For some reason my husband’s favorite kind of cake is strawberry with white icing. His favorite ice cream is vanilla but he doesn’t like the kind with the black spots. I know – strange. So when his birthday rolled around this week I made sure he wanted his usual strawberry cake. Instead of making a Gluten filled cake for him and the toddler to enjoy while I missed out I decided to make a Gluten Free strawberry cake we could all enjoy!
I made this super tasty and moist cake by adapting this recipe to make it safe.
What You Need:
1 box Betty Crocker Gluten Free white cake mix
1 box GF strawberry jell-o
1/2 cup cold water
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
3 tbsp GF flour
2 cups chopped strawberries – fresh or thawed frozen are fine
Betty Crocker GF icing of choice
How to Make It:
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 9 x 11 pan. (You could get fancy and make two rounds but I’m not that cool.) Mix together jell-o and water. Using a mixer combine all ingredients. It took about 2 minutes to get everything incorporated together. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely and then decorate!
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| Can you tell the toddler was in charge of the sprinkles? |
The Result:
An amazing Gluten Free strawberry cake! It is super moist and had tons of flavor. I will warn you that it is pretty sweet. I have munched on the cake for the last two days even having some for breakfast! Shhh – don’t tell the kids:) The real strawberries add great flavor and texture without being slimy. I’m sure you could make it without the strawberries if you didn’t have any on hand.
So go ahead – have you cake and eat it too! Even if it is strawberry!
I love that cake! My mom made it way back in our pre-gluten free days. She would have loved your conversion.
That was my favorite! Glad it still can be : )
I love your site, everything I am “mourning” missing has popped up in some GF form or fashion.
Does Betty Crocker have a WHITE gluten-free cake mix? You use it in your Strawberry Cake receipe. I wasn’t aware of that, and can’t find it online or in stores.
I’m guessing she means yellow cake.
Thank you for this recipe! My 2 year old and I just used it to make a birthday cake for Jesus. I got distracted working with said 2 year old and let her dump the jello packet in the bowl without mixing into water first – it still seemed to turn out fine, haha. We also used puréed strawberries instead of chopped. Everyone said it was delicious and remarked on how moist it was.
SO glad you enjoyed it:)
imaceliac,
When your recipe calls for 1 box strawberry jello, do you mean a 3 oz box or a 6 oz. box?
I used the 3oz
Do you use the 3 tablespoons of flour to flour the cake pan?
I use the flour to thicken the cake batter. When you add the jello, eggs, oil and strawberries the flour helps.
More than likely a dumb question. But I don’t like cold cake does this strawberry cake have to be refrigerated?
Lol – no it is fine at room temperature