Strawberry Cake
A fresh strawberry cake recipe made completely from scratch. Incredibly soft layers filled and topped off with cream cheese frosting. You'll love how fluffy, delicious, and moist this homemade strawberry cake is.
Servings: 10
Calories: 932kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh strawberries pureed and cooked (see notes)
- 3 cups cake flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs room temperture
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 tsp red food coloring
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup strawberry jam
- 1 tsp red food coloring
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. and grease two 9-inch cake pans with butter or baking spray.
- Place the strawberries in a food processor and puree. Add the puree to a saucepan and cook over medium heat for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let it cool completely.
- Mix the unsalted softened butter and sugar for 2 minutes or until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time along with the vanilla extract.
- Add the vegetable oil and mix for an additional 10 seconds.
- Combine the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the cake flour mixture to the sugar mixture alternating with the buttermilk. Start with the flour mixture and finish with the flour mixture. Do not over mix the cake batter. Add the red food coloring and mix for 5 seconds.
- Fold in the cooled strawberry puree. Pour the cake batter evenly into the greased cake pans. Bake for 27 minutes or until fully cooked through.
- To make the strawberry cream cheese frosting, mix the softened cream cheese and unsalted softened butter for 1 minute. Add the powdered sugar, red food coloring, vanilla extract, and strawberry jam and mix for 4-5 minutes or until the frosting is light and fluffy.
- Let the cakes cool completely before frosting, garnish with fresh strawberries, if desired, and enjoy!
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Notes
- Remove the green leaves from the strawberries and then place the strawberries in a food processor and puree it. Place the strawberry puree in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally for 25 minutes. Once the 25 minutes are up, let the pureed strawberries cool completely.
- Please use real buttermilk, cake flour, and room temperature eggs.
Nutrition
Calories: 932kcal | Carbohydrates: 138g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 26g | Cholesterol: 142mg | Sodium: 427mg | Potassium: 277mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 106g | Vitamin A: 1007IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 120mg | Iron: 1mg