Description
This vibrant and moist strawberry pound cake is packed with real strawberries, strawberry gelatin, and topped with a pink glaze—making it a perfect fruity dessert for spring and summer celebrations.
Ingredients
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Cake:
- 16 oz boxed white cake mix
- 1 (3-ounce) package strawberry-flavored gelatin
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 2 tablespoons fresh strawberries, mashed
- 1 cup diced fresh strawberries
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tiny pinch kosher salt
Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon strawberry purée or juice (optional for color/flavor)
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a Bundt cake pan.
- Mix batter: In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, strawberry gelatin, eggs, water, oil, and mashed strawberries until smooth.
- Prepare strawberries: In a separate bowl, toss diced strawberries with flour and gently fold into the batter. Add a pinch of salt.
- Bake: Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pan and bake for 40–45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool and glaze: Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. For the glaze, whisk together powdered sugar, milk, melted butter, vanilla, and strawberry purée until smooth.
- Finish: Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake and garnish with fresh strawberry slices if desired.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg