A delicious, made-from-scratch, best-ever Strawberries and Cream Cake with a thick cream cheese frosting and garnished with sugared strawberries. The perfect cake for Mother’s Day!
Strawberries and Cream Cake
Right in time for Mother’s Day, I’ve got you covered for dessert! ๐ This Strawberries and Cream Cake is relatively simple to make (no worrying about different pans and layering cakes with frosting in between), moist and flavorful, packed with strawberries, and it’s beautiful! I mean, who could ask for more?! And after your mom absolutely flips over this cake, then you’ll want to use this recipe for all kinds of occasions – a baby girl shower, a pink-themed party, Easter Sunday, a gorgeous spring/summer cake…there are so many times when you’ll need a delicious-from-scratch pink strawberry cake!
More Strawberry Desserts:
- Mini Vanilla Cheesecakes with Strawberry Sauce
- Frozen Strawberry Ice Cream Pie
- Strawberry Pretzel Salad
- Strawberry Scones
- Strawberry Milkshake
Strawberries and Cream Cake
Equipment
- Baking dish 9 x 13-inch
- Hand mixer
Ingredients
Strawberry Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 lemon
- 2 cups + 3 tablespoons flour
- 5 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons strawberry Jell-O mix dry, not prepared
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk or milk mixed with lemon juice, see note 1
- 3 to 4 drops red food coloring optional
- 2/3 cup finely diced fresh strawberries
Frosting
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese at room temperature; not low fat
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 3 to 4 cups powdered sugar depending on desired consistency; I usually use 3 cups
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Sugared Strawberry Topping (optional)
- 1-/12 cups sliced strawberries
- 1-1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350ยฐF. Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan and set aside.
- Beat room-temperature butter with a hand mixer until light and creamy. Slowly add the sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- In another bowl, lightly beat the eggs; add to butter mixture and mix. Add 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice. Beat in the buttermilk (see note 1). If desired, add the red food coloring and mix it in.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour and cornstarch, then add the Jell-O mix, baking soda, and salt. It is important to use separate bowls so the cake isnโt over-beaten, which will result in a dense cake.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and beat at low speed until just combined.
- Remove stems from the strawberries and chop finely. Add finely chopped strawberries to the cake batter.
- Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Bake 30โ40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center.
- Cool the cake for at least 1 hour, then refrigerate for another hour.
Frosting
- Beat the softened butter and room temperature cream cheese until completely creamy. Beat in vanilla and salt. Slowly beat in powdered sugar until smooth and your desired consistency.
- Spread the frosting evenly over the cake.
Sugared Strawberry Topping (optional)
- Stir together the sliced strawberries and sugar in a medium bowl. Let them stand at room temperature about 20โ30 minutes to develop the syrup. Add them to the cake only when serving and not beforehand.
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Recipe Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
You say the flour and cornstarch gives you DIY cake flour but If you have cake flour can you use that ? If so, how much?
This is my favorite cake to make! Everyone loves it! Question: if I wanted to make cupcakes (12) at a time how long should I set a timer?
Hi! I want to make this for a friend’s birthday party set for the weekend, but I wanted to ask, how many days in advance can I bake the cake layers since it has fresh strawberries in it? Thank you.
I want to use this recipe in a layer bay cake. Is it safe to say double recipe for 2 9″ rounds?
I’m so sorry I’ve never tried this cake recipe in round cake pans
My moms birthday is Friday, the day after Thanksgiving!! I am making her a Strawberry cake for her bday and taking it tomorrow ๐ I will be using your recipe! I can’t wait to try it out!! Thanks for sharing, it sounds wonderful!!
I hope you and your mom loves it! Happy Birthday to her! ๐
hi
If I use cake flour, how much, and do I eliminate the 5 Tbsps. of cornstarch? Thank you
Can I skip the strawberry jello mix in the Strawberries and cream cake?
The jell-o mix adds lots of the strawberry flavor and color, so I wouldn’t recommend leaving it out unless you don’t mind a very muted flavor
Can I use AP flour instead of white flour.
yes
I made this recipe twice and it came out bad both times. I donโt blame the recipe but I donโt know how to make it right. The cakes kept sinking in the middle and sticking to the pans. The middle of the cakes almost had a hole from sticking to the pan. Do you know why that happened?
Shoot I’m so sorry; would love to trouble shoot with you though!! Do you live at a high altitude? Did you make ANY changes to the recipe?