One Layer Strawberry Shortcake Cake

Dive into summer season with our one layer strawberry shortcake cake! This single layer, 9×13″ white cake makes use of a easy boxed cake combine that’s been doctored up for essentially the most moist white cake recipe. High all of it off with a dreamy cream cheese whipped cream frosting and loads of juicy strawberries. The basic flavors of strawberry shortcake in a 1 layer cake!

Watch How This Strawberry Shortcake Cake Recipe is Made…

I’ve discovered that once we get invited to a summer season potluck, BBQ or picnic I wrestle to determine the excellent summer season dessert to convey. I would like one thing mild and comforting, but it surely should scream summer season too. That to me is at all times strawberry shortcake, however let’s be trustworthy, particular person desserts are form of a trouble to tug out to a park or pal’s yard. That’s the place my favourite strawberry shortcake cake is available in!!!

It’s a easy, additional moist white cake that makes use of a doctored up cake combine, a dreamy, creamy whipped cream and cream cheese frosting and a recent strawberry sauce on prime. 

Bonus! This cake is greatest made a complete day forward! 

Substances for Strawberry Shortcake Cake

• For the Cake: White Cake Combine, Jello Instantaneous Vanilla Pudding Combine, Bitter Cream, Canola Oil, Eggs, Milk and Vanilla Extract
  • PRO TIP: Use simply the pudding powder for the recipe! Don’t make the precise pudding. Additionally…don’t use French vanilla pudding combine or your cake will prove yellow.
• For the Strawberry Topping: Water, Strawberry Junket and Strawberries
  • PRO TIP: You will discover strawberry junket by the Jello. It’s a packet for making a strawberry glaze. You too can simply purchase strawberry glaze or skip the glaze altogether and simply macerate the strawberries in some sugar. They are going to be rather less saucy however nonetheless heavenly!
• For the Frosting: Heavy Cream, Powdered Sugar and Cream Cheese

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How you can Make Strawberry Shortcake Cake

You will have two choices on the subject of making the cake for this recipe. You can also make a white cake in response to the bundle instructions or you possibly can physician it up a bit to make it extra moist and flavorful which is what I’m going to clarify right here. The pudding combine is my secret ingredient for a daring vanilla flavored, moist white cake. Listed below are the steps:

1. Make the Cake: In a big mixing bowl, mix all of the elements for the cake and stir to mix. You should utilize a stand mixer, electrical hand mixer or simply stir it by hand. This recipe is doable for anybody! Grease a 9×13 cake pan, add the cake batter to the pan and bake in response to the cake combine directions.
2. Make the Strawberry Topping: Carry the water to boil in a saucepan on the stovetop after which add the junket. Stir repeatedly till dissolved and thickened. Switch it to a bowl and let it cool within the fridge. As soon as cooled, fold within the sliced strawberries.
3. Make the Cream Cheese Frosting: In a big mixing bowl, whip the heavy cream till comfortable peaks type. Add 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and proceed beating the heavy cream till stiff peaks type. In a separate bowl, beat the cream cheese till easy. NOTE: The cream cheese needs to be room temperature earlier than beginning this step in order that it’s not lumpy. Add the remaining powdered sugar and beat till creamy then fold within the whipped cream till mixed.
4. Assemble the Cake: Unfold the frosting excessive of the cooled cake then unfold the strawberry combination excessive of the frosting. Stick the cake again into the fridge to sit back for not less than 3 hours. Slice, serve and revel in!
   • BONUS: Make this cake as much as a complete date forward of time if wanted! Simply cowl it tightly with plastic wrap and retailer within the fridge till able to serve.

The whole recipe could be discovered within the recipe card on the finish of the put up.

What Measurement Cake Ought to I Make?

I nearly at all times go together with a easy 9×13 cake for this recipe however you might bake the cake recipe in a bundt pan and be additional fancy. You may bake it in 2 8-inch spherical pans and do a layered cake with frosting and strawberries between the layers and on prime. You may even bake them in cupcakes and make particular person desserts. Select no matter sort of cake matches the event!

What’s the Correct Cake for Strawberry Shortcake?

There is no such thing as a one proper technique to eat strawberry shortcake! That’s the excellent news! You should utilize vanilla pound cake, angel meals cake, biscuits or white cake. You are able to do particular person servings or giant desserts to serve a crowd. I like this strawberry shortcake cake as a result of it’s really easy to make and it’s at all times a success! Make the strawberry shortcake recipe you like greatest!

Ideas for Making Strawberry Shortcake Cake

I typically hear that individuals don’t like strawberry shortcakes as a result of the cake will get soggy. I personally like when the strawberry juices seep into the cake and make all of it scrumptious, however with this cake recipe, the cream cheese frosting creates a barrier between the cake and strawberries, so sogginess prevented!

In case you aren’t a fan of cream cheese frosting, be at liberty to make use of stabilized whipped cream as an alternative. Vanilla buttercream frosting would additionally work completely!

Storing Strawberry Shortcake

With the cream cheese frosting, leftovers needs to be saved within the fridge coated or in an hermetic container. It is going to hold for 3-4 days.

Can I Freeze Strawberry Shortcake?

The cake by itself could be frozen for as much as 3 months. Wrap it tightly in plastic wrap after which in foil and retailer it within the freezer. Let it thaw after which prime with the whipped cream cream cheese frosting and the strawberry topping.

Strawberry shortcake is often a summer season dessert, however don’t limit your self! Strawberry shortcake cake is nice for any event…a birthday, a bridal bathe, a Sunday evening indulgence. Fluffy vanilla cake, cream cheese whipped cream frosting, and recent strawberries make this a must-try for any berry lover any time of 12 months!.

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