Strawberry Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This easy sheet cake is full of fresh strawberry flavor. It's perfect for any occasion!

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❤️ Why you'll love it

I love this cake for potlucks and church picnics because it travels well, feeds a crowd, and is always a huge hit!

• It's a simple fresh strawberry cake that tastes great, and comes out moist every time!
• It's easy to make when you start with a box mix, and great for parties, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, baby showers, and more! It's the perfect birthday cake for strawberry lovers!
• It's topped with a rich, whipped strawberry cream cheese frosting that is definitely going to be a family favorite.

Once you learn how to make homemade strawberry cake that's this easy you'll be making them for every celebration!

🧾 Ingredients

When I find ripe strawberries at the store I immediately start thinking about my favorite strawberry desserts!

This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.

📖 Variations

• Cream cheese frosting would also taste amazing on this.
• Try using a strawberry cake mix for even more strawberry flavor.
• Substitute the strawberries with raspberries.
• You can bake this in 2 9-inch or 3 8-inch layer cake pans. Start checking for doneness at 20 minutes.
• This cake batter makes delicious fresh strawberry cupcakes, too! Divide the batter between 24 cupcake tins with liners. Bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes, or a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and frost.
• I love to put a red velvet cookie heart on the top of each square for Valentine's Day.

🔪 Instructions

This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions for this homemade strawberry sheet cake recipe are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.

How to make the strawberry puree

1. Gently clean the ripe strawberries and remove the green stems and leaves.
2. Place in a blender or food processor and pulse until the berries are pureed.
3. Depending on the size of your blender you may need to do these in batches.

Cake

1. Blend together cake mix, eggs, and oil until well combined.
2. Add in the package of strawberry Jello and fresh strawberry puree.
3. Stir until completely combined. Pour cake batter into prepared sheet pan.
4. Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes.

Frosting

1. Blend together cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar until fluffy.
2. Beat in heavy whipping cream until mixture thickens. Stir in strawberry puree, pudding mix, and Jello.
3. Mix at medium-high speed until soft peaks form. 
4. Frost the cake with the whipped strawberry cream cheese frosting, then store it in the fridge. 

🥫 Storage

Cover with plastic wrap and store leftover cake in the refrigerator for up to four days.

It might be fine longer than that but it's never lasted long here. This stuff is GOOD.

Leftover cake can also be frozen.

💭 Tips

Expert Tip: Fresh strawberries really work best in this recipe but frozen strawberries can be used if you partially thaw and drain them very well first.

• Make sure that the cream cheese and butter are at room temperature so that you get a smooth frosting.
• Keep the cake tightly covered to prevent it from drying out.
• Add more pink color to this pretty cake by adding a drop or two of red food coloring.
• Spray the plastic wrap with no-stick cooking spray before covering the frosted cake. The plastic wrap won't stick!

👩‍🍳 FAQs

📚 More favorite cake recipes

• Cherry almond cake is sweet, creamy and perfect for Valentine's Day.
• Strawberry pound cake has a vibrant pink color and SO much strawberry flavor.
• This white Texas sheet cake is another show-stopper!

🍽️ Serve with...

I always think of strawberry cake as a summer dessert. That sweet strawberry flavor is perfect with this spicy Cajun grilled chicken breast and Southern green beans.

📞 The last word

It's so unbelievably good - perfect for potlucks because it really feeds a crowd. The best part is the whipped strawberry cream cheese frosting.

Omigosh!

This is the best strawberry cake ever - if you don't believe me just try it once.

You'll see.

Love chocolate? Try this decadent double chocolate Coca Cola cake!

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📖 Recipe

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Strawberry Sheet Cake

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Make this easy strawberry sheet cake recipe with fresh strawberries and a whipped strawberry & cream cheese frosting. It travels well so is perfect for potlucks, too.

Course Dessert - Cake

Cuisine American - Vintage

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes

Chill: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes

Servings:12

Calories:664

Author:Marye Audet-White

Ingredients

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• ▢ 16 ounces strawberries
• ▢ 1 box white cake mix
• ▢ 3 eggs
• ▢ ¾ cup oil
• ▢ 3 oz strawberry Jello powder, one box

Whipped Strawberry Frosting

• ▢ ¼ cup butter, softened
• ▢ 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• ▢ 1 pint heavy cream, cold
• ▢ 2 cups powdered sugar
• ▢ ¼ cup strawberry puree
• ▢ 1 tablespoon vanilla instant pudding mix
• ▢ 3 tablespoons strawberry Jello powder

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Instructions

• Spray a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Preheat oven to 350°F degrees.
• Wash berries and remove the stems and leaves.
• Place 2 cups of strawberries in a food processor and process until very finely chopped.
• Measure out 1 cup of the strawberry puree.
• Set aside.
• Mix cake mix, eggs, and oil in a large bowl on medium speed about 1 minute, or until well combined.
• Add Jell-o powder and the 1 cup strawberry puree.
• Blend on low speed until well combined.
• Pour into a greased 9x13 pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (interior will read 200F on an instant read thermometer.)
• Let cake cool completely.

Whipped Strawberry Frosting

• Beat the cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar until fluffy.
• Add the cream and beat until it begins to thicken.
• Add the strawberry puree, the pudding mix, and the JELL-O.
• Beat until it thickens and peaks form. It will have the consistency of thick whipped cream.
• Frost the cooled cake.
• Refrigerate if keeping longer than a few hours or if it is a warm day.

Notes

Storage

Cover leftover cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to a week. You can also freeze this for up to 3 months.

Tips

• If you plan on freezing this cake I recommend that you skip the frosting until you are ready to serve.
• Make sure that the cream cheese and butter are at room temperature so that you get a smooth frosting.
• Fresh strawberries really work best in this recipe but frozen strawberries can be used if you partially thaw and drain them very well first.
• Line the pan with parchment for easy clean up.

You'll find more helpful tips and variations in the body of the post.

Nutrition Facts

Calories: 664kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 126mg | Sodium: 473mg | Potassium: 165mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 1016IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 153mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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First published January 28, 2022. Last updated June 21, 2023 for added information.