Easy Strawberry Cake

4.50 from 10 votes

Easy Strawberry Cake is a great dessert to make any day of the week and pretty enough or holidays and celebrations. Made from scratch with fresh strawberries and a to die for strawberry cream cheese frosting!

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Cakes

Cuisine: American

Keyword: strawberry cream cheese frosting, strawberry sheet cake

Servings:

Calories: 429kcal

Author: Milisa

Ingredients

For the cake

1 cup softened butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups cake flour
2 tablespoons strawberry Jello the powder, not prepared
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup buttermilk
2/3 cup diced strawberries fresh not frozen

For the Frosting

8 ounces softened cream cheese
3 cups powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons strawberry Jello the powder
2/3 cups diced strawberries fresh not frozen
3 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon milk

Instructions

!For the Cake:

Preheat oven to 350°.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Beat in eggs, lemon juice and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, Jello powder, baking soda and salt.
Combine milk and buttermilk.
Alternate flour mixture and milk beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating well.
Fold in strawberries.
Pour into a greased jelly roll pan.
Bake for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack completely before frosting.

!For the Frosting:

Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and Jello powder until smooth and creamy. Add lemon juice and beat until combined. Add milk and beat until smooth. Fold in strawberries.
Spread over cooled cake. Serve immediately or chill for 4 hours to allow frosting to set up.
Cover cake with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator.

Notes

Wash strawberries and allow to dry on paper towels until completely dry.

Once you dice strawberries, scatter them over dry paper towels and blot them gently to remove excess moisture. Strawberries can make your icing runny and taking the extra step to dry them will help keep your icing thick.

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