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The Best Strawberry Cake Ever-

Debbie Reynolds December 6, 2023 Recipes Comments (39)
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Ingredients

Before you make this one thing, use REAL butter only!

  • 1 (18.25 oz) box white cake mix
  • 1 (3 oz) box of strawberry-flavored instant gelatin
  • 1 (15 oz) package thawed and pureed, plus 1/4 cup puree for frosting frozen strawberries in syrup
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup softened butter REAL butter only
  • 1 (8 oz) package of softened cream cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract
  • 7 cups confectioners sugar
  • freshly sliced for garnish, optional strawberries

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 °F. Lightly grease 2 (9-inch) round cake pans.

In a large bowl, combine cake mix and gelatin. Add pureed (15 oz) strawberries, eggs, oil, and water; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour into prepared pans, and bake for 20 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.

For the frosting:

In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in 1/4 cup of strawberry puree and the strawberry extract. (The rest of the puree is leftover but can be used in smoothies or on ice cream for a delicious treat.) Gradually add confectioner’s sugar, beating until smooth.

Spread frosting in between layers and on top and sides of cake. Garnish with sliced fresh strawberries, if desired.

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39 thoughts on “The Best Strawberry Cake Ever-”

  4. This strawberry cake looks so delicious! I have a similar recipe but it doesn’t have cream cheese in the recipe for the frosting. This sounds amazing and I love cream cheese! I’m going to need to try this one!!

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  10. Hi Debbie. I want to make this cake but I have a huge bag of frozen strawberries. It says 15oz….so would that be approximately 1 3/3 cup of puree that I would need? And take the 1/4 cup from that for the frosting?. Thanks!

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  13. My mom use to make a strawberry cake for my birthday! Haven’t had one in years! Might have to make this one! Sounds so good! Hope you are are doing well, Debbie!

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  20. This IS the best strawberry cake ever. Both my mother and grandmother used to make it. Now so do I! You will love it.

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  27. Looking forward to making this cake, noticed some mentioned too much frosting. My thoughts are: “Never too much frosting”

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