Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake
Okay, so I’ve always loved cake–ever since I was a little girl. My mom made some of the best cakes ever. Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake is absolutely fabulous. This amazing cake bursts with scrumptious strawberry flavor. The cake includes a strawberry cake mix and strawberry pie filling. The cream cheese icing includes cooked, mashed strawberries that sets the cake off wonderfully.
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I made this cake back in October for John to take out to the Day Neuro staff when he was in intensive rehab for a stroke. I tried to send them treats weekly to enjoy. This one was very well received and didn’t last long. The cake is moist and delicious but the icing is spectacular. Adding the strawberries takes this recipe over the top.
This sweet dessert is perfect when serving a crowd because it makes 48 servings. It’s also terrific for holidays or company because it’s festive, elegant and oh so drool-worthy. Give it a try and you’ll see what I mean.
Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake is a beautiful and elegant dessert that’s marvelous for the holidays.
Do you have a sweet tooth? Then this is the dessert for you!
The cake is light and fluffy and the icing is heavenly.
This recipe for Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake is enough to serve a crowd.
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients for the cake.
Pour cake mix into a mixing bowl. Add eggs.
Stir to combine.
Add strawberry pie filling.
Stir again.
Spread cake batter into a greased 12×17″ cookie sheet.
Bake 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely before adding icing.
I used these ingredients for the icing.
Soften cream cheese and butter. Add vanilla.
Mix with an electric mixer until creamy.
Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Mix with an electric mixer until creamy.
Mash strawberries on plate.
Bring to a boil over low to medium heat; reduce heat and cook until thickened about 5-10 minutes. Cool in freezer about 15 minutes before adding to icing.
Add cooled strawberries to cream cheese icing.
Mix with an electric mixer to spread the strawberries thoroughly throughout the icing.
Spread icing with a rubber spatula over top of cooled cake. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Garnish individual servings with fresh strawberries, if desired.
Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake will have you drooling from the first bite.
If you enjoy strawberry desserts, you’ll love this!
Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake is a terrific dessert for Christmas, Valentine’s Day or other special occasions.
Here’s the recipe.
STRAWBERRY TEXAS SHEET CAKE
(My own concoction)
Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients
CAKE:
- 15.25 oz. box Betty Crocker strawberry cake mix
- 22 oz. can Lucky Leaf strawberry pie filling
- 4 large eggs
ICING:
- 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese softened
- 1 tbsp. real vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened (2 sticks)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- strawberries
Instructions
CAKE:
- Mix together cake mix and eggs.
- Fold in the pie filling.
- Spread into a greased 12x17” cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before adding icing.
ICING:
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, vanilla and butter.
- Add powdered sugar a cup at a time, beating after each addition.
- Beat until smooth.
- Meanwhile, mash enough strawberries to yield ½ cup without the juice (measuring without the juice, but you will use the juice to cook).
- Pour juice and berries into a small saucepan and heat to boiling over medium heat.
- Continue cooking about 10 minutes until mixture becomes thick like a puree.
- Remove from heat.
- Immediately place mixture in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to cool sufficiently.
- Remove from freezer.
- Add strawberry mixture to icing and stir well to combine.
- Spread icing over top of cooled cake.
- Garnish with fresh strawberry slices, if desired.
- Refrigerate before serving.
Notes
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Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake is one heavenly dessert.
I’ve always been a cake lover. This cake is premiere comfort food for me.
A piece of Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake will cure your sweet tooth.
You won’t have to convince anyone to try a bite of this fabulous dessert. 🙂
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Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients
CAKE:
- 15.25 oz. box Betty Crocker strawberry cake mix
- 22 oz. can Lucky Leaf strawberry pie filling
- 4 large eggs
ICING:
- 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese softened
- 1 tbsp. real vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened (2 sticks)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- strawberries
Instructions
CAKE:
- Mix together cake mix and eggs.
- Fold in the pie filling.
- Spread into a greased 12x17” cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before adding icing.
ICING:
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, vanilla and butter.
- Add powdered sugar a cup at a time, beating after each addition.
- Beat until smooth.
- Meanwhile, mash enough strawberries to yield ½ cup without the juice (measuring without the juice, but you will use the juice to cook).
- Pour juice and berries into a small saucepan and heat to boiling over medium heat.
- Continue cooking about 10 minutes until mixture becomes thick like a puree.
- Remove from heat.
- Immediately place mixture in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to cool sufficiently.
- Remove from freezer.
- Add strawberry mixture to icing and stir well to combine.
- Spread icing over top of cooled cake.
- Garnish with fresh strawberry slices, if desired.
- Refrigerate before serving.
23 Comments
Sandy
November 5, 2022 at 10:43 am
This is a fabulous and easy to make recipe. Just when you think, yep, it’s a nice strawberry cake, the strawberry burst at the end of each bite surprises you! Delicious!!
Teresa
November 5, 2022 at 5:26 pm
Hi Sandy. So glad you loved the recipe. This one’s pretty easy to make too.
Linda
July 21, 2022 at 7:38 pm
This Texas Strawberry Sheet Cake was so delicious! You’re right, it’s all about the frosting! We prefer this cake cold.
I’m assuming you could use any flavor box cake, add four eggs and a can of pie filling.
Have you tried any other combinations?
Teresa
July 23, 2022 at 9:57 am
Hi Linda. Yes, I’ve made lemon, pineapple, raspberry and blackberry and several others. All come out fantastic.
Robin
June 15, 2022 at 5:10 pm
Can you freeze this cake?
If so, before or after you ice it?
Teresa
June 20, 2022 at 7:42 am
Yes, I have frozen it. I freeze it after I frost the cake. I usually cut it down into individual pieces and place in a plastic container with each row of cake slices separated by waxed paper.
slope game
February 6, 2022 at 8:49 am
OMG! This is a great dessert
Teresa
February 7, 2022 at 8:14 am
Yes it is.
Michelle
November 21, 2021 at 10:44 am
Can I use a white cake mix w/strawberry gelatin instead of a strawberry cake mix? That’s what I have on hand. Thanks
Teresa
November 25, 2021 at 7:35 am
Hi, Michelle. I think that would work.
Crystal
August 13, 2021 at 4:44 pm
Can you cook this cake in a 9 x 13 pan?
Teresa
August 14, 2021 at 2:27 pm
Hi, Crystal. You can but it won’t come out quite the same. You will also have to cook longer. True Texas Sheet Cake is almost like a brownie :). If you can find a cookie sheet, that would be better.
Patt
May 5, 2022 at 8:25 pm
A cookie sheet has no sides. Cake batter would run off the sides. Use a sheet pan.
Teresa
May 9, 2022 at 12:26 pm
Hi Patt. You’re probably right. I use a 3/4 sheet pan to bake all my cookies. I’ve just always called it a cookie sheet. 🙂
Fatima Alejandre
August 4, 2021 at 11:04 am
Can this be made in to cupcakes instead?
Teresa
August 5, 2021 at 7:26 am
Hi Fatima. Yes, I think you can make it into cupcakes but you’ll have to change the cooking time accordingly.
Robin
June 24, 2021 at 11:48 am
Not sure what I did wrong. But the cake didn’t rise and the frosting was extremely runny, so added some cornstarch and more powdered sugar. Even with those things the cake was liked by everyone. Want to try to make again. Any ideas what I did wrong? (It was runny before adding strawberries)
Teresa
June 25, 2021 at 4:35 pm
Hi, Robin. You might have had a bad/old cake mix. If the cake mix didn’t rise, that’s defective leavening in the ingredients. Use a high quality cake mix (perhaps with Covid some boxes have been sitting around awhile). I wouldn’t add cornstarch to the icing, but you can always use extra powdered sugar in the frosting. (I usually end up doing that frequently). Make sure when you cook up the strawberries they are very thick. That’s where you can add extra cornstarch if necessary (maybe you did). You can also use regular icing without adding the strawberry filling and just top with strawberries. But remember that strawberries go bad really quickly. So only do that if you’re going to have the whole sheet cake eaten in a day or so. Hope this helps. This is such a terrific recipe that it’s worth making. 🙂
Jenn
June 15, 2021 at 6:45 pm
Can this be made in a 9 x 13? I just moved and don’t have a larger sheet pan.
Kay
June 13, 2021 at 2:58 pm
1st of all, your cake looks delish….& my family loves strawberries. So this recipe is one I will be trying out very. soon. One problem though. It would have been helpful to know how many boxes or by lb. of strawberries to purchase. I cant rely on my patch this yr. Not enough rain & my closest shopping area is 20 mi away. So if I dont buy enough the first time, it might not turnout right. I can hardly expect someone to drive 40 mi. round trip, just to get me more strawberries. The box size I buy usually renders me 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 cups sliced berries.
Teresa
June 14, 2021 at 6:54 am
Hi Kay. 1/2 cup of strawberries isn’t very much. I think I bought one of the smallest strawberry containers I can purchase here, which is about 2 pints (or 16 ounces). I used the rest for decoration and other recipes. You will not need more than a pint in the box size you are describing. Hope this helps. Enjoy the recipe.
Vickie
July 1, 2022 at 5:06 pm
Is this cake dry since it doesn’t have oil?
Teresa
July 4, 2022 at 8:11 am
Hi Vickie. No it is not dry. It uses a can of strawberry pie filling and 4 eggs. It is really moist.