If you love quick easy dessert recipes, then you will love this luscious summer Strawberry Cake!
One hot summer day we were at my in-laws and had this scrumptious cake. It looked absolutely amazing with all of the big, juicy strawberries on top. Just by looking at it, I knew it was going to be a keeper! It definitely is the best strawberry cake recipe I’ve tried.
I have to admit, though, that it’s taken me a while to get this recipe posted. I couldn’t seem to find the scrap of paper that I jotted the recipe on. It’s really an occupational hazard for a recipe collector/food blogger, you know!
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Well, better late than never!
This cake is a perfect summer dessert! It reminds me of a Jell0 Poke Cake. I absolutely love those! They’re so light and yummy…just like this cake! I can’t wait to have this again! YUM!
How to Make the Best Strawberry Cake Recipe
This cake recipe is great because it uses fresh strawberries and frozen strawberries. You can, however, swap out the frozen strawberries for an equal amount of fresh strawberries that have macerated in sugar for a little while.
Every spring we head to our local strawberry farm and stock up on all of the fresh strawberries we can carry. I use them to make jam, pies, Strawberry Salsa and this Strawberry Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing.
This recipe starts with a boxed cake mix. Then you add a strawberry puree over the top and let it all soak in. The topping is a mixture of whipped topping and pudding. I love how the pudding gives the topping some heft. Then the entire cake is topped with fresh strawberries. It’s the perfect cake all around!
Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe
Over the years, I’ve made this cake several ways. Usually, I make it in a 13×9 cake pan
Sometimes, though, I get all fancy and bust out my round cake pans
This is definitely one of my all time favorite strawberry recipes. I mean just look at all of those luscious strawberries! YUM!
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If you love quick easy dessert recipes, then you will love this luscious summer Strawberry Cake!
- 1 box Strawberry Cake Mix
- 10 oz frozen sliced strawberries thawed
- 1 3.4 oz package instant vanilla pudding
- 1 cup milk
- 3 cups frozen non-dairy whipped topping
- Fresh strawberries
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Preheat oven to 350 ºF. Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan.
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For cake, prepare, bake and cool according to package directions.
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Poke holes 1 inch apart in top of cake using handle from wooden spoon (or a drinking straw).
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Puree thawed strawberries in blender.
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Spoon evenly over top of cake allowing mixture to soak into holes.
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For topping, prepare pudding mix according to package directions using 1 cup milk.
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Fold whipped topping into pudding mixture.
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Spread over cake.
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Garnish with fresh strawberries.
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Refrigerate at least 4 hours.
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Karen Cortinas says
Very delicious!!! <3 Nummy, nummy, nummy
Pat says
I wish you had a recipe box on your site to save the recipes that We would like to make.
Christina says
I will definitely add that to my to-do list! Thanks for the suggestion! 🙂
Verna says
The Strawberry Cake is wonderful. Its the easiest and best recipe that I have.
baker says
Looks yummy! Can’t wait until strawberry season. I’m always on the lookout for quick potluck ideas
Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Christina says
I can’t wait for strawberry season either! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
FoodLover says
Recipe? Recipe??
This is not making a dessert, this is combining prefabricated items!
Of 6 ingredients, 4 are readymade products.
Looked great until I read it’s artifical flavoring and coloring all trough.
FAIL!
Schauttuck says
Looks like a total piece of crap. I would never make anything that involves ‘whipped topping’ or has as its base two pre-packaged mixes.
FAIL
Debbi Does Dinner Healthy says
It DOES look prett! Delicious, too!
Lori says
Looks fantastic! I may have to make this tomorrow for our “first day of school celebration dinner!”
Christina says
Can’t believe it’s back to school time already! Enjoy!
Lisa says
Looks so good and a great recipe! I can’t wait to try the icing too…thanks 🙂