This Easy Strawberry Layer Cake is a stunning dessert to serve for any occasion. It features three irresistible layers of pink cake, that are frosted with a fresh strawberry cream cheese icing. It’s the kind of cake you’ll want to make over and over again.

Easy Strawberry Layer Cake Recipe

I bake, ninety-five percent of the time, completely from scratch. It’s a fact that’s well demonstrated here in the recipe index on my website. Whether it’s strawberry shortcake, pound cake, cookies or homemade brownies, baking is my happy place. That being said, I also think that it’s perfectly acceptable to bake using a boxed cake mix from time to time. This recipe for strawberry layer cake is made with a “doctored” cake mix and no one will be able to tell.

How to Make the Best Easy Strawberry Layer Cake

Ingredients you’ll need to make this easy Strawberry Layer Cake: 1 box strawberry cake mix, self rising flour, 1 box strawberry jello mix, buttermilk, oil, eggs.
For the homemade Strawberry Frosting ingredients you’ll need: Crushed fresh strawberries, plain cream cheese, salted or unsalted butter and powdered sugar.
You’ll need a stand mixer or a hand mixer to plus large mixing bowls to whip together the cake batter and the frosting.
For this recipe, don’t follow the directions on the back of the cake mix box, follow the written recipe.
Why add flour to cake mix? Cake mixes have continued to dwindle in volume over time which results in smaller cakes. The addition of flour to this recipe increases the volume and does an excellent job masking or doctoring the obvious cake mix flavor.
The sweetened jello not only heightens the strawberry flavor, but it also adds enough sweetness for the extra flour added to the mix.
Please note, it’s very important to drain the mashed strawberries well before adding them to the frosting.
The cream cheese frosting is softer, not stiff like a classic buttercream, due to the fresh strawberries.
Place strips of waxed paper under the bottom cake layer to keep the cake pedestal clean when frosting. Gently remove before chilling the cake.
To keep things simple, I wanted to show you how arranging fresh berries on top sends the presentation of this cake into the stratosphere. Garnishes don’t have to be fussy to be impressive.
Store this easy strawberry layer cake chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
You can freeze the strawberry cake layers to expedite make ahead preparation, but I don’t recommend freezing once frosted. The frosting may break down when thawing.

When to Serve Strawberry Layer Cake

There’s simply no wrong time of year to enjoy this delicious cake. The color makes it ideal for holidays such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. However, I could see serving this cake for tea parties, casual summer gatherings, wedding and bridal showers. It would also make an amazing birthday cake for the strawberry lovers in your life.

Allow Chill Time for the Strawberry Frosting to Firm

Due to the fresh strawberries in the frosting, allow enough chill time for the frosting to set. If some pools around the bottom, it makes it even more luxurious to eat and no one will ever believe this started with a cake mix. For more cake mix inspiration, checkout this recipe for Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake from Inside BruCrew Life.

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