Strawberry Sheet Cake

Strawberry Sheet Cake is perfect spring and summer crowd-pleaser dessert. It’s easy dessert recipe for super moist, homemade fresh strawberry cake with strawberry cream cheese frosting.

It’s March already. Easter is less than a month away! Although it’s hard to believe, since it feels like Christmas was just yesterday. But, the time flies!!!!

However, I am greatly looking forward to spring and my favorite holiday-Easter!

Springtime is my favorite time of the year! So today, I’ve decided to officially close the winter baking season and start with the best, light, fresh, fruity and colorful desserts!

Although I usually made fresh strawberry cake as a round layered cake, this time I transformed it in a sheet cake.

Sheet cakes are perfect solution for the parties. And with spring and Easter upon us, we are all going to have so many celebrations and gatherings. Sheet cakes are super easy and simple to make. Also, sheet cake is very easy to slice and serve. You can take it to any party or potluck and you can serve a crowd. But, sheet cakes could look fancy and festive, too.

This Strawberry Sheet Cake garnished with fresh strawberries on top could make a really pretty presentation at your Easter table.

Strawberry Sheet Cake is perfect spring and summer crowd-pleaser dessert.

Ingredients

For Strawberry Cake:

• 1 cup unsalted butter-softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 ¼ cups flour
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• 1/2  teaspoon baking soda
• Dash of salt
• 2 Tablespoons strawberry flavored gelatin
• 1 cup whole milk
• ¾ cup diced fresh strawberries
• pink or red food coloring-optional

For Strawberry Frosting:

• 8 oz. cream cheese-softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar (divided)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup diced fresh strawberries
• 1 ½ cup heavy ream
• 3 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• pink or red food coloring-optional

Instructions

To make the cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray 13 x 9– inch pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper leaving an overhang the sides. Spray the paper with cooking spray and set aside.
2. Stir together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt and strawberry flavored gelatin, set aside.
3. Beat the butter at medium speed until creamy, then add sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy.
4. Add one egg at the time and beat well. Mix in vanilla and lemon juice.
5. Add half of the flor mixture, mix to combine, add milk and mix to combine, then add remaining flour mixture and mix just until combine. Mix in a few drops of food coloring if desired. Finely, fold in strawberries.
6. Pour the batter in prepared pan and bake about 30-40 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. If it starts browning too quickly, tent the top with aluminum foil.
7. Cool in the pan for half an hour, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
8. To make the frosting:
9. Beat heavy cream and lemon juice until soft peaks form. Gradually add ½ cup of powdered sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
10. In another bowl, beat softened cream cheese, ½ cup of powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Mix in strawberries and a few drops of food coloring if desired.
11. Fold half of the whipped cream into cream cheese mixture, then fold in remaining whipped cream. Spread onto cooled cake.
12. Before serving, garnish with fresh strawberries if desired.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Sauthern Living Magazine

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