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Easy Strawberries & Banana Cream Cake Recipe

August 21, 2018

Welcome to the August Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen! This month, I chose to bake a delicious cake with some things I already had in my pantry (minus the heavy cream).

I have had two bags of frozen strawberries sitting in my freezer for awhile now… too long. I decided to pull one of the bags out, and make a cake – I also made a milkshake with some of them, and plan to share that later.

A recent notification in my inbox from Your Homebased Mom lead me to search her blog for something strawberry that I could make for this challenge. I was hooked when I came across this Strawberry Marshmallow Cake. I was a little disappointed that the frosting wasn’t made of marshmallows, but mmmm… Still looks so delicious!

While Leigh Anne made her cake and frosting from scratch, I wanted to do something quick and easy with ingredients I already had on hand, minus the heavy cream – I did go down to my local Publix to pick some up. I also wanted to had some kind of cream in the center with the strawberries, rather than just more icing. Lucky for me, I found banana cream pudding in my pantry, and what goes better together than strawberries and bananas?!

Serves:

10

Time:

10 Minutes Prep + 26 Minutes to Bake + 2 Hours to Cool (and make up cream filling) + 15 Minutes to Assemble = 2 hours, 51 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 Box of Cake Mix – I used Duncan Hines French Vanilla
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/3 Cup Oil
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 1 Pint of Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 3 Tablespoons of Powdered Sugar
  • 1 3.4 oz Box of Banana Cream Pudding (the dry kind)
  • 1.5 Teaspoons of Vanilla
  • 4 Tablespoons of Milk – I used 2% Lactose Free
  • 18 Small Strawberries – I had a bag that was 16 oz (1 lb). I used 2 cups for my milkshake, and cut up the rest for this cake.
  • Container of Frosting – I used Pillsbury’s Fluffy Frost in Vanilla, with Rainbow Sprinkles
  • Optional: Icing to Decorate With – I found some Betty Crocker Cake Icing on Clearance, and it had decorating nozzles.

You’ll Also Need:

  • Two 8 x 8 baking pans
  • Whisk/Hand Mixer
  • Measuring Cup/Spoons
  • Pam/Butter & Flour
  • Large Mixing Bowl (x 2)
  • Knife for Slicing Strawberries
  • Optional, Ziplock Bag (for Banana Cream)
  • Spatula/Knife for Spreading Frosting

Recipe:

Step 1: Make cake as directed by box. Bake in two 8 x 8 pans – I baked mine for 26 minutes as following the box.

Step 2: Cool cake completely – I did so about two hours on the counter, but you could do it faster in the fridge.

Step 3: While cake is cooling, prepare banana cream. You can refrigerate until ready to use.

Banana Cream: Whip heavy cream and powdered sugar together until soft peaks form. Add the banana cream pudding mix and vanilla, and continue whipping until well combined and thick. Add milk, and mix.

Step 4: Spread banana cream on one cake layer.

Step 5: Slice strawberries. You can do this while your cake is cooling too.

Step 6: Spread the strawberries!

Step 7: Spread more of the banana cream on top – I used a ziplock bag, cut the corner, and squeezed it out on top so it wouldn’t disturb the strawberries as much, then I used a butter knife to spread.

Step 8: This is how much banana cream I had left after spreading over my cake. I put this in a container in my fridge for another time.

Step 8: Trim cake if needed. Even though my pans were both 8 x 8, the shaping was a touch different, so I had to trim my cake a little before frosting. Was perfecting for snacking!

Step 9: Frost cake.

Step 10: Garnish! I don’t have any fancy decorating nozzles in my supplies, so while I was getting the heavy cream, I found this icing on clearance, and it comes with four different nozzles! I used the star tip. My first star fell off, hehe, but was very easy and fun to use.

Enjoy! This one didn’t stay around for very long.

Please DO NOT claim this recipe as your own nor should you sell my recipe, and DO NOT re-publish my photos as your own. DO NOT copy and paste my recipe anywhere, link to it instead.

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Comments

  1. Jenny says

    August 21, 2018 at 11:47 am

    This looks so good! Strawberries & banana are a great combo! Pinning!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 22, 2018 at 2:40 am

      I have to agree with you 🙂

      Reply
  2. Beverly says

    August 21, 2018 at 11:07 pm

    It’s great to find a recipe and change it up to suit our own tastes. I love the combination of flavors you used. Pinning.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 22, 2018 at 2:43 am

      Thanks, Beverly! Yes, two of my favorite flavors in this one. A perfect cake.

      Reply
  3. Mother of 3 says

    August 21, 2018 at 11:46 pm

    That sounds delicious! Pinned.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 22, 2018 at 2:42 am

      It really was. Gone so quick. I am tempted to make another.

      Reply
  4. Kelley says

    August 22, 2018 at 10:55 pm

    Yum, this looks delicious!

    Reply
  5. Habiba says

    August 23, 2018 at 11:39 am

    I haven’t been baking in a while now. But – same as you – I like quick and easy recipes. Strawberries are great in cake, so this is definitely a recipe I will save for later. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 28, 2018 at 5:12 pm

      Hope you get to make it soon, Habiba! I don’t have as much time or motivation for baking as I used to, but when I do, I really enjoy myself. Almost therapeutic (I suppose as long as it doesn’t fail, hehe).

      Reply
  6. Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

    August 23, 2018 at 6:24 pm

    This seriously looks SO dang delicious! Strawberries, bananas and cream… all things I love!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 28, 2018 at 5:13 pm

      Oh yes, a wonderful trio! Thanks for visiting, Carrie!

      Reply
  7. Debrashoppeno5 says

    August 25, 2018 at 10:18 pm

    This is so delicious looking. It is a nice flavor combination. I can well imagine it disappeared quickly.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 28, 2018 at 5:16 pm

      It managed to last two days, hehe.

      Reply
  8. Roseann Hampton says

    August 25, 2018 at 11:12 pm

    My husband would love this – he always get the strawberry banana blizzard at DQ! Pinning!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 28, 2018 at 5:18 pm

      Yum! Wish I had one of those right now. Hehe

      Reply
  9. Erlene says

    August 26, 2018 at 6:47 am

    I totally want a slice of this! I bet the pudding in between made this cake super moist and delicious. Pinned it.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 28, 2018 at 5:20 pm

      Duncan Hines really does a great job making cake mixes that produce moist, delicious cakes. The pudding was the perfect touch to bring all the flavors together. This was definitely something I’d like to try again with different flavors.

      Reply
  10. Lauren says

    August 26, 2018 at 11:18 pm

    This looks like a fun treat to make! Thanks for sharing your recipe!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 28, 2018 at 5:24 pm

      Thank YOU, Lauren!

      Reply
  11. Leslie Clingan says

    August 27, 2018 at 2:43 am

    You had me at banana cream icing. Oh, man! Looks scrumptious. Perfect for a summer dessert.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      September 3, 2018 at 6:02 pm

      Oh it was. Definitely a good, refreshing and delicious summer dessert.

      Reply
  12. Lydia from Lydia's Flexitarian Kitchen says

    August 27, 2018 at 9:24 am

    Looks yummy. My mother used to make a similar cream to frost her famous orange and lime poke cake. I think she used Dream Whip and pudding. It was my favorite cake when I was growing up. I’m glad to see you’ve figured out how to do it with regular cream. Thanks for the memories. I’ve pinned this to make later.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      September 3, 2018 at 6:03 pm

      <3 Thanks, Lydia!

      Reply
  13. Bri Adams says

    August 28, 2018 at 6:37 am

    Stawberries and banana cream seems like an amazing combination! I too am a little disappointed that the frosting wasn’t marshmallow creme. Perhaps we’ll need to try that too! Pinning for later.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      August 28, 2018 at 5:26 pm

      I have had the idea in my mind since reading. I have added it to my list to try – a delicious, creamy, marshmallow creme frosting. Maybe on something smores. Thanks for visiting, Bri!

      Reply
  14. Amy says

    September 2, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    I love strawberries and bananas together. I thought that that layer was going to be it, but then the top with frosting and sprinkles put it over the top. Pinned.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      September 3, 2018 at 6:04 pm

      Oh yes, we had to go big. Hehe

      Reply

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