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Strawberry upside down cake is a fun twist on a classic that I learned to make when I was a little girl. Swapping pineapple for fresh strawberries makes this cake a great summer dessert to share. This post and recipe was created for #SummerDessertWeek. I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.
Strawberry picking season in Virginia is usually May to June. I enjoy taking Kaylee strawberry picking for some buckets of fresh strawberries. Pineapple upside down cake used to be one of my grandpa's favorite cakes. I like to mix things up sometimes so I'll swap out the pineapple and cherries for strawberries.
Strawberry Upside Down Cake Ingredients
- Strawberry layer ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups strawberries; washed & sliced
- 4 tablespoons butter; melted
- ⅓ cup white granulated sugar- I prefer Dixie Crystals
- Cake mix ingredients:
- ½ cup white granulated sugar (Dixie Crystals)
- 2 large eggs
- 3 tablespoons butter; melted
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 & ½ cups self rising flour
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 inch cake pan with non stick baking spray. Prep your strawberries by cutting off the tops including the green leaves. You can then slice the strawberries however you prefer. I like to create strawberry "hearts" when slicing mine. The kids like to hull their strawberries with a straw but that makes for odd shaped slices for me.
For the strawberry layer: In a mixing bowl, add the sliced strawberries with the melted butter and the Dixie Crystals granulated sugar and lightly toss with a spatula or spoon.
For the cake layer: In a large mixing bowl, add the sugar, eggs, and melted butter and mix with a mixer or whisk until combined and appears to be light and fluffy. Next add in the vanilla and milk and mix just until incorporated.
Add the sugar coated strawberries from the first mixing bowl to the coated cake pan and spread them out to cover the entire bottom of the pan. Pour the cake batter from the second mixing bowl on top of the strawberry layer and spread out evenly. Bake the cake in the oven for 30-35 minutes (ovens vary in timing) or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Let the cake cool for 5 minutes before you flip it out on to a cake plate or serving dish.
Strawberry Upside Down Cake
Ingredients
- 4 cups strawberries sliced
- 4 tablespoon butter melted
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar Dixie Crystals
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup granulated sugar Dixie Crystals
- 3 tablespoon butter melted
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 & ½ cups self rising flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 inch cake pan with non stick baking spray. Prep your strawberries by cutting off the tops including the green leaves. You can then slice the strawberries however you prefer.
- For the strawberry layer: In a mixing bowl, add the sliced strawberries with the melted butter and the Dixie Crystals granulated sugar and lightly toss with a spatula or spoon.
- For the cake layer: In a large mixing bowl, add the sugar, eggs, and melted butter and mix with a mixer or whisk until combined and appears to be light and fluffy. Next add in the vanilla and milk and mix just until incorporated.
- Add the sugar coated strawberries from the first mixing bowl to the coated cake pan and spread them out to cover the entire bottom of the pan. Pour the cake batter from the second mixing bowl on top of the strawberry layer and spread out evenly. Bake the cake in the oven for 30-35 minutes (ovens vary in timing) or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Let the cake cool for 5 minutes before you flip it out on to a cake plate or serving dish.
Notes
Giveaway!
Welcome to this year's #SummerDessertWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife. You're going to be in for a treat this year because we have 28 blogs/bloggers creating summer themed dessert recipes all week! We're sharing them with the hashtag #SummerDessertWeek on social media and you'll find some of the links in this post as well. Plus, we also have some great giveaways for you this week thanks to our amazing sponsors!
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PRIZE #2
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Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week long event, #SummerDessertWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like Thank our amazing sponsors: Dixie Crystals and Circulon. These wonderful sponsors provided the prize packs for our giveaways and also sent samples and products to the #SummerDessertWeek bloggers to use in their recipes.
Check out the amazing #SummerDessertWeek recipes from our bloggers today!
Strawberry Banana Sorbet from Big Bear’s Wife
Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizzas from Semi Homemade Recipes
Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Cookies from Eat Move Make
Ursula Blackberry Yogurt Mousse Cake from Simply Inspired Meals
Strawberry Upside Down Cake from It’s Shanaka
Margarita Bundt Cake from Fake Ginger
Air Fryer Blackberry Hand Pies from Blogghetti
Grape Jello Pie from 4 Sons ‘R’ Us
Lime Raspberry Hand Pies from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
Summertime Blue Apple Pie from For the Love of Food
Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
Strawberry Peach Poke Cake from Our Good Life
S’mores Mug Cake from Family Around the Table
White Chocolate Peach Crumb Bars from Sweet Beginnings
Strawberry Pizzelles from Jolene’s Recipe Journal
Hocus Pocus Buns from Savory Experiments
Cookies and Cream Ice Cream from Devour Dinner
Small Batch Emergency Air Fryer Brownies from Shockingly Delicious
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars from Books n’ Cooks
Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake from SugarYums
Crescent Roll Peach Dumplings from Cheese Curd In Paradise
Instant Pot Orange Dreamsicle Cheesecake from Baking up Memories
Rum Raisin Brownies from Food Hunter's Guide to Cuisine
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Shortbread from Pastry Chef Online
Drumstick Cheesecake Cups from Sweet ReciPEAs
Sheet Pan No Bake Banana Split Cheesecake from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread from Comfortably Domestic
Baltimore Strawberry Pie from Cookaholic Wife
Curtis Jr. says
I really can’t wait to try this strawberry cake recipe.