Quick and Easy Strawberry Cake

This is an easy sheet cake or layer cake that's ready in no time using a pre-packaged cake mix and frozen strawberries. 

We pick our strawberries at a nearby farm every year around the first week of June to make our own natural Homemade Strawberry Jam.  And I always buy extra strawberries to chop and freeze to use with desserts, on ice cream, or in salads.  

There is nothing like the taste of summer fresh strawberries!  

Well It's January and June is quickly approaching so I decided to use up some of last summer's strawberries to bake a cake for my husband Bill’s birthday.

This cake is also perfect if you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day dessert.  Or bookmark or Pin this recipe for summer and use fresh garden strawberries.  Great to serve at outdoor barbecues and summer dinner parties too!

For a quick frosting, mix 1 cup of mashed strawberries without juice with 1 tub of prepackaged cream cheese frosting.

Strawberry Cake

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Ingredients
1 box white cake mix 
1 (3-ounce) box strawberry-flavored instant gelatin 
1 cup mashed strawberries with juice (if using fresh, add 2 tablespoons of sugar)
4 large eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup mashed strawberries, no juice
3 to 4 cups confectioners' sugar

Or use prepackaged cream cheese frosting and add 1 cup mashed strawberries, drained.

Garnish

Fresh strawberry slices or halves
Or Strawberry preserves

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Using 2 (9-inch) round cake pans or one 13 x 9-inch baking dish, lightly coat pans with butter, dust with flour, and tap out excess.  

Pour batter into prepared baking dish

In a large bowl, combine cake mix and gelatin. Add strawberries, oil, and water; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add one egg at a time and beat after each addition.  Pour into prepared pans, and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let cake cool completely.

Mix frosting ingredients

Mix the Frosting:

In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in 1 cup of the strawberries with no juice.

Yummy strawberry frosting

Gradually add 3 cups of confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth.  If frosting is too thin add additional confectioners’ sugar.

Frosting a Layer Cake:

Place one cake layer on a plate and spread the top with frosting. Add a second cake layer and add frosting on the top and sides of the cake. 

To serve garnish with fresh strawberries or drizzle with strawberry preserves.

Frosting a Sheet Cake:

Add frosting to the top of the sheet cake and evenly smooth out.  To serve cut into squares and garnish with fresh strawberries halves or slices or drizzle with strawberry preserves.

Cake can be stored covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

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Enjoy!

Elizabeth

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