30 Strawberry Cake Recipes (2024)

Credit: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Heather Chadduck

If you've never had astrawberry cake madefrom scratch, you're seriously missing out. Just like its namesake fruit, strawberry cake has a flavor you can't ignore: It's sweet without being too sweet, lightly tart, and, at times, deliciously jammy. Whether you're looking to make strawberry shortcake, strawberry sheet cake topped with cream, or a strawberry layer cake, these strawberry cake recipes will prove strawberry is the best cake flavor.

Strawberries-and-Cream Sheet Cake

Strawberries-and-Cream Sheet Cake Recipe

Trust us: This simple and swoon-worthy sheet cake will be a keeper in your recipe box. File it under "Springtime Crowd-pleaser."

Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Strawberry Swirl Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

Here the cream cheese is added after beating the butter and sugar, and the cake bakes at a slightly higher temperature than usual.

Strawberry Pionono

Strawberry Pionono Recipe

It's not a direct translation, but think of pionono as Spanish for jelly-roll cake. This spongy berry version, which our reader inherited from a close family friend, creates a big ta-da at the table for very little effort.

Classic Strawberry Shortcake

Classic Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

With juicy strawberries spooned over sweet and tender biscuits, old-fashioned strawberry shortcakes are the perfect springtime dessert. If the berries are very sweet, decrease the sugar to suit your taste. Drop the dough easily by using a lightly greased 1/3-cup dry measure.

Cinnamon-Strawberry Cake

Cinnamon-Strawberry Cake Recipe

Strawberries and Rosé Cake

Strawberries and Rosé Cake Recipe

This impressive blush-tone cake is inspired by two of our favorite summer treats: rosé wine and fresh strawberries. Perfect for a bridal shower, birthday party, or any number of other special gatherings, this cake is as spirited as it is elegant. If you are a big frosting fan, you may want to consider doubling the buttercream component of the recipe, as this was developed as a more delicately iced cake. Leave enough frosting after filling the layers to swipe a light crumb coat around the exterior of the cake, if you like that look--or you can simply keep the frosting in between the layers for a fully "naked" cake aethetic.

Chocolate-Strawberry Basket Cake

Chocolate-Strawberry Basket Cake Recipe

Transform a two-layer chocolate cake into a work of art by piping the buttercream frosting on the cake with a basket-weave tip, adding a handle to the top of cake, and mounding the top of the cake with fresh strawberries and flowers.

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Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting Recipe

This vibrant pink layer cake is pure strawberry-on-strawberry goodness, with fresh strawberries going into the cake batter and frosting. One thing to note about the buttercream frosting—it is absolutely bursting with berry flavor, but is easily over-mixed. If you find you've broken your emulsion when whipping this frosting up, no worries. You can simplymix in a little more powdered sugar to restore it. That said, we love how purely strawberry-forward the flavor of this frosting is, so we'd advise being very light-handed when adding extra powdered sugar, as itwill dilute the berry flavor. In our opinion, it's better to have a slightly broken frosting that tastes like strawberries than a perfectly pristine frosting that tastes like sugar.

Pretty-in-Pink Strawberry Cake

Pretty-in-Pink Strawberry Cake Recipe

Whether you're planning a birthday party or a classic movie night, this perfectly pink cake is just the dessert you need. Chopped strawberries add a soft pink hue (and fresh fruit flavor!) to the cake, while the buttercream gets its flavor from sliced berries. For a more intense color, you can use red coloring in addition to the berries.

Strawberry-Almond Cake Roll

Strawberry-Almond Cake Roll Recipe

Don't panic--this strawberry and whipped cream-filled cake is surprisingly easy to roll.

Strawberry-Banana Pudding Icebox Cake

Strawberry-Banana Pudding Icebox Cake Recipe

Strawberries add brightness to this fun take on banana pudding. Instead of the usual vanilla wafers, use graham crackers, which make neater slices. An instant hit with your family and guests, this recipe makes delicious use of the fresh strawberries you pick up at the local farmers’ market.

Fresh Strawberry Cake

Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe

With cool, creamy whipped topping and sweet fresh strawberries, this moist strawberry cake is a summertime treat.

Warm Strawberry Crumb Cake

Warm Strawberry Crumb Cake Recipe

Gerard Craft tops spring's first strawberries with batter and bakes them until the fruit is warm and jammy and the cake is airy, with a wonderful, crisp crust.

Strawberry Kuchen

Strawberry Kuchen Recipe

The Southern dessert canon is loaded with sweet treats that represent cultural influences that have swept through our region, specifically in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas. As a result, we’ve been spoiled by a number of treats including kuchen, a German word meaning “cake.” In her book, Cake: A Slice of History, food historian Alysa Levene explains that German immigrants were fond of social occasions that called for coffee and cake. “The German style of kaffe und kuchen was part of Irma Rombauer’s family heritage and explains the heavy presence of German cakes in The Joy of Cooking,” she writes. While some types of kuchen are more bread-like and made with a yeasted dough, our version has a tender, fluffy crumb and a dimpled top covered with strawberries and almonds.

Strawberry Poke Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze image

Strawberry Poke Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze Recipe

Poke cake meets pound cake in this must-make spring dessert.A perfectly moist, dense vanilla pound cake (with a delightful hint of almond) is filled with a fresh strawberry filling—adding to the cake's tender crumb and providing the perfect fruity sweet-tart flavor balance. Finish the whole thing off with an eye-catching fresh strawberry glaze, and you have a supremely awesome cake on your hands. Be warned, if you share this pound cakewith friends, you'll need to be ready to share the recipe as well.

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Grilled Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

We took a summertime favorite and made it even more… summery. This sweet and simple take on strawberry shortcake is accomplished on the grill, which means you can keep your oven turned off (as it should be during the toastiest months of the year). It’s a seasonal, fuss-free dessert that’s perfect for your next casual cookout.

Strawberry-Lemon Sheet Cake

Strawberry-Lemon Sheet Cake Recipe

Angie Beachy's divine cake layers inspired us to bake in a jellyroll pan, and then stack the halves with a simple strawberry-lemon filling.

Strawberry Angel Cake

Strawberry Angel Cake Recipe

Although this angel food confection looks devilishly rich, it's actually much lighter in calories than other cakes. Pile it high with strawberries and almonds for a dessert that you will never forget.

Strawberry-Lemon Crêpe Cake

Strawberry-Lemon Crêpe Cake Recipe

If you’ve ever enjoyed a glass of strawberry lemonade, you know this is a refreshing combination. And this company-worthy crepe cake will make everyone swoon with its ethereal layers and rich lemon filling. Be sure to save the liquid after macerating the strawberries–it’s delicious drizzled over each serving.

Triple-Decker Strawberry Cake

Triple-Decker Strawberry Cake Recipe

This three-layer strawberry cake gets its delicious flavor from chopped fresh strawberries and strawberry gelatin. Slather with the homemade strawberry buttercream frosting for a rich cake that's truly out of this world.

Strawberry Upside-Down Cake

Strawberry Upside-Down Cake Recipe

Thisperfectlylight summer cake comes out beautifully, either way you flip it.

Strawberry Tallcake

Strawberry Tallcake Recipe

Time: 35 minutes. We created this elegant, elongated version of strawberry shortcake by stacking cake layers with berries and whipped cream.

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Fresh Strawberry Sheet Cake Recipe

This simple, fresh strawberry cake is the perfect springtime dessert. Besides being wonderfully easy to slice and serve for a crowd, sheet cakes (like this pink beauty) are great for entertaining because they require no special cake frosting skills to look impressive.

Fresh Strawberry Meringue Cake

Fresh Strawberry Meringue Cake Recipe

This strawberry meringue cake features layers of sweet cream and fresh strawberries sandwiched between thin rounds of homemade meringue. Serve this dessert in the springtime when strawberries are at their peak.

Strawberry Dream Cake

Strawberry Dream Cake Recipe

This gorgeous cake is even more amazing when you slice into it, revealing the rows of perfect strawberries.

Strawberry-Lemonade Layer Cake

Strawberry-Lemonade Layer Cake Recipe

You can assemble this glorious cake up to two days ahead; store at room temp. Also, you can freeze cooled layers up to a month in plastic wrap and aluminum foil.

Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze

Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze Recipe

Look for whole-wheat pastry flour in the baking aisle at major supermarkets. Garnish with additional strawberries and fresh mint leaves.

Old-Fashioned Strawberry Shortcakes

Old-Fashioned Strawberry Shortcakes Recipe

Grandma had it right all along. Make this classic dessert recipe for a refreshing treat when strawberries are in season.

Strawberry Pavlova

Strawberry Pavlova Recipe

Wow guests with this standout dessert of Strawberry Pavlova. We adorn the top of this meringue with fresh strawberry halves and orange segments.

Strawberries and Cream Cake

Strawberries and Cream Cake Recipe

We used 6 (8-inch) disposable aluminum foil cake pans, so we could fill all the pans at once. This way, if you bake the layers in batches, the second batch is ready to go in the oven as soon as the first is done.