 28 to 31 minutes2 -8 inch round or 8x8 inch square 30 to 33 minutes3 -8 inch round 28 to 30 minutes ©CallMePMc.com All images & content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to republish this recipe, please re-write the recipe in your own words, or link back to this post for the recipe.
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Jill says
This looks so tasty, but my friend really likes peaches. I’m thinking the cake would be easy to make with frozen peaches & peach jello – do you agree, or is there something in the recipe that might not make it turn out correctly?
Paula says
OMG!! I have never thought to make it in peach, but I think that would work wonderfully!! I’m totally trying it!
Pat says
Hi,
This may be a dumb question, but for the cake is it a cup of mashed strawberries or a cup of whole strawberries mashed? Thank yo.
Paula says
1 cup after they’re mashed.
Grace says
OMG! This cake is delicious. I made it for my daughter’s birthday and the whole family loved it. It’s rare for them to have strawberry cake, so I was pleasantly surprised that even my grandchildren enjoyed it thoroughly, I will definitely be making this cake again!
Morgana says
Looks yummy, but how can I make this without using a cake mix?
Paula says
You can use this recipe and make it in 8 inch round pans instead of tube pan. https://www.callmepmc.com/melt-in-your-mouth-strawberry-buttermilk-pound-cake/
Paige says
What would the time recommendation be for cupcakes?
Paula says
350 degrees F for about 20 minutes for cupcakes filled 3/4 full, start checking at 18 minutes
remy says
hey julie! my brothers and mom were following your recipe. we have everything except the cake and we dont want to use the cake mix because we would like to make it homemade. whats an alternative for cake mix? thank you
Paula says
You can use this recipe and bake in 8 inch cake pans https://www.callmepmc.com/melt-in-your-mouth-strawberry-buttermilk-pound-cake/
Beth Bovio says
I have four 6-inch round cake pans I recently purchased, but there are no directions for baking times that I can find anywhere. Do you happen to know, or is there a table to follow? Thanks!
Paula says
Hey Beth, I took cake decorating from a Wilton dealer a long time ago and found their site to be a great resource for things just as this. Here is a great guide for you. https://www.wilton.com/wedding-cake-guide/cms-wedding-cake-data.html
Tonya says
Could I use strawberry cake mix? It’s all I have in the house and it’s an ice storm here in Michigan so we are not going out of the house.😬
Paula says
yes, my mom would use strawberry cake mix all the time for this cake
Julie Wade says
Hello! I cannot find where you posted updated ingredients for the frosting to make it thicker. All I see is the update from June of 2018 for the cake listed above the recipe. In the recipe at the end of the frosting ingredients you state “PLEASE READ POST ABOVE FOR ALTERATIONS”. Did you accidentally leave it out or am I missing it?
Paula says
The recipe is corrected as written. I updated it and omitted the original frosting so there would not be confusion.
The notation for alterations is referring to the smaller size of cake mix that is on the market now. When I originally wrote this the cake mix box was larger.