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Homemade Strawberry Cake

Homemade Strawberry Cake

Homemade Strawberry Cake is full of fresh strawberry flavor. It’s moist, super easy to make and has a wonderful strawberry cream cheese frosting to finish. It’s one of my family’s most requested cakes. Unlike boxed versions, this uses a fresh strawberry reduction (concentrated puree), providing a deep, sophisticated strawberry flavor.

Author: It is a Keeper

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings: 15 Servings

Calories: 488 kcal per serving

Ingredients

  • 1 cup - Vegetable Oil
  • 2 cups - Granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons - Vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons - Strawberry Jello mix
  • 2 - Eggs
  • 2 ½ cups - All purpose flour
  • ½ tsp - Baking soda
  • 1 tsp - Baking powder
  • ½ tsp - Salt
  • 1 cup - Buttermilk
  • 1 cup - Fresh strawberries
  • ¼ cup - Unsalted butter
  • 4 ounces - Cream cheese
  • 3 cups - Powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray and set aside.
  2. Preheat your oven to 350℉.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, sugar, vanilla, strawberry jello mix, and eggs. Set aside.
  4. In another mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  5. Take about ⅔ cup of the fresh strawberries, and remove the stems and chop into small pieces.
  6. Begin adding the dry ingredients to the wet, alternating between the flour mixture, the buttermilk, and the chopped strawberries. Fold everything together.
  7. Continue until everything is well combined.
  8. Pour into the 9×13 and bake for 40-45 minutes.
  9. Allow the cake to cool, then prepare the frosting.
  10. Take the remaining ⅔ cup of strawberries. Remove the stems and either add to a food processor to blitz to puree, or use a fork to smash the strawberries.
  11. In a medium mixing bowl, beat together butter and cream cheese, until smooth.
  12. Add vanilla and strawberry mixture, and mix.
  13. Add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, mixing well.
  14. Top the cake with the frosting, and serve.
  15. For extra fun, top with fresh strawberries, cool whip, etc..

Nutrition

Energy: 488 kcal | Total Fat: 22 g | Saturated: 16 g | Trans: 0 g | Unsaturated: 0 g | Cholesterol: 42 mg | Total Carbs: 71 g | Fiber: 1 g | Sugars: 52 g | Proteins: 4 g | Sodium: 185 mg | Polyunsaturated: 1 g | Monounsaturated: 4 g

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