I found these pics tonight. They were taken several months ago. It was a Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting.
I decided to throw together a quick post - just because. Besides... it's pretty and it's pink - my favorite color! It needs to be shared!
This is nothing too fancy... just an easy doctored cake mix recipe with my so-easy-it-feels-like-I'm-cheating Strawberry Frosting.
The cake was made from leftover batter. But since it was strawberry, my husband's favorite, I couldn't let it go to waste.
So I mixed up some Super Easy Strawberry Buttercream and made him an impromptu dessert.
I snapped a few pics, then surprised him with it. He was happy... which made me happy... and all was good!
This was a 6" round cake. I quickly piped the rosettes with my Wilton 1M tip. Did the border with the same tip. I know it's messy, but I wasn't trying to impress Richy with the decorating... he just loves the cake!
Wanna make one for your sweetheart? Or for yourself? My recipes are here:
Melissa B
How can I attempt to lose weight when I keep seeing your beautiful cakes. If I lived close to you I would keep you even busier than you already are. Thanks for sharing your wonderful cakes and recipes.
Rose
Oh Melissa... I'm trying to lose weight myself and in the cake business, I feel totally hopeless. But I love what I do 🙂 Thank you for your sweet compliments!
Aunt Susie
Hey, Rose, that strawberry cake looks so delicious. That is my favorite kind of cake. I remember mama used to make me one for my birthday. Wish I had a piece of it right now. Love ya
Rose
I didn't respond immediately Aunt Susie because I wanted to surprise you! I know it wasn't your birthday and I surely know it wasn't from MawMaw, but I love you lots and I hope you enjoyed it! BIG HUGS!!! xoxo
Cat
If that strawberry pudding can't be found in my store, what do you think about adding vanilla pudding with some strawberry gelatin? The question is, how much gelatin?
Rose
I'd use white chocolate pudding instead of vanilla, because vanilla pudding has yellow food coloring and it might make the cake less pink and more orange (maybe, maybe not?). I think the gelatin is a good idea, but you'd just have to play with it and see how much works. I've never done it before so I'd be afraid to guess!
aish
hey just loved your cakes brilliant work and your cake is not looking messy but beautiful
Rose
Thank you!
Sue Williams
Hi again, have a heads up for you. I was watching PBS a couple of weeks ago and on either America's Test Kitchen or Cook's Country they were making a Strawberry Cake with Strawberry frosting where they took fresh strawberries and ran them through a Foley food mill, cooked the juice down to thicken it and then reserved the pulp. I just went and checked, it was on Cooks Country and the recipe was for an improved Strawberry Dream Cake. They put the reserved strawberry solids into the frosting for flavor and color. Maybe that would help you here with your flavor instead of Nestle's artificial stuff. Anyway, you can check out their recipe and view the video at cookscountry.com
Barbara
Lovely cake! I have pinned it and will be making this summer!
Heather
Do u make the complete box of
Cake and strawberry pudding? Then as other ingredients ... Or literally just add them all together and mix?
Rose
I do one 15.25 oz cake mix plus 3 extra ounces from another box, plus a 3.4 oz. box of pudding mix (dry instant, not prepared), plus all the other ingredients all at once and mix it up good!
Carol
Just made this cake this weekend for a church potluck. What a wonderful cake!! It was super moist and everyone absolutely loved it. I had to go to a couple of stores before I found the strawberry pudding, but it was worth the search. I will definitely be making this again. Thanks, Rose, for all your wonderful inspirations and tutorials. Keep 'em coming!
Patrice
Do you still use regular pudding even if it already have some in it
Rose
Yes, I sure do!
Sandi
What do I have to do to actually see the receipe for Strawberry Cake with Strawberry buttercream Frosting.No matter what I click on no receipe comes up please help.
Rose
The links in the post should lead to the recipes.
Elida Tabarez
Hi Rose..quick question to make a bigger cake do I just double the ingredients ?
Maria Warner
Hi Rose , I find you work amazing. You are a talented decorator!
Please tell me when using butter on the super simple strawberry buttercream should I use salted butter or unsalted butter and what brand of confectioners sugar.
I love cake baking and decorating myself, I have decided to practice,practice, practice.
How do you manage time? How we work, cooking, caring for your children, hubby. You must be SUPER WOMAN! Great job!
I work full time, I can only do this decorating on weekends.
Thankyou Rose
Rose
I always use salted butter, but I'm sure the unsalted would be fine too. I use Great Value (Walmart brand) powdered sugar 99% of the time. I wish I could answer the time management question in a couple of sentences but it's a work-in-progress! I'm not super woman at all, I promise!
britt
HELLO DO I FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON THE BOX OR THE RECIPE.
Rose Atwater
Recipe
Rocio
Me gustaria q pusieras la receta completa, porque esta de lujo
Yvette
I saw your Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting Post in Pinterest. And now I'm a subscriber. I feel in love with all of your post and your cakes. Ill be trying to do some very soon they look very, very easy to do! since I'm a beginner.
Thank you ! for posting step by step it helps a lot::))))
Yvette
San Diego, Ca
Rose Atwater
Thanks so much for your sweet comment & thanks for visiting! xx
Denise
I'm not sure if I did something wrong. But when I tried to make the roses it was just falling down. Would not stay in place. Not sure if I did something wrong. Do you have any suggestions on what I probably did wrong?
Over all everything was delicious 🙂
Susan at RoseBakes.com
Hi Denise. Sorry you had problems getting the rosettes on the side of the cake. To help the roses stick when I make them, I pipe them onto a fresh crumb coat. When the crumb coat hasn't crusted and is still tacky, it gives the rosette something to stick to. Also make sure your piping tip touches the cake a bit to make sure it getting adhered nicely when you pipe. Hope that helps, and thanks for stopping by the blog!
Denise
do you use the same frosting for the crumb coat? & should it be thick?
Sorry for so many questions! Lol I'm just trying to practice a little more with making cakes!
Susan at RoseBakes.com
Yes, the same frosting is used for the crumb coat. The crumb coat isn't very thick - just a layer to seal in all the crumbs.
Denise
Can I make make the cake and frosting the night before & put it in the fridge or just leave it out?
Rose Atwater
Either way is fine!
T Hartwig
This turned out gummy and overly dense. What did I do wrong? i followed the recipe. I'm very disappointed.
Rose
I'm not really sure. It might be that it you didn't cook it long enough, you mixed it too long or not enough, the oven was too hot, etc. There are just so many things that can affect a cake. I've baked this dozens (if not hundreds) of times and the recipe works.
KATHY ALTHEIDE BUSSEY
Can you tell me where I can get the strawberry pudding, even if it is a store in your area, I would love to give them a call and see if they can shIP me some. I've been searching all over for some.
Rose
I found it in my local Walmart and once on Amazon but it's not always available. When I can't find it, I use white cheesecake flavored pudding mix or somethings just vanilla pudding mix (although it has a yellow tint to it).