Old Fashioned Strawberry Cake
This old fashioned strawberry cake will be a summer favorite for generations to come and it's delicious enough to enjoy as an anytime treat!
Servings 12
Ingredients
CAKE
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup water
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 cups mashed strawberries
ICING
- 1 8 oz block cream cheese, softened
- 1 stick butter sliced in chunks, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar may need more if icing is too thin
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup mashed strawberries drained well
Instructions
To Make The Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 pan.
- Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
- Melt butter in a saucepan, then add oil and water. Bring to a boil for 1 minute.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients in mixing bowl. Blend with a mixer on medium speed for 1 minute.
- In a separate bowl, whisk eggs and buttermilk together. Pour into contents in mixing bowl.
- Add mashed strawberries and mix batter for 1 minute on medium speed until combined
- Pour batter into the pan.
- Bake for 40 minutes until cake springs bake in the center (or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean).
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
To Make Icing
- Place cream cheese in a mixer and blend until smooth. Add slices of butter gradually and continue to blend until creamy.
- Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time and mix until thickened. Mix in vanilla.
- Drain strawberries well, and soak up an excess moisture with paper towel. Add to mixture.
- Blend until icing turns pink.
- If icing is too thin, add more powdered sugar to thicken.
- Pour icing on top of cooled cake and spread with a knife or spatula.
- Top cake with additional strawberries for decoration.