Simple Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

slice of strawberry cake with cream cheese and cool whip frosting. The cake is topped with fresh heart shaped strawberries and red sugar sprinkles. Played on white plate with purple fork. There are three fresh whole strawberries on the plate with scattered Sweetheart candies with words on them on the plate. There is red fabric with multi-colored hearts on the table in the background

Simple Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Dominique Collins-Bloomfield

Simple Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a no-fuss way to turn a strawberry boxed cake mix into something unique and wonderful. The moist cake will be topped with a frosting whipped together from cream cheese and Cool Whip. Fresh strawberries and red sugar sprinkles put the finishing touches on a simple, yet beautiful cake.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 23

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12 Slices

Ingredients

1 Box strawberry cake mix NOTE: You will need vegetable oil, water and eggs to prepare cake mix.
8 Ounces cream cheese
8 Ounces cool whip
6 Fresh strawberries
⅓ Cup red sugar sprinkles (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare and bake the strawberry cake mix according to package directions.
In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer on medium speed to combine the cream cheese and cool whip. Place in the refrigerator to chill until use.
After the cake cools, use all of the cream cheese cool whip frosting and spread over the entire surface of the cake.
OPTIONAL DECORATING: You can decorate the top of the cake with sliced fresh strawberries. Also, you can use a heart-shaped stencil and red sugar sprinkles to design a heart in the middle of the cake. To cut fresh strawberries into the shape of a heart, cut the top (with the stems and leaves) into a V shape. Discard the top and you can round the edges to be more heart-shaped. Slice the strawberry in half length-wise and press gently into the top of the frosting.