Gluten-Free Fresh Strawberry Sheetcake

Name: Strawberry Sheet Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 1, 9x13
Ingredients: 2 c. gluten-free flour blend, spooned and leveled (I use Bob's RedMill 1:1); 1 1/2 c. sugar; 1/2 tsp. baking soda; 2 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1/2 c. unsalted butter, melted; 1/4 c. oil; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 1/2 c. milk, room temperature; 1/2 c. strawberry puree, room temperature (ingredients and recipe below); 1 tsp. vanilla; 1/4 tsp. strawberry extract (optional); 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar; 6-8 drops pink food coloring (optional); 1 lb. strawberries, washed, hulled, and sliced; 1/4 c. water; 1/2 c. unsalted butter; 1/4 c. milk; 3 Tbsp. strawberry puree; 4 1/2 c. powdered sugar; 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. strawberry extract (optional)

Desserts

Jul 26

Written By Kali Terry

This strawberry sheetcake is one of the most moist and pillowy cakes you will ever taste. It’s as light as air while packing a punch of fresh strawberry flavor!

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I’ve always wanted to make a fresh strawberry sheetcake ever since I came up with our Texas Sheet Cake recipe. While that cake is rich, fudgy, and delicious, I wanted to make an alternative that was lighter and less intense for the summer time. We’ve been experimenting with this recipe ever since the Barbie movie came out - the first trial of the cake was actually decked out in Barbie decor! That first version was a bit too sweet though and tasted a bit artificial, but, like I said, we’ve been perfecting it ever since!

We’ve managed to make a strawberry sheetcake that doesn’t crumble apart from the fresh fruit inside of it. In the original recipe, there was some water, but in this new recipe, we figured out that we can replace this water with some fresh strawberry puree to give the cake some extra moistness and natural strawberry flavor. The icing even has fresh strawberries in it and you can even see the tiny strawberries seeds (don’t worry they’re not hard or crunchy!) The great thing about the cooking process of the strawberry puree is that all of the elements of the fruit gets soft, including the seeds. So, they offer a beautiful, natural touch to the top of the cake while not adding any weird textures.

Let the baking begin!