If you are looking for the perfect homemade strawberry cake, this Frosted Strawberry Sheet Cake is the most delicious of strawberry desserts you can make!
The best part is that since this strawberry sheet cake recipe uses fresh strawberries instead of freeze-dried strawberries you are sure to have the most moist cake you have ever.
This is also a simple fresh strawberry sheet cake recipe since is it made with a box cake mix as well as pudding mix making this the best fresh strawberry cake ever.
For more strawberry recipes give these a try:
- Strawberry Shortcake Bars Recipe
- No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Bars Recipe
- Fresh Strawberry Cream Filled Cookies Recipe
Ingredients used to make Frosted Strawberry Sheet Cake:
For the strawberry puree
- Fresh strawberries
For the cake
- Super Moist White Cake Mix by Betty Crocker
- Butter; slightly melted or room temperature at least
- Whole eggs
- French vanilla pudding mix
- Strawberry gelatin
- Strawberry puree
For the strawberry cream cheese frosting
- Unsalted butter
- Cream cheese
- Powdered sugar
- Strawberry puree (making there no need for food coloring!)
- Strawberries, thinly sliced
How to make Frosted Strawberry Sheet Cake:
For the puree
- Place the strawberries in a blender and pulse until pureed like a strawberry reduction
For the cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 X 13-inch cake pan
- In the bowl of a stand-up mixer, combine the Super Moist White Cake Box Mix, butter, and eggs in a large bowl and mix on low to medium speed until smooth with an electric mixer or stand mixer with a paddle attachment
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the French vanilla pudding mix and mix until smooth
- Add the strawberry gelatin and mix until smooth
- Add the strawberry puree and mix until smooth
- Pour the batter into the prepared jelly roll pan and use a rubber spatula to smooth it into the corners and create an even cake
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes while you make the strawberry frosting
For the strawberry cream cheese frosting
- In the bowl of a standup mixer, beat together the butter and the cream cheese on high for about 1 minute
- Add The powdered sugar and mix on low speed until combined
- Turn the speed back to high and whip until light and fluffy
- Add the strawberry puree and mix until combined
- Once the cake has finished on the cooling rack, spread the strawberry buttercream cream cheese frosting over the cake with a rubber spatula
- Arrange the sliced strawberries in the center of the cake and then serve and enjoy
Missing cake ingredients?
It is true, you will not find the need for vanilla extract, cake flour or all-purpose flour, or even vegetable oil to make the most delicious fluffy cake. Since you will use a cake mix box, vanilla not strawberry cake mix there are enough strawberries to provide plenty of flavor, the cake mix covers most of the usual cake ingredients.
Cake recipes just as delicious as this homemade strawberry sheet cake:
- White Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
- Strawberry Shortcake Sheet Cake Recipe
- The Perfect Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
- Texas Sheet Cake Brownies Recipe
- Aunt Dorothy’s Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
More great ways to use strawberries:
- Strawberry Fruit Pizza Recipe
- Strawberry Salsa Recipe
- 5 Minute Strawberry Jello Salad Recipe
- Strawberry Lemonade Cake Mix Bars Recipe
- Puffy Strawberry Cream Cheese French Toast Recipe
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Frosted Strawberry Sheet Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Strawberry Puree (for cake and frosting recipes)
- 2½ cups fresh strawberries
Cake
- 1 box Betty Crocker super moist white cake mix
- ¾ cup butter slightly melted
- 4 eggs
- 3.4 ounces french vanilla instant pudding mix (1 box)
- 3 ounces strawberry gelatin
- 1 cup strawberry puree
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 ounces unsalted butter
- 6 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup strawberry puree
- 10 strawberries thinly sliced
Instructions
Strawberry Puree
- Place the strawberries in a blender and pulse until pureed
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 X 13-inch cake pan
- In the bowl of a stand-up mixer, combine the Super Moist White Cake Mix, butter, and eggs and mixon low speed until smooth
- Add the French vanilla pudding mix and mix until smooth
- Add the strawberry gelatin and mix until smooth
- Add the strawberry puree and mix until smooth
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and use a rubber spatula to smooth it into the corners and create an even cake.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes while you make the frosting.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
- In the bowl of a standup mixer, beat together the butter and the cream cheese on high for about 1 minute
- Add The powdered sugar and mix on low speed until combined
- Turn the speed back to high and whip until light and fluffy
- Add the strawberry puree and mix until combined
- Once the cake has cooled, spread the frosting over the cake with a rubber spatula
- Arrange the sliced strawberries over the cake and serve
Notes
- Store leftover cake covered in the refrigerator
Nutrition
Equipment
- blender
- Hand or Stand Mixer
Recipe Details
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