Hey guys – it’s me, Lily!!
Did you have a good Saturday? I did!! Today, we had a garage sale. Some friends joined in on the garage sale. While the mommies sold stuff, all the daddies watched us kids play. We had a lot of fun!
Can you believe that Valentine’s Day is coming so quick?! Because it’s coming up, we’ve been thinking of pink and red treats to make for the special day. We saw this delicious Strawberry Sheet Cake on Pinterest (from this blog) and knew we had to make it!! It was so, so, so good! My favorite part is the frosting! It was so tasty I wanted to gobble it up. Everyone in my family loved it. My dad says it has the best frosting he’s ever tasted on a cake. I already can’t wait until we can make it again.
I really think you’ll love this recipe!! It is a new favorite. 🙂
If your mouth is watering, here’s the recipe:
- 16 oz. container strawberries (rinsed and with tops cut off)
- 1 package white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- ¾ cup oil
- 3 oz. strawberry gelatin dessert (JELL-O)
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup strawberry puree
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Begin by adding your strawberries to a blender or food process and blending. Reserve 1 cup of pureed strawberries plus an additional ¼ cup for the frosting.
- Mix cake mix, eggs, and oil in a large bowl until well combined. Add JELL-O and 1 cup strawberry puree. Mix well.
- Pour into a greased 9x13 pan.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Let cake cool.
- While cake is cooling make frosting by creaming together the butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla, powdered sugar and strawberry puree. Frost cake. ENJOY!
Recipe adapted from Southern Bite.
The ingredients.
The cake mix.
The strawberry batter.
The best frosting – EVER!
I think this recipe is great all year long. I think next time we’ll try a cherry version!!
I hope you can come back again soon for more yummy treats from me.
Love, Lily
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Love, Lily
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Your cake looks so good Lily. Thank you. Have a fun day. It’s raining here and is suppose to all day long. Have a good week!
This is beautiful! I want this strawberry cake all to myself!
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Absolutely adorable!! And your cake looks amazing! I need to give this a try with my daughter 🙂
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Love a good sheet cake, and this one looks fabulous! Pinning for later!
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Oh my!!! This cake looks so refreshing and adorable for Valentines too.
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Fresh strawberries in a cake?! Yes please!
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Sheet cakes are the best and yours looks so pretty! My daughter loves baking with me too, we might need to make this cake very soon.
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A perfectly pink dessert my girls would go crazy over!
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Looks and sounds delicious. Thank you and have a good weekend!
Thanks, Liz – hope you had a great weekend!! 😀
What should I use instead of a food processor? I don’t have one.
A blender will work too. 😉
Can’t wait to try this,looks so good!
Did you try it yet? We love it!! I’d love to know!
What is “strawberry puree” that you need in the icing?
It is strawberries and a little sugar that have been pureed in like a food processor. If you have a cup of strawberries, add like 1 1/2 tablespoons of sugar and puree in a processor or blender. You could even buy strawberry puree. Hope that helps:)
Do you have any suggestion for adjusting the bake time for the cake to make two circular 8inch cakes?
Thank you!
The baking time should be the same. If they were the 9in, it be a few min shorter. Let me know how you like! We love it!