This Strawberry Cake is one of the yummiest and EASIEST cakes I’ve ever made.
No joke, you need to try it.
And if you don’t like it, it’s you- not the cake. (I’m just sayin!)
My roommate in college got this recipe from her mom and when she made it for our apartment, we all agreed: it was love at first bite.
{If you’ve ever had a love affair with baked goods and treats, this recipe will be dangerous.}
Whenever one of us would make it, whoever was home would just grab a fork and eat it right off the pan.
We did this more often than I care to admit, actually!
Here is the recipe…
Ingredients
- 1 box of white cake mix
- 1 package of Danish Dessert, *see note below
- 2 8oz packages of cream cheese
- 3/4 cups of powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- fresh strawberries
***I have only seen Danish Dessert in Utah!!! No grocery store in CA or AZ that I have been to sells it! It is basically a gelatin mix (very similar to Jell-O) found in the baking aisle. In an effort to duplicate this recipe outside Utah, I have either done without it, or I have bought strawberry glaze. It is definitely not as good as the Danish Dessert, but what’s a girl to do?!? If any of you have any ideas on where to find this in AZ or what to use as a substitute, I would love to hear from you!!! Here is what the box looks like:
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a sheet cake pan/ cookie sheet.
2. Mix cake mix according to package directions, using the specified number of egg whites instead of whole eggs. Pour cake mixture into pan & bake for 20 minutes or until cooked through. Let cool completely.
3. Meanwhile, prepare the Danish Dessert according to package directions and let it cool completely. I usually pop mine in the freezer to speed up this process.
4. Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla with electric mixture until well blended.
5. Wash strawberries and slice them into halves or thirds.
6. Spread the cream cheese mixture on top of cake, then the Danish Dessert, then the slices of strawberry.
This is like a fluffy yet creamy dessert- how is that even possible?!?
Grab a fork and your close friends and enjoy right off the pan!!!
I’ve served this dessert at parties & for dinner guests and people always ask me for the recipe.
It is that good.
Here is a recipe card if you’d like to add it to your stash:
(This recipe originally featured on Somewhat Simple in November of 2009)
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Have you tried using the Marie Calendars Strawberry glaze? Seems to me like it's pretty much the same thing…
I love Danish dessert. I couldn't ever find it when I was in NV either. If you want I could ship some to you
I found your blog on my friends blog. I love your ideas. I have made the same cake but with raspberries. I live in AZ and at one point I found the danish desert at Albertson's. I am not sure if they still sell it. Also, check Bashas if you haven't yet. I love this cake. It is so dang good. Now I'm hungry.
I think you could follow any glazed pie recipe to make the glaze and use it. It's usually just sugar, fruit with some syrup and water, and corn starch.
That looks amazing!!! Thanks for the new cake reicpe.
I saw Danish Dessert at a local store (in Seattle) and wondered what it was good for. I will have to try it out, and if you want, I could ship some to you!
Amazon.com sells a 12 pack of Junket’s Danish Dessert for a little less than $18. – that’s around $1.50 per package and it will save you the cost of the gas trying every store in town
Why didn’t I think of Amazon?!?!?! Thanks for the tip!
Danish Dessert is available on Amazon.com!!!
I am off to get some! This is great!
Our Winco (in No. Cal) usually carries it…
Funny story, my daughter just found a box of Danish Dessert in our cupboard she was organizing for me. When she was asking what in the world it was (it really does have an old looking box) I told her it was for a really, really good dessert that a neighbor made and I forgot to ever get the recipe. This is the recipe! I knew it was something really easy. Thank you! (we have Danish dessert in Idaho, too.)
Go to the amazon site…..you can buy a case for $22*. Isn’t there a similar dessert that creates a double layer effect? Seems that I’ve seen something similar…can’t wait to try the cake
I love strawberries, especially this time of the year. This cake looks soo good! Since it has strawberries that has to make it healthy right?
Yum! Thanks for the recipe!
This looks heavenly! AND the fat that my husband isn’t a sweets fan, means I’d have the whole thing to myself! Looks devine! I’d love for you to come link this up at my Tuesday Time Out Party!
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Smiles,
Melanie
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I just thought I would let everyone know we have danish dessert in Wisconsin at Festival Foods!!!
Hi Steph,
This looks delicious! I’m always looking for new desserts with fresh strawberries.
I would love to invite you to share this, and any other posts you would like to, at my Creative Thursday Link Party (opens at 9 pacific tonight) at http://www.michellestastycreations.blogspot.com.
Have a great day,
Michelle
Thanks for sharing this recipe , I made it last night and it is an amazing dessert. I could not find the Danish Dessert so I used a Sweet Lava Strawberry Glaze I found at Walmart in the produce section. It worked perfect. I used about 4 cups of fresh strawberries I sweetened with Splenda. i drained the juice off and mixed with the glaze. I also added 12 oz container of Cool Whip to the cream cheese mixture; folded it in once mixture was creamy. I used Pamela’s Gluten Free Vanilla Cake mix.
Have a wonderful day!
Susie
Hi Susie, I have used that glaze too and it tastes great! I am glad you like this recipe- it will always be one of my favorites!
I am intrigued by your recipe and will try it very soon. How generous of you to give everyone such a favourite. You must be wizard at making it by now!
I was very surprised to read that no one seemed to know what junket is (Danish Desert). I guess I am showing my age here, in Australia during the 1950′s and 60′s it was a common desert for children. Junket tablets were available in most supermarkets. It was one of those deserts that sit in the fridge until you need it. Junket tablets are made from flavouring and rennet which curdles and sets the milk. If it can’t be found you could buy a flavoured jelly mixture and make it up with milk, as a substitute.
If you look up Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junket_(dessert)
It will give you a history and explanation.