If you ever find yourself with a yellow cake mix, strawberries, vanilla pudding and fresh whipping cream on hand all at the same time, I strongly encourage you to make this strawberry pudding cake.
We first enjoyed this cake at a neighbors backyard BBQ party. In fact I hadn’t even finished my slice before asking my neighbor for the recipe. Yes, it was THAT GOOD!
And well, to make a long story short, The Girl and I have been making this cake for over 20 years now and not only is it my family’s all time favorite cake, this strawberry pudding cake is a crowd pleaser as well.
It’s the perfect dessert for all those local strawberries that fill the roadside stands this time of year. And great for entertaining as well.
Make this. You’ll be so glad you did!
~Mavis
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Strawberry Pudding Cake
Ingredients
- Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 small box Instant Vanilla Pudding
- 1 lb Fresh Strawberries
- 1 pint Fresh Whipping Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 tablespoons Sugar
Instructions
Follow the directions on the back of the box of cake mix to make {2} 8-inch round cakes.
While the cake is baking, prepare vanilla pudding according to the directions on the box and set aside.
Once the cake has cooled slice the cake rounds in half so you have {4} layers of cake.
Place 1 layer of cake on a cake plate and spread about 1/4 cup vanilla pudding over the top and add a layer of strawberries over the pudding.
Put in a second layer of cake and repeat with pudding and strawberries.
Then you add a 3rd layer and repeat.
Add the fourth layer to the top of the cake and frost the cake with fresh whipping cream.
Slice a few strawberries and arrange them around the base of the cake. Then place 3 strawberries on the top of the cake in the center.
Chill until ready to serve.
Kari says
Yummy I’m making this tonight
Gary says
It is so good!! I used 2 lbs of strawberries. One is not quite enough! This cake went right to the top of my list of favorites!!
Leah says
I am so excited to try this cake out tonight! Thanks for the recipe Mavis! Your a goddess!
Cynthia says
Looks yummy! One question, what is the sugar and vanilla for? Are they added to the cream when you whip it? I am going to make this for our BBQ on the 4th. TIA.
Mavis says
Oops. Yes, whip the cream and add vanilla and sugar towards the end of the whipping process. 😉 I LOVE this dessert.
Renae says
We make a similar cake at our house, but I whip the instant vanilla pudding with whipping cream instead of milk and it comes out thick enough to really hold up between those cake layers. It’s also yummy with a yellow cake and chocolate frosting, we call that custard cake but the “custard” is really just the pudding and whipping cream. Love your recipes!
HJ says
This looks amazing! And I LOVE strawberries!!
Ashley Beckwith says
I have been making this cake for a few years now, thank you!! Every time I make it I have to give out your recipe and everyone asks if I will make it for every holiday! I added milk instead of water and butter instead of oil to the cake mix too.
Mary says
Perfect post for today, there are fresh picked strawberries in the stand at 4 corners in Newbury!
Eileen says
Oooo-this cake looks and sounds so good!! Our local strawberries should be ready any day now–just enough time to pick up the cake & pudding mixes and whipping cream so I’ll be ready when those sweet berries hit the stand. Thank you, Mavis!
GAry Seuberth says
I made this receipe and found it to be so delicious!!! It was mouthwatering..neighbors loved it too! Next time I will add more strawberries tho. I used 1 lb and it wasn’t quite enough!! Other than that it was perfect. At the top of my dessert list now next to Nananaimo bars!!!!!!! (Thats high up!!)
Sunny says
My family has made something very similar to this for as long as I can remember, but we do something slightly different… we add one cup of sour cream to the pudding. I promise this is a complete game changer! It makes the pudding unbelievably good. We also always did strawberry pie filling, but lately I have been making homemade strawberry pie filling instead of using canned. It’s my all-time favorite dessert. I’m making it again today for my friends birthday.
Dorthell McAlpine says
Do you make the pudding as instructed and use sour cream?