Strawberries and Cream Sheet Cake

• Produce

  • 1 1/3 cup Strawberry, Fresh

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 3 tsp Lemon juice, fresh

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 2 1/2 cups Cake flour
  • 3/4 cup Powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsp Strawberry flavored gelatin mix, instant
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Table salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 (8-oz. package Cream cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups Heavy cream

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Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2½ cups cake flour (see notes for substitute)
• 2 tablespoons instant strawberry-flavored gelatin mix
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon table salt
• 1 cup buttermilk (see notes for substitute)
• ⅔ cup diced fresh strawberries
• 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened to room temperature
• 1 Tablespoon instant strawberry flavored gelatin mix
• ⅔ cup diced fresh strawberries
• 1½ cups heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• ¾ cup powdered sugar

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 13- x 9-inch baking dish (although the title says sheet cake its referring to a non-layered cake. Do not use a jelly roll pan) with shortening and line with parchment paper, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over long sides. Lightly grease paper with cooking spray. Use this method if you plan on inverting the cake on to a serving plate. If you want to serve it out of the pan, just generously grease the pan.
• Beat butter and sugar for 4 to 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, until well blended. Beat in the lemon juice and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, strawberry-flavored gelatin, baking soda, and salt; Add the flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low until ingredients are just barely combined. Stir in the strawberries. Spread batter in prepared pan.
• Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. You may need to cover the cake after 30 minutes with foil to make sure it doesnt brown too much. Cool in pan on a wire rack 30 minutes. Lift cake from pan, using parchment paper sides as handles. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove parchment paper. Or just leave in the pan if you chose that option. Cool completely (about 1 hour). Spread frosting on top.
• For the frosting: Make sure your cream cheese is really soft. Stir the jello into the cream cheese. Add the strawberries and beat until blended.
• In a separate bowl, beat the cream and lemon juice at medium speed until foamy; increase speed to medium-high, and slowly add ¾ cup powdered sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold half of cream mixture into cheese mixture; fold in remaining cream mixture. Frost cooled cake immediately. Keep cake refrigerated until serving.