16 Best Strawberry Cake Recipes
Strawberry cakes are one of my favorite desserts. In fact, it’s one of the most popular cakes in my family. So I love to make different variations of these desserts to make things interesting and exciting. Let’s find the best strawberry cake recipes.
These are easy to make and are awesome.
Strawberry Cake Recipes
1. Homemade Strawberry Cake
I simply love making this cake as it is a crowd-pleaser. For parties or birthdays, this is definitely on our menu. It takes almost 6 hours to make.
To make the recipe preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. You require a blender or food processor. The recipe requires 1 hour 30 minutes of prep time and 25 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include egg whites, baking soda, pure vanilla extract, cake flour, sour cream, baking powder, and strawberry puree.
Make the strawberry puree with fresh strawberries and let it rest overnight in the fridge. To make the strawberry cream frosting you need a mix of dried strawberries, pure vanilla extract, butter, cream cheese, and milk.
2. Strawberry Pound Cake
This moist and luscious cake is such a treat. This southern pound cake is easy to make and is popular among all age groups. To get the best result use fresh strawberries.
Buttermilk makes the cake moist and soft so it’s a must. It takes one and a half hours to make. You require a party bundt pan and a stand mixer.
The recipe requires 25 minutes of prep time and 1 hour and 10 minutes of cooking time. For this recipe preheat the oven to 325°F. The ingredients include fresh strawberries, baking soda, eggs, all-purpose flour and vanilla extract.
For the glaze, you need a mix of strawberry puree, lemon juice, sugar and vanilla extract. Keep the cake in an airtight container in the fridge and it will be good for 5-6 days. You can also freeze it for 3 months.
3. Strawberry Ice Cream Cake
This is moist, fluffy, and has a fruity flavor. For this recipe, you can use either store-bought strawberry ice cream or a homemade version.
To hold the volume properly make sure the heavy whipping cream is cold. You require a parchment paper and an 8-inch cake pan. It takes almost 6 hours to make.
For batter use butter at room temperature. The recipe requires 1 hour 15 minutes of prep time, 45 minutes of cooking time, and 4 hours of chilling time. For this preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
The ingredients include strawberry ice cream, all-purpose flour, butter, vanilla extract, baking powder, and eggs. You can keep the cake in an airtight container in the freezer and it will be good for a week.
4. Strawberry Cream Cake
This is one of the best cream desserts for summer. It is airy and so refreshing. Use fresh strawberries to get the best flavor.
It takes almost 6 and a half hours to make, 6 hours of prep time and 25 minutes of cooking time. First, you need to make a vanilla cake.
The other ingredients include diced strawberries, heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla. Keep the leftovers in the fridge and it will be good for 5 days.
5. Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream
This frozen dessert is a fun treat. It has a tangy, creamy, and sweet flavor. Try to use fresh strawberries but if it’s unavailable then use the frozen ones.
For velvety texture and tangy flavor use cream cheese or mascarpone cheese. Use condensed milk not evaporated milk to add sweetness. You don’t need an ice cream maker for this recipe.
It takes over 6 hours to make, 15 minutes of prep time, 20 minutes of cooking time, and 6 hours of chill time.
The ingredients include strawberries, cream cheese, vanilla extract, strawberry jam, and sweetened condensed milk. Keep the leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge and it will be good for 2 weeks.
6. Classic Strawberry Cake
This is one of the best strawberry cake recipes. It is quite easy to make as you don’t need any frosting or layering.
For this recipe, the tools needed are an electric mixer, a springform pan, a blender, and a large mixing bowl. To make the strawberry sauce use a mix of strawberry and sugar.
It takes almost an hour to make, 10 minutes of prep time, and 50 minutes of cooking time. To make the recipe preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
The ingredients include baking powder, eggs, vanilla extract, sour cream, and strawberries. Sour cream makes the cake rich and adds flavor. You can replace sour cream with Greek yogurt.
7. Strawberry Chiffon Cake
This delightful dessert looks and tastes fabulous. The soft and airy texture makes it so appealing. It is one of the best sponge cakes.
You require a spatula, cake pan, bench scraper, electric mixer, and a piping bag. To make whipped cream make a mix of heavy cream, sugar and vanilla extract.
It takes almost one and a half hours to make, 1 hour 35 minutes of prep time 25 minutes of cooking time, and an hour of chilling time. For this preheat the oven to 350°F. The ingredients include egg whites, milk, vanilla extract, cream of tartar, strawberries and cake flour.
You can also make it 2 days in advance, and keep it in a plastic wrap at room temperature. Keep the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and it will be good for 5 days. It also freezes well for a month.
8. Strawberry Shortcake
This is one of the best desserts for summer. Use a 3-inch biscuit cutter to shape the biscuits. Use homemade whipped cream, make it with a mix of vanilla extract, sugar and whipping cream.
It takes almost an hour to make, it requires 30 minutes of prep time and 15 minutes of cooking time. To make it preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
The ingredients include all-purpose flour, unsalted butter, buttermilk, baking powder, heavy cream, baking soda, coarse sugar and salt.
9. Easy Strawberry Cake
People loved it when I served warm cake with ice cream. It takes almost an hour to make, 15 minutes of prep time, and 50 minutes of cooking time.
To make the cake preheat the oven to 390°F and bake for 50 minutes. To check the doneness insert a skewer in the middle, if it comes out clean you are done.
The ingredients include strawberries, whipped cream, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, lemon juice, baking powder and yogurt.
10. Strawberry Tres Leches Cake
This is one of my favorite strawberry cake recipes. It takes close to 3 hours to make the cake, 30 minutes of prep time, and 15 minutes of cooking time.
To make it preheat the oven to 350°F. For strawberry milk, the ingredients include strawberries, whole milk, heavy cream, evaporated milk, and granulated sugar.
To make the cake the ingredients include all-purpose flour, vanilla, milk, baking powder, eggs, salt, and sugar. For topping make a mix of heavy cream, salt, sugar and strawberries.
11. Strawberry Layer Cake
This is one of the most gorgeous desserts. You require a parchment paper, an electric mixer, and a 9×13 inch cake pan.
It takes an hour and 40 minutes to make the recipe, 1 hour of prep time, and 40 minutes of cooking time. To make the recipe, preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 20 minutes.
The ingredients include eggs, all-purpose flour, cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, and granulated sugar. You can use chocolate chips to decorate.
12. Paula Deen Strawberry Cake
This is one of the best strawberry cake recipes. It is easy to make and requires 15 minutes of prep time and 15 minutes of cooking time.
To make it preheat the oven to 350°F.The ingredients include strawberry extract, eggs, box white cake mix, butter, vegetable oil, confectioner’s sugar, strawberry-flavored instant gelatin and cream cheese.
13. Strawberry Sheet Cake
This strawberry-flavored sheet cake with creamy frosting is mesmerizing. Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake it for half an hour. A sheet cake is usually made to feed a big group of people.
It requires 10 minutes of prep time and 30 minutes of cooking time. The ingredients include strawberries, strawberry jello mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and box white cake mix.
For the frosting make a mix of vanilla extract, unsalted butter, cream cheese, strawberry puree and powdered sugar. Keep the leftovers covered in the fridge and it will be good for 4 days, it also freezes well for 3 months.
14. Strawberry Shortcake Cake
It is one of the most gorgeous strawberry cake recipes. To make a firm whipped cream add cream cheese. It is best served fresh on the day it’s made.
The recipe requires 30 minutes of prep time and 20 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for almost 25 minutes. For the cake, the ingredients include sour cream, baking powder, all-purpose flour, sour cream, eggs, and pure vanilla extract.
To make the filling use a mix of strawberry jam and diced fresh strawberries. For the frosting make a mix of heavy whipping cream, cream cheese, vanilla extract and sugar.
15. Strawberry Earthquake Cake
You require a 9×13 inch pan. The recipe requires 15 minutes of prep time and 45 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 45 minutes.
The ingredients include strawberries, unsalted butter, cream cheese, white chocolate chips, sugar, vanilla, and box strawberry cake mix.
Keep the leftover in a plastic wrap in the refrigerator and it will be good for 3 days. It’s not recommended to freeze it.
You can make other flavors of earthquake cake like red velvet, pumpkin with caramel, lemon with white chocolate chips, white cake with chocolate chips and chocolate with coconut, nuts, and chocolate chips.
16. Classic Strawberry Shortcake Cake
