Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Just wait until you take your first bite of this Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.
Ingredients
- 4 cups Strawberries
- 1 White cake mix (and ingredients needed for cake, minus the water)
For the Frosting:
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 7 cups Powdered sugar (sifted)
- 3/4 cup Strawberry reduction
- 1 tsp vanilla flavoring
- 1/2 cup strawberries for garnish
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350. Remove stems from strawberries and blend them in a mixer.
- Place the blended strawberry liquid into a small saucepan and heat on medium-high heat. Stir constantly until boiling. Stir and boil for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool. You should have about 2 cups of strawberry reduction. Separate into 1 cup each.
- Make the cake mix as instructed and replace the one cup of water the mix calls for with one cup of strawberry reduction. Mix well. Bake the cake as instructed in two 8” pans. While the cake is baking, cream together the cream cheese and butter in a stand mixer.
- Add 3/4 cup of strawberry reduction and the vanilla. Continue to mix. With the mixer on low speed, start adding the confectioner's sugar 1/2 cup at a time. You should reach the preferred consistency with about 7 cups. Add a little more sugar if needed for a thicker consistency.
- Cover and place into the refrigerator. Once cakes are finished baking allow them to cool on a wire baking rack. Once cooled, carefully cut off the tops of the cake.
- Grab the frosting and add a layer of frosting onto the bottom layer and then top with freshly sliced strawberries. Top with the second layer of cake. Carefully frost the sides and top of the cake and garnish with strawberries. Slice and serve.
- Place leftovers in the refrigerator. Save any leftover frosting and refrigerate covered in an airtight container. Use within 5 days.
- Leftover frosting is perfect for homemade donuts or cupcakes!
Notes
- Store cake for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
Calories: 730kcalCarbohydrates: 254gProtein: 7gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 19gCholesterol: 82mgSodium: 731mgPotassium: 293mgFiber: 3gSugar: 54gVitamin A: 992IUVitamin C: 69mgCalcium: 250mgIron: 2mg
*Nutritional information is a calculated guesstimate. Please note that this can change with different brands and modifications you may make to the recipe. For the most accurate information, use a nutritional calculator with the exact brands and measurements you're using with each recipe.
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