Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Buttercream has layers of moist cake, strawberry buttercream, and fresh strawberries. It’s a perfect summer dessert, but it can also be prepared during the off-season using frozen strawberries. If you’ve been seeking a homemade strawberry cake recipe, you’re going to love this one!
If there’s any time of the year to enjoy strawberries, it’s right now.
Maybe I’m craving them because I’ve had no success growing strawberries in the garden. I was so excited about the prospect of fresh strawberries that I bought not one but two plants!
So far, they have yielded me 4-5 berries in total, and I must say, they were some tasty strawberries.
This moist, delicious layer cake is full of flavor. I adapted a recipe from Sweetapolita (one of my many blog crushes) and couldn’t have been happier with the results.
However, I did make a few changes. Her version is more of a strawberry jello cake. Since I’ve never used gelatin in a layer cake (or any cake), I omitted it.
Rosie says that strawberry gelatin adds excellent color and flavor, so I decided to ramp up the other ingredients, adding orange juice, zest and fresh strawberries in between the layers. For the frosting, I used an Italian meringue buttercream because, well, meringue buttercream is awesome.
Recipe Notes
- For my best layer cake tips, check out this tutorial.
- Meringue buttercream makes this cake so much lighter than buttercreams prepared using confectioners’ sugar. However, I realize it’s a more advanced recipe. Check out this post for my best Italian Meringue Buttercream tips! If you’d prefer to use an American buttercream, check out this strawberry buttercream recipe from Barefeet in the Kitchen.
- I recommend purchasing 2 pints of strawberries to prepare the cake, though you might not need all of them. If you plan to decorate the top with fresh strawberries, having uniform berries with bright red exteriors looks nice. I like having an assortment to pick through, especially because sometimes there are some not so fresh berries hiding in the middle of the clamshell.
- I recommend using fresh strawberries when they’re in season, and frozen strawberries during the off season.
Looking For More Strawberry Recipes?
Check out my Strawberry Pie, Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries, Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, and Strawberry Vanilla Jam Crumb Bars!
