Layers of moist white cake are sandwiched between a whipped cream cheese, strawberry studded frosting in this beautiful and delicious cake that’s perfect for any spring celebration!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
I know it’s not quite strawberry season, but this Strawberries & Cream Cake is sooooo good, I couldn’t wait to share.
Plus, it would be perfect for Valentines Day. Or Mother’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day…..or just any old day. This cake is so good, you probably don’t want to wait for a special occasion to make it.
I made this for my daughter’s birthday and everyone loved it.
Doris
If you love strawberry shortcake, well…..this delectable strawberries and cream dessert is even better! I started with a white cake mix to keep thing simple, but you could certainly use your favorite white cake recipe.
The best part, of course, is the cream cheese and whipped cream frosting, loaded with fresh strawberries. It’s so fluffy and delicious, I was tempted to skip the cake and eat the frosting with a spoon.
I definitely recommend using three cake pans for perfect layers if possible–but you could certainly make this as a two layer cake if you only have two pans. You should have plenty of frosting either way, so don’t be afraid to be generous!
Honestly, cake decorating is not my forte, so if I can make this cake, you can too. And even if it doesn’t look perfect, the result is so delicious, no one will even care.
I made this for my mother in laws birthday and it was great! Everyone loved it! I added blueberries to the top for the Forth of July. Thanks! I will be making this again!
Audrey
To say my family loved this cake would be a huge understatement. My husband couldn’t stop raving about this cake–or eating it. I’m pretty sure he had a piece with every meal.
This strawberry cake is so fresh and light, it’s hard to stop at just one piece. Really, my words don’t do this cake justice. You just need to try it!
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Ingredients
- White cake mix
- Instant white chocolate pudding mix
- Eggs
- Sour cream
- Vegetable oil
- Almond extract
- Heavy cream
- Cream cheese
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla
- Strawberries
Strawberries & Cream Cake
Ingredients
For the cake
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1 box 3.4 oz. instant white chocolate pudding
- 5 egg whites
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
For the frosting
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 cups chopped strawberries plus more strawberries for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) round cake pans.
- In a large bowl, combine cake ingredients. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans. Bake for 17-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before turning onto wire racks to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, make the frosting: in a medium bowl, beat the heavy cream until very stiff peaks form.
- In a separate large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy.
- Add the sugar and vanilla to the cream cheese and beat until well combined.
- Gently fold the strawberries into the cream cheese mixture. The frosting will turn slightly pink. Mix until the frosting is a uniform color.
- Fold the whipped cream into the frosting in two batches.
- Spread 1 1/2 to 2 cups frosting over the top of one cake layer (don’t be afraid to be generous). Place another cake layer on top and repeat.
- Place the third cake layer on top and frost the top and sides of the cake with the remaining frosting. Garnish with additional fresh strawberries, if desired.
- Refrigerate until serving. Keep leftover cake in the refrigerator.
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57 comments
Linda
Can you use frozen strawberries if you can’t find fresh berries, will I have to use a the same amount of strawberries, thanks Linda
Sandra
I made this cake for my sisters birthday, I used chocolate cake mix with the pudding in it, and it came out awesome, she loved it.
Molly
Hi Danelle! I was baking your Strawberries and Cream Cake last nite for my daughter’s birthday today but sad to say my cake was a disaster. I followed the recipe to a “t” but the batter came out too thick. Batter did not spread in the pan. Do you have any idea what I could have done wrong?
Danelle
I’m really not sure. Did you add the pudding powder to the cake mix, or did you mix it with milk to make pudding? It should have just been the powder, added to the cake mix. If you made it into pudding, that could have made it too thick as it set up. That’s the only thing I can think of. Sorry it didn’t work for you.
Molly
I did just add white cake mix powder, powder from white chocolate pudding mix plus all other ingredients you listed. What I ended up doing was driving to the grocery store late in the night grabbed a box of white cake mix. I baked that according to box instructions. My daughter was so excited with her birthday cake, everyone enjoyed Mom’s cake!
Jessica
I tried to make this cake and my results were the same as yours. Really thick wouldn’t spread in the pan and I baked them any way and they didn’t rise. I need up making a trifle out of it.
Elise Burns
I just made cake today and will be frosting tomorrow. I to found mix very thick so I used cooking spray on spatula to smooth batter to edges of three pans and even it out. Mine cooked up fine. I have only used jello brand pudding with cake mixes but couldn’t find white chocolate in my store so I bought Godiva white chocolate instant pudding. I think the pudding started to set up quickly resulting in thicker batter. I was worried it wouldn’t bake properly but it appears fine. It really needs to be smoothed out though as it didn’t spread on its own in the oven. Looks like great recipe can’t wait to serve it to guests tomorrow.