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. 🙂
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
For more yummy sheet cake recipes, try:
For more strawberry desserts, check out:
- No Bake Strawberry Shortcake
- Strawberry Frosted Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Strawberry Pound Cake
Strawberry Sheet Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 oz strawberries rinsed and with tops cut off
- 1 box white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup oil
- 3 oz strawberry jello
Strawberry Frosting
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup strawberry puree
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350.
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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.
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Mix cake mix, eggs, and oil in a large bowl until well combined. Add JELL-O and 1 cup strawberry puree. Mix well.
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Pour into a greased 9x13 pan.
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Bake for 30 minutes.
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Let cake cool.
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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.
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Here’s another pink and red sheet cake you might like:
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I really ate the slice in the picture!! It was SOO good!
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!
Absolutely adorable!! And your cake looks amazing! I need to give this a try with my daughter 🙂
Love a good sheet cake, and this one looks fabulous! Pinning for later!
Oh my!!! This cake looks so refreshing and adorable for Valentines too.
Fresh strawberries in a cake?! Yes please!
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.
A perfectly pink dessert my girls would go crazy over!
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!
How I make my cake icing thicker for the strawberry cake
You could try adding more powdered sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, until it is as thick as you want. I hope that helps 🙂
This might be am obvious answer but..do you add the cups of water required or no water at all?
No, do not make the cake according to the box. No water 🙂
Love this no need for sugar in purée ! Best Recipe ever! Thankyou for sharing!????
Yay! I am glad you think so! Thank you for letting me know!
How many inches is your sheet pan in depth?
I haven’t measured, but it’s just a regular 9×13 pan, so what is that..like an inch & 1/2?? 2??
Can’t wait to make this and I love that you used real strawberries in it!
Looks so yummy.
Thank you!! It tastes so good! I hope you give it a try!
do you just put the jello in with the cake mix straight from the box?
Yep 🙂 Hope you like it!!
Came back to print this …. just had to tell you that this is the best cake!!! my nephew (18 years old) loves it so much that he requested that i make it for his 18th birthday – no bakery cake -only aunt heidi’s homemake strawberry cake would do ! thanks for your hard work in bringing us such great & easy recipes
That’s awesome!! Thank you so much for letting me know that!! Makes me so happy to hear!