Easy Strawberry Cake
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: 574 kcal
Author: Paula Jones
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
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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.
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
Nutrition Facts
Easy Strawberry Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 574 Calories from Fat 189
% Daily Value*
Fat 21g32%
Saturated Fat 12g75%
Cholesterol 116mg39%
Sodium 489mg21%
Potassium 115mg3%
Carbohydrates 94g31%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 75g83%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 645IU13%
Vitamin C 9mg11%
Calcium 140mg14%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Source callmepmc.com
