Strawberry season is here and I couldn’t be more happy. We love to make this Strawberries and Cream Cake with fresh strawberries from the garde.
It’s the perfect summer dessert. Light, fluffy and packed with flavor!
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make Strawberries and Cream Cake, you will need the following ingredients:
White Cake
- White cake mix, 1 box
- Water
- Vegetable oil
- Eggs
Cream Layer
- Cream cheese, 1 package, softened
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla
- Cool whip, 1 container, (lite is fine if you want to use it!)
Fruit Topping
- Fresh strawberries, sliced
- Strawberry Danish Dessert
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to make Strawberries and Cream Cake
- Prepare as directed on cake mix and divide batter into 2 round cake pans or one 9 x 13 inch glass baking dish. Bake according to directions on cake mix and let cool completely.
- Mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip. Sread evenly over cake.
- Mix the Danish Dessert with 1 ¾ cups water. Cook according to package directions. Let cool slightly, then fold in the strawberries. Let cool completely before spreading over cakes (I usually put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes).
- Keep in the fridge until you are ready to serve it (I usually like to refrigerate it for about 2 hours before serving).
Storage Suggestions
If you manage to have any leftover cake, these can store well if prepped appropriately. Once the cake has cooled completely, here is how you can store it:
- Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
What other cake flavor would be good with this combination?
This Strawberries and Cream Cake is out of this world delicious, and full of flavor. It’s better than Strawberry Shortcake.
Here are a few other flavor combinations that would taste amazing with this cake.
- Lemon Cake Mix
- Strawberry Cake Mix
- Funfetti Cake Mix
- Chocolate Cake Mix (try our Black Forest Cake Recipe with this one)
Be creative with your cake and try what you think your favorite would be. The lemon cake mix with the strawberries and cream is one of our favorite. It tastes like a strawberry lemonade cake, and it is to die for.
Tips to make the perfect cake:
I do love homemade cake, but cake mix cake is just as good, and extremely easy. I am all about shortcuts, and cake mix was calling my name for this one.
- Make your cake as directed on the box. Always cook your cake for the lesser amount of time as the box directs. For example, if your cake says 25-30 minutes, always cook it until the 25 minute mark.
- Make the cream using a hand mixer.
- Cream cheese can be a little difficult to work with, unless you cream it on it’s own first. I have found that when I cream the cream cheese by itself with an electric hand mixer, that it always seems to be more creamy with no lumps.
- Fold in your whipped cream. If you fold in your whipped cream instead of mixing it in with a hand mixer, it will be way fluffier and thick.
- Wait for your cake to cool. This is key in making a well set up, and layered cake. If you put your cream on while your cake is even slightly warm, it will melt, and make a strange texture when it does set up. We highly recommend letting your cake cool completely, before adding the cream layer to it.
- Fresh strawberries work best. We have found that this cake is more rich, thick, and delicious when we use fresh strawberries, not frozen. If you use frozen, they are definitely more soggy, and won’t set up as well with the gel.
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Strawberries and Cream Cake Recipe
Ingredients
White Cake
- 15.25 ounces white cake mix, 1 box
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
Cream Layer
- 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 package, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 8 ounces cool whip, 1 container, (lite is fine if you want to use it!)
Fruit Topping
- 1 quart fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1 package Strawberry Danish Dessert
Equipment
Instructions
- Prepare as directed on cake mix and divide batter into 2 round cake pans or one 9 x 13 inch glass baking dish. Bake according to directions on cake mix and let cool completely.
- Mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip. Sread evenly over cake.
- Mix the Danish Dessert with 1 ¾ cups water. Cook according to package directions. Let cool slightly, then fold in the strawberries. Let cool completely before spreading over cakes (I usually put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes).
- Keep in the fridge until you are ready to serve it (I usually like to refrigerate it for about 2 hours before serving).
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I love seeing all the yummy foods on your blog! Thank you!!!
So very excited it’s finally strawberry season!!! This looks so tasty, can’t wait to try it out. Thanks for the yummy recipe!
Yum! I love strawberries and this looks soo good:)
What is strawberry Danish dessert? I’ve never heard of it.
ooooooooo soooooo gooooooood!!!!
At our house this is known as “Cool Cake”. It is the cake that I request for my birthday too!! Love it!
I couldn’t find the strawberry dessert so I just bought the strawberry glaze sold in the produce section of my grocery store (Publix). However, my cake is so messy and top heavy and all the toppings keep falling off! Still tastes really good though 😉
I LOVE IT! This looks so good. Seriously one of my favorite things for summer is deserts with strawberry. I can’t wait to try your version. I will let you know how mine turns out. Probably not as pretty but hopefully tasty..
I am going to pin it to make sure I have it for later.
Oh my goodness! You guys! The blog looks so good!! When did this happen? Did I just completely miss it? I know I was here on Saturday, was it like this then??? I’ve been so spacey with the wedding going on! Anyway– L-O-V-E it!! And featuring this recipe tomorrow 🙂
What is strawberry Danish dessert? Never heard of it.
I’m making this cake today as it looks and sound delish.
I used 9×13 glass pan and the cake rose almost to the top. I followed directions exactly. Your photo shows a very low cake.
I hope I can fit the toppings on.
Any suggestions?
Delicious cake!! Great for any time but especially great for the summer. My family loved it!! Highly recommend it!!
Please explain what Danish Dessert is!
It’s a pudding/pie filling glaze. Here is the amazon link so you can see what it looks like. https://amzn.to/3eELPL2
What is strawberry dessert mix
It is strawberry Danish Dessert. You can find it on the Jell-O aisle. Here is a link so you can see what it looks like on Amazon – but the price in the grocery store is way cheaper than Amazon. https://amzn.to/3LAKk0N
What is the strawberry danish dessert?
Here is a link for Danish Dessert so you can see what it looks like – https://amzn.to/3axhjXE Usually on the Jell-o aisle at the store.
can a few spoonfuls of strawberry jello be added to cream mix to add color? would it affect the taste?
we haven’t tried adding jello to the cream mix. It would probably taste yummy, though it might affect the texture. If you give it a try let us know how it turns out!