Strawberry crunch cake is a twist on the classic strawberry shortcake ice cream bars. I took all the iconic flavors of the popular ice cream bars - sweet strawberry, creamy vanilla, and strawberry crunch topping - and turned them into a cake!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time23 minutesmins
Cooling Time1 hourhr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: strawberry crunch cake
Servings: 16servings
Author: Beth
Ingredients
Cake
4largeeggs
1cupunsalted buttermelted (2 sticks)
1 ¼cupmilk
1boxstrawberry jello3 oz
15.25ozstrawberry cake mix
Frosting
3sticksunsalted butterroom temperature (1 & 1/2 cups)
1tspvanilla extract
2-3cupspowdered sugar
Dash milk or heavy cream if frosting becomes too thick
Topping
2 ½cupsNilla Wafers
1cupFreeze dried strawberriesequal to 1 oz
4tbspunsalted buttermelted
Instructions
Cake
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9x13 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
In a mixing bowl combine the eggs, melted butter, milk, strawberry jello powder, and strawberry cake mix. Use an electric mixer to combine.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and bake for 23-28 minutes. Allow the cake to cool completely before adding the frosting.
Frosting
In a mixing bowl, combine the butter and vanilla extract, beat using an electric mixer until fluffy, 1-2 minutes.
Gradually add the powdered sugar, mixing on low until combined.
Taste as needed to determine if you want more powdered sugar. If the frosting becomes too thick, add a dash of milk or heavy cream.
Once the cake is cool, spread the frosting over the cake.
In a ziplock bag combine the nilla wafers and freeze dried strawberries. Zip close and use a rolling pin or similar to crush the mixture.
Once the mixture is crushed, add in the melted butter, shake to combine.
Sprinkle the topping mixture evenly over the cake. Slice and serve.