Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

Are you a fan of strawberry cream cheese desserts? Whip up this strawberry cake with a strawberry buttercream frosting. This strawberries and cream cheese dessert is my favorite for the spring and summer months.

I love this fresh strawberry cake, it is the perfect summer cake and easy to whip up.

The strawberry buttercream frosting is one you can use for cupcakes, cakes, and even slather on graham crackers for a tasty dessert as well.

Give this simple strawberry dessert a try today, and let me know what you think.

Why I Think You Will Enjoy This Strawberry Cake
Ingredients Needed
How to Make Strawberry Cake and Strawberry Frosting Recipe
Variations To The Recipe
Storing Your Cake
Recipe FAQs
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Why I Think You Will Enjoy This Strawberry Cake

Fresh Strawberries Used
Strawberry Layer Cake
Homemade Strawberry Frosting
Strawberry Cake Recipe Without Gelatin
Great for Birthday Parties, Potlucks, Etc
Easy to Make

Ingredients Needed

Eggs
Strawberry Puree
Vanilla
Strawberry Extract
Cake Flour
Gel Food Coloring
Sugar
Oil
Baking Powder
Salt
Butter
Powdered Sugar
Fresh Strawberries
Heavy Whipping Cream

How to Make Strawberry Cake and Strawberry Frosting Recipe

Start by preheating your oven and spray the pans and set to the side.

Now you will work on mixing up your strawberry cake batter. Start by mixing up your eggs, strawberry puree, vanilla, extract, and food coloring.

Then you will mix in the dry ingredients in, and slowly add in the oil and butter.

Beat in the eggs and then pour the cake batter into the pan and bake as directed. Once done allow the cakes to fully cool.

For the strawberry cream cheese icing, you will add ingredients into a mixer and whip it up.

For the cake portion you will make sure you use your cake leveler to get an even layer. Then you will grab an angled spatula to smooth on the frosting.

Work on an even spread. Then top with your other cake and repeat with frosting.

Pipe dollops of strawberry cream cheese frosting on top, and place strawberries in the center of the cake. Serve up this homemade strawberry cake and enjoy!

Variations To The Recipe

Consider putting chocolate-covered strawberries in the center for a chocolate-covered strawberry cake. You can use the Instant Pot double boiler method to melt your chocolate.
Use vanilla frosting instead of strawberry if you want.
You can make this a 9x13 if you do not want to make a layered cake.
Buy strawberry puree or make your own homemade

Storing Your Cake

If you happen to have leftover cake it needs to be stored in the fridge for up to five days. In terms of freezing, the cake will freeze 3-4 months!

easy strawberry layered cake on white plate

Recipe FAQs

How to make strawberry puree?

Wash and remove hulls from strawberries. Place in a food processor and blend up. Then if you want to remove seeds place them in a fine-mesh strainer. Then you have your strawberry puree. That is it!

Does a cake with fresh strawberries need to be refrigerated?

Yes, this cake needs to be refrigerated due to the fresh strawberries in the recipe.

What can I do with leftover cake?

Make cake pops, stir into ice cream, whip up french toast, etc. There are tons of ways to use cake, without eating a classic slice of cake.

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Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Frosting

Yield: 12 servings

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Additional Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Strawberry Cake is a delicious and easy dessert to make and yet it looks like a professional bakery cake. You’ll love this cake recipe.

Ingredients

Supplies to make Strawberry Cake from Scratch

Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Frosting Ingredients

Strawberry Frosting ingredients to Top Strawberry Cakes

Strawberry Topping for Homemade Cake

1 pint strawberries

Instructions

Strawberry Cake directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray the cake pans with pam baking spray, set aside.
In a separate bowl, combine eggs, strawberry puree, vanilla, strawberry extract, pink food coloring, whisk until combined.
Using a standing mixer, whisk together the cake flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until combined.
Slowly beat in the butter and canola oil until combined.
Once the mixture looks like coarse sand, gradually beat in the egg mixture until combined. The batter will be very thick and fluffy but so good!
Evenly divide the cake batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool completely.

Frosting Directions

Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, diced strawberries and heavy whipping cream until combined and creamy and stiff with peaks.
Scoop 1 cup of frosting into the large piping bag.

Directions to prepare the cake

Once cake rounds have cooled, remove from cake pans and place onto a cutting board.
Using the cake leveler, remove the domes of the cakes.
Place one cake round onto the cake board.
Scoop 1 cup of the frosting onto the middle of the cake.
Using the angled spatula, smooth the frosting out.
Place the second cake layer onto the first layer.
Repeat steps with the frosting and remaining cake layer.
Once you have built your cake, scoop the remaining frosting onto the top of the cake and use the angled spatula to smooth it out.
Frost the entire cake until smooth.
Pipe dollops of frosting on top.
Place strawberries in the middle of the cake.

Notes

Make certain to let the cake cool before adding on the frosting.