Strawberry & Cream Pound Cake with Jello
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Strawberry & Cream Pound Cake with Jello is a buttery, soft, and super moist pound cake with two flavors. The popular combination of strawberries and cream is put together in a unique way to make an extraordinary pound cake!
Let’s talk about celebration-worthy cakes. I mean, just look at how beautiful and colorful this Strawberry & Cream Pound Cake with Jello is! However, unlike those big beautiful cakes that are sometimes not very tasty, this pound cake is amazing. It has the classic vanilla flavor and strawberry flavor.
There is just one more simple step to this pound cake to get that double flavor and it’s well worth it for the ‘wow’ factor.
Strawberry & Cream Pound Cake with Jello
First, I made the Real Fruit Strawberry Pound Cake, which was beautiful and delicious, but my friend wanted an easier version. So, I shared this Melt in your Mouth Strawberry Buttermilk Pound Cake. It’s been a huge internet sensation. For the holidays, I wanted a real show-stopping dessert when I remembered this Vanilla Red Velvet Marbled Pound Cake Recipe that I made last year. ‘Why not make a similar cake that tastes like strawberry shortcake,’ I thought.
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And, here you have it. My vision came to life in this extraordinary cake!
I understand that strawberry desserts aren’t classic Thanksgiving and Christmas foods. But, really, why not? I can get fresh strawberries all year, and frozen berries can be used in most recipes. I also used Jello gelatin in this cake with only fresh strawberries as a garnish.
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I used my Amaretto Pound Cake as the basis for this cake. I used vanilla extract in the entire cake then added strawberry Jello gelatin to half of the batter. Each bite is a flavor sensation.
The texture is soft buttery, and has a fine crumb. It’s a tender cake. The top has that nice crust that is so loved in pound cakes. Just a note, the fresh strawberry glaze tastes wonderful and looks beautiful in the photos. However, if you want that crusty top to stay crusty, don’t put the glaze over the whole cake. You may want to put it on the cake as you serve it because the glaze will make that crusty top soft.
This Strawberry & Cream Pound Cake with Jello is excellent served warm with good vanilla ice cream.
More strawberry desserts you may like That Strawberry Cake, Strawberry Ricotta Cookies, Strawberry Tiramisu
Please remember that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary based on the products used.
Strawberry & Cream Pound Cake with Jello
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour measured correctly
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter at room temperature
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 6 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 cup whole milk at room temperature
- 1 3-ounce package strawberry flavored gelatin ex. Jello
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Strawberry Glaze
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 2 tablespoons crushed strawberries and juice usually 4 strawberries, I puree them in a small food processor
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 and 1/2 cup powdered sugar sifted
Instructions
Cake
- Coat a ten-inch tube pan with solid vegetable shortening then either flour or sugar. I use granulated sugar because it doesn’t leave white areas on the cake.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together.
- Cream butter, shortening, and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.For mixing, I use the whisk attachment on a KitchenAid Electric Mixer.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add the vanilla extract to your milk. Then add the milk mixture and flour alternately, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared tube pan. Return the bowl with the batter to the mixer stand and add the strawberry gelatin. Mix until combined, but don’t over mix. (You also fold the gelatin in by hand.) Pour strawberry batter over plain batter and smooth the top.
- Bake for 1 hour 20 minutes.
- The cake is done when no crumbs or dry crumbs remain on a wooden pick when inserted in the thickest part of the cake.
- Cool in the pan on wire rack 20 minutes before inverting on a platter to cool completely. Make sure it’s cooled completely before covering. The cake will be good 4 or 5 days in an airtight container on the counter. After that, it will start drying out somewhat.
Strawberry Glaze
- Whisk glaze together and pour over cooled cake or, my recommendation, pour over individual slices when served.
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Baked this cake for my coworkers. They loved it! I used freeze dried strawberries for the icing since I ran out of fresh berries. Definitely adding this one to the birthday cake list.
Thanks for a great recipe!
I have been wanting to try freeze dried strawberries in it, thanks for letting me know.
Can you tell me the amount for freeze dried strawberries? Thank you!
Hello! I also made the cake with freeze dried strawberries, followed the recipe but used one bag of freeze dried strawberries that I put in the food processor until it was a powder, then added to the batter and baked the same way. It’s less vibrant in color but has a more authentic strawberry flavor
I was wondering if I could use lemon jello on the bottom to make it strawberry lemonade cake.
Yes, that would be delish!!!
Looks fabulous. It is on the menu for this upcoming week end. Thank you.
☹️☹️☹️The cake is beautiful and delish. Please help me. My pink part didn’t cook. I don’t know what I did wrong😭😭
Thank You
I’ve never had this happen. I would think it just needs to cook longer.
Very, Very delicious… I baked this awesome cake for my hubby for Father’s Day. And posted it on Facebook. I was so proud,and he loved it sooooo much.
Thank you… this is the go to cake when you want to impress.
I bake this cake all the time!! And it’s delicious recently had a request to make it onto a 12X18 sheet pan… Please help with measurements and cooking time. 😊
It’s going to be thin if made in a 12×18 size pan. I’m not sure what the time would be, 9×13-inch cakes usually bake in 27-29 minutes. It should be less time that than so I’d start watching it at 20 minutes.
Can I use a bundt pan instead of a tube?
Yes, but make sure it’s large enough. (Bundts come in different sizes.) If yours happens to be smaller don’t fill it more than 1.5 inches from the top. If you have extra batter, use it for cupcakes. Bake around 22 minutes for cupcakes and be very gentle getting them out of the oven so as not to disturb the cake that will still be cooking.
Hi, can I make the whole cake strawberry?
yes, you can. Or, I recommend this one https://www.callmepmc.com/melt-in-your-mouth-strawberry-buttermilk-pound-cake/ or this one https://www.callmepmc.com/fresh-strawberry-pound-cake/
Just made this, it was soooo good. I loved the crust. I did however use 2 tsp of baking powder and use sugar free strawberry jello powder (I took a chance with that one, so glad it worked). I saved 1/2 tsp of the jello powder to use in a glaze (200g powdered sugar, crushed strawberries, 1/2 tsp jello powder, 2-3 tbsp whipping cream). I measured out 3 cups of flour exactly, which was 375g of flour. I will definitely make this again, maybe with raspberry jello.
This strawberry pound cake is just what I need! It looks perfect yet so simple to make!
This is just like a recipe that my grandma use to make and love. Thank you for sharing.
This pound cake is so perfect for spring with the fun fruity strawberry jello addition. It came out so yummy and pretty!
This strawberry pound cake is delicious! My favorite childhood flavors in a grown up pound cake. PLUS, it’s gorgeous and homemade!
This cake was perfect as a pick-me-up! I loved the simple to follow instructions.
I just made this recipe for my sister birthday. I’ll let you know how it turn out.