Strawberry Sheet Cake

5 from 32 votes

This strawberry sheet cake is 9X13 inch cake that is super moist and filled with fresh strawberries. It is topped with a strawberry cream cheese frosting.

Prep Time1

Cook Time30

Decorating Time20

Total Time1 50

Servings: slices

Calories: 416kcal

Ingredients

Strawberry Cake

3 ¼ cups All-purpose flour
2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
2 oz Freeze-dried strawberries grounded to a fine crumb
¾ cup Unsalted butter room temperature
¼ cup Oil canola or vegetable
1 ¾ cups White granulated sugar
¼ cup Sour cream room temperature
2 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
4 Large eggs room temperature
1 ⅓ cups Strawberry salsa about 1 ½ lbs of strawberries total
½ cup Buttermilk room temperature

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

4 oz Cream cheese room temperature
¾ cup Unsalted butter slightly cold
4 ½ cups Powdered sugar sifted
¼ cup Strawberry salsa
1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Heavy cream

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Strawberry Cake

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9X13 inch baking pan with baking nonstick spray. Line the bottom with parchment paper. Spray again.
In a mixing bowl, sift the flour. Add in the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using a food processor, blend the freeze-dried strawberries into a fine crumb and add to the dry ingredients. Set aside.
3 ¼ cups All-purpose flour, 2 teaspoon Baking powder, 1 teaspoon Baking soda, 1 teaspoon Salt, 2 oz Freeze-dried strawberries
Using a food processor, wash and quarter a 1 ½ lbs of strawberries. Pulse 3 times until it looks like a salsa. It has small and medium pieces of strawberries. Separate out 1 ⅓ cups and ¼ cups of the salsa.
1 ⅓ cups Strawberry salsa
Using a mixer, beat the butter, oil, and sugar. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Add the sour cream, vanilla, and 1 ⅓ cups strawberry salsa. Mix on medium until combined.
¾ cup Unsalted butter, ¼ cup Oil, 1 ¾ cups White granulated sugar, ¼ cup Sour cream, 2 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract, 1 ⅓ cups Strawberry salsa
Add the eggs in and mix on medium speed. Add the eggs one at a time. Scrape the bowl.
4 Large eggs
Add in ⅓rd of the dry ingredients and half of the buttermilk and mix on low. Add the rest of the buttermilk and another ⅓rd of the dry ingredients. Finish with the rest of the dry ingredients.
½ cup Buttermilk
Take off the mixer and use a rubber spatula to scrape the bowl. Pour the cake batter into the cake pan.
Bake for 45-55 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let it sit in the hot pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Cool the cake completely before decorating.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

Pull the butter out and set it on the counter for 30 minutes. This will get it slightly cold. In a large bowl, sift the powdered sugar.
¾ cup Unsalted butter, 4 ½ cups Powdered sugar
Using a mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter on high for 3 minutes. Add the powdered sugar and mix on low.
4 oz Cream cheese
Add the strawberry salsa (¼ cup), vanilla, salt, and heavy cream. Beat on high for 1-2 minutes until creamy. If it is too thick, add another 1 Tablespoon of heavy cream.
¼ cup Strawberry salsa, 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract, 1 tablespoon Heavy cream, ½ teaspoon Salt
Spread the frosting on top of the cake.

Notes

Flour- Make sure flour is spooned and leveled or use a kitchen scale. Compacted flour can dry out the cake.

High altitude baking- Add an extra 3 tablespoon of flour.

Pull out dairy ingredients 2 hours before baking.

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