Strawberry Lemonade Cake Recipe

Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12 servings

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This Strawberry Lemonade Cake is a fresh, fruity summer dessert made with real strawberry puree and freshly squeezed lemon juice! There’s an ultra moist strawberry cake topped with lemon buttercream frosting — it will be a hit at any summer barbecue!

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lemon frosting on strawberry cake in white baking dish

If you know me at all, you know I am allllll over this right here.

I love lemon. I love strawberries. I love cake. There is really not that much to be mad about.

It is nearly the end of June, which means that school is on the way out and summer is on the way in, and I see 2 glorious months of camping and swimming and spray parking and picnicking ahead of us.

piece of strawberry lemonade cake being pulled out of white baking dish

How I will do that with a 6 year old, 3 year old and a 6 month old and no husband, I’m not exactly sure yet — but we’ll figure something out ๐Ÿ˜‰

This is the time where my husband gets busy again with work, and I’m mostly single-momming from July until we get a dump of snow (which I’m always praying comes sooner rather than later). But I am still hoping to get out of the house and enjoy the beautiful Manitoba summer while we have it!

strawberry lemonade cake on white plate with lemon wedge and strawberry sauce in the background

How to make Strawberry Lemonade Cake:

  • I try to stay away from boxed mixes as much as possible around here, but every once in a while we mix things up! This strawberry cake is homemade and uses real strawberry puree for flavor, but if you want to punch things up feel free to add a tablespoon or two of strawberry Jello powder to give it some “pop”.
  • You can use fresh or frozen strawberries for your puree, just make sure that if you’re using frozen strawberries, you thaw and drain them before pureeing so that you are not adding in all that extra liquid.
  • Feel free to mix things up a bit! You can use raspberries to make this a raspberry lemonade cake, swap the lemon for orange or lime, or just go crazy and add a little of everything! I’m a big fan of improvising here, so you do you ๐Ÿ˜‰
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Strawberry Lemonade Cake

5 from 3 votes
This Strawberry Lemonade Cake is a fresh, fruity summer dessert made with real strawberry puree and freshly squeezed lemon juice! There’s an ultra moist strawberry cake topped with lemon buttercream frosting — it will be a hit at any summer barbecue!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Cuisine American
Course Dessert
Servings 12 servings
Calories 509cal

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 cups fresh strawberry puree 1lb strawberries
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • red food coloring optional

Frosting:

  • 1/2 cup butter room temperature
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • juice and zest of 1 lemon
  • yellow food coloring optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9×13″ baking dish.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together oil and sugar until combined.
  • Add strawberry puree, eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.
  • Add the flour, baking powder and salt and slowly stir just until moistened. Spread batter into prepared cake pan.
  • Bake for 40-45 minutes, just until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with moist crumbs. Let cool completely before frosting.

Frosting:

  • In a large bowl, beat butter until smooth with an electric mixer.
  • Add the powdered sugar, cream, and lemon zest (start slowly with the lemon if you don’t like too much zing!) and beat until smooth. Add lemon juice just until desired consistency is reached.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 509cal | Carbohydrates: 81g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 187mg | Potassium: 194mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 55g | Vitamin A: 320IU | Vitamin C: 28.4mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 2mg
Keywords cake recipe, lemon frosting, strawberry cake, summer strawberry cake

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My name is Ashley Fehr and I love creating easy meals my family loves. I also like to do things my way, which means improvising and breaking the rules when necessary. Here you will find creative twists on old favorites and some of my favorite family recipes, passed down from generations!

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  1. Andria says

    This was such an amazing recipe! It was so sweet and the lemon frosting just added that special zing! 10 out of 10 cake!

  2. Bambi says

    I’m planning to make this recipe for my daughter’s 5th bday! I’m doing it in 8″ cake pans. Will I need to double the frosting recipe for 2 layers?

  3. Danielle says

    I am also a lover of lemon and strawberries. I can almost taste this cake, it sounds SO GOOD. I’ve got all this fresh squeezed lemon juice from my overabundance of fresh lemons so I’m always looking for more ways to use it!

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