Little Broken

Food recipes from real ingredients

  • Home
  • Meet Katya
    • FAQ
  • Recipe Index
    • Appetizers
    • Breakfast
    • Salads
      • Dressings
    • Main Dish
    • Soups
    • Side Dish
    • Sweets
    • Sauces and Condiments
  • Lifestyle
  • Contact

Home ยป Recipes ยป Sweets

Strawberry Shortcake Cake

June 4, 2015 By Katya 14 Comments

Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

https://www.littlebroken.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Strawberry-Shortcake-Cake-6.jpgThis post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.

We went strawberry picking last weekend with our dear friends and had whole lotta fun! The kids of course just wanted to run around and eat the strawberries while we or should I say “I” was on the mission to bring home a load of strawberries as I’ve been recipe planning for weeks for this day. Happy to report we brought home some delicious beautiful ripe strawberries. Twelve pounds of them too! I went a little crazy and made a simple strawberry syrup to have around to serve over pancakes, add into desserts or yogurt. I froze a portion for smoothies and homemade ice cream. AND with the rest I made a CAKE!

Delicious spin on the classic strawberry shortcake dessert. Easy and quick all from fresh ingredients | littlebroken.com @littlebroken

This strawberry shortcake cake is a delicious spin on the classic individual sized shortcakes usually made during the summer months with sweet ripe strawberries! I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a huge cake person. Meaning I like to eat cake but not make cake. I feel like most cakes are complicated and take too much time and for me personally I always screw them up one way or another. However, this CAKE is easy peasy stuff. Anyone can make it!

Ingredients for Strawberry Shortcake Cake

  • All-purpose flour
  • Sugar
  • Baking powder
  • Buttermilk
  • Butter
  • Egg
  • Vanila extract
  • Heavy cream
  • Fresh strawberries

Side close up view strawberry shortcake cake recipe

How to Make Strawberry Shortcake Cake

You simply start off with a basic white cake batter made with buttermilk. Buttermilk makes everything super tender and soft, in this case giving the cake a little more softer texture and body. I folded fresh strawberries into the batter for a delicious spin on the classic. Then topped it off with two ingredient homemade whipped topping (heavy cream + sugar) and more fresh strawberries.

Delicious spin on the classic strawberry shortcake dessert. Easy and quick all from fresh ingredients | littlebroken.com @littlebroken

Close up side view strawberry shortcake cake batter

It truly is a simple, yet delicious dessert to make now. Plus you can’t go wrong with a homemade cake in 30 minutes! Does not happen too often, especially in my world.

Delicious spin on the classic strawberry shortcake dessert. Easy and quick all from fresh ingredients | littlebroken.com @littlebroken

You can make the cake one day in advance. Cool completely, cover, and store at room temperature. Just before serving, slather on whipped topping and strawberries.

Sliced strawberry shortcake cake recipe

Hope you guys enjoy this sweet little cake as much as we did…’cause we sure did ๐Ÿ™‚

Single slice strawberry shortcake cake on white plate

Tag me @littlebrokenblog and follow me showing me your food creations, whether from LittleBroken.com or your own: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest.

Print
clock clock icon cutlery cutlery icon flag flag icon folder folder icon instagram instagram icon pinterest pinterest icon facebook facebook icon print print icon squares squares icon
Delicious spin on the classic strawberry shortcake dessert. Easy and quick all from fresh ingredients | littlebroken.com @littlebroken

Strawberry Shortcake Cake

★★★★★ 5 from 3 reviews
  • Author: Katya @ https://www.littlebroken.com
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 25 mins
  • Total Time: 55 mins
  • Yield: 8 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American
Print
Pin

Description

Incredibly easy, quick, and under 10 ingredients! This is the best strawberry cake to make.ย 


Scale

Ingredients

  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 2/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries

Topping

  • 2/3 cup heavy cream
  • 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
  2. Grease 9-inch round baking pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper and grease the paper. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  4. In another bowl, whisk buttermilk, melted butter, egg and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until combined and moistened. The batter will be thick. Fold in the sliced strawberries.
  5. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Remove paper.

Topping

  1. In a medium bowl, beat cream with sugar on high speed until firm peaks form, about 4 minutes. (The cream should become stiff and take on volume – if you take out your whisk out of the cream, the peaks in whipped cream will hold firmly but have a slightly softened tip). Do not whip much more beyond this point or the whipped cream will turn into butter.
  2. Spread the whipped topping over the chilled cake. Arrange sliced strawberries over the top. Serve immediately.

Keywords: strawberry cake, strawberry shortcake, strawberry shortcake cake

Did you make this recipe?

Tag @littlebrokenblog on Instagram and hashtag it #littlebrokenblog

 

Delicious spin on the classic strawberry shortcake dessert. Easy and quick all from fresh ingredients | littlebroken.com @littlebroken

Filed Under: Recipes, Sweets Tagged With: cake, dessert, shortcake, strawberries

« Grilled Herb and Cheese Zucchini Roll-Ups
Cilantro Lime Chicken Sliders with Tomato Guacamole »

Comments

  1. Ann says

    May 30, 2020 at 6:55 PM

    I made it without the strawberries and it came out great, I love it because it has in less sugar!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Katya says

      May 31, 2020 at 1:48 PM

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. olga says

    February 28, 2020 at 11:20 PM

    buttermilk makes all the difference, ive found that the milk/lemon or vinegar trick doesn’t quite do it in recipes. So so good

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  3. Cynthia Varro says

    February 13, 2017 at 10:23 PM

    This cake was so refreshing and absolutely delicious! My children gave it a ’10’, a number they save for their favorites. I personally love how light it is, and the wonderful strawberry smell it emits! Thank you so much for sharing your delightful recipe! I will be sharing it with a small party tomorrow evening.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Katya says

      February 14, 2017 at 2:39 PM

      Thanks so much Cynthia! So glad the kiddos approved ๐Ÿ™‚ I love it too…especially how simple it is to make.

      Reply
  4. plasterer bristol says

    April 25, 2016 at 6:11 AM

    Oo this looks and sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

    Simon

    Reply
  5. Tanya says

    September 4, 2015 at 2:28 PM

    This looks so good! A while back I made this cake without frosting and it was so delicious! In fact between 4 people and I made in 9x13in dish, this cake was eaten in its entirety instead of dinner. I can’t wait to make it again with frosting-its going to be over the top. Thank you for your hard work!!!!!

    Reply
    • Katya says

      September 4, 2015 at 5:23 PM

      Cake instead of dinner?! Sounds absolutely delicious ๐Ÿ™‚ Glad you were able to make and enjoy this cake. Thank you for your feedback Tanya. I appreciate it ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  6. Thalia @ butter and brioche says

    June 6, 2015 at 11:28 PM

    I love this cake – and all the fresh and blushing strawberries that stud it’s top! Craving a slice now.

    Reply
    • Katya says

      June 7, 2015 at 11:56 PM

      Thanks Thalia. Fresh ingredients are the best, aren’t they?

      Reply
  7. Your Hubby says

    June 5, 2015 at 10:09 AM

    Awesome Pictures baby… Love you!!!

    Reply
    • Katya says

      June 5, 2015 at 10:52 AM

      thanks baby ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Delicious strawberry recipes - Savvy Sassy Moms says:
    June 18, 2015 at 1:30 PM

    […] Broken gives a classic dessert a fun twist with her Strawberry Shortcake Cake. The cake is simple but delicious, and the brightness of the strawberries against the white, […]

    Reply
  2. Simple Strawberry Cake | Vivography says:
    June 7, 2015 at 4:06 PM

    […] found this one and went with […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS

Welcome

Hello and Welcome! Iโ€™m Katya. I believe life is too short to eat bad food and wear boring shoes. I'm glad you're here! Learn more...

Are you an insider?

subscribe to get my latest recipes delivered to your inbox

Popular Posts

Close up of chicken stew in dutch oven

One-Pot Chicken Stew

close up summer corn chowder in a bowl

Zucchini Corn Chowder

Chicken Mushroom and Spinach Lasagna - made with shredded chicken, fresh spinach, mushrooms, and light sauce | littlebroken.com @littlebroken

Chicken Mushroom and Spinach Lasagna

Close up side view of cod in tomato herb butter

Cod with Tomato and Herb Butter

Copyright & Disclosure

The content found on Little Broken may be shared, so feel free to Pin, Tweet, Facebook & Share away with a link back to www.littlebroken.com. All images and content are copyright protected so please do not copy or claim my work as your own.
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS

Recent Recipes

cauliflower pilaf rice
thai red curry noodle soup
salmon egg salad
avocado tuna salad
sesame chicken wings
Greek Yogurt Onion Dip - healthy onion dip made with Greek yogurt, caramelized shallots, and chives. Only 66 cal per serving! | littlebroken.com @littlebroken
Copyright © 2021 ยท LITTLE BROKEN ยท PRIVACY POLICY ยท DISCLOSURE ยท Log in