Best Strawberry Cake from Scratch

This refreshing strawberry cake recipe uses strawberry puree and strawberry gelatin to make this kid-tested and approved celebration cake.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 393 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 (3 ounce) package strawberry flavored Jell-O®
• 1 cup whole milk, room temperature
• 4 large eggs (room temperature)
• 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 2.75 cups sifted cake flour
• 0.5 cup strawberry puree made from frozen sweetened strawberries

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.

Step 2

Beat sugar, butter, and dry strawberry gelatin together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Step 3

Combine flour and baking powder in a large bowl; stir into butter mixture alternately with milk. Blend in strawberry puree and vanilla. Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Cool cakes on a wire rack for 10 minutes; run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack to cool completely.