Strawberry Crunch Cake with cheesecake (Easy)
Strawberry crunch cake is rich and fluffy on the inside and sweet and crunchy on the outside. I mean, seriously, we are talking strawberry cake heaven here.
Equipment
- Nonstick spray-Keep cakes from sticking
- (3) 9 inch Baking Dish-For baking cheesecake, and strawberry cakes.
- Parchment Paper-To add to the bottom of your cake pans and add your strawberry crumble onto.
- Toothpicks- To stick the cake with to see if it’s done. If the toothpick come back out wet it’s not done. If the toothpick comes back out dry, your cake is finished.
- Mixing Bowls- 2-3 mixing bowls.
- Rotating Cake Turntable- Allows you to decorate your cake properly.
- Icing Spatula-Smoothing buttercream over cake.
Ingredients
Buttercream icing
- 4 Sticks Unsalted butter
- 2 1/2 Cup Powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Vanilla extract
Cheesecake
- 16 Oz Cream cheese
- 1/4 Cup Cornstarch
- 1/2 Cup Heavy cream
- 2 Tablespoons Vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1- Cup Sugar
Strawberry Cake
- 1 Strawberry Box Cake White Cake Mix if strawberry is unavailable
- 1 3oz Pack strawberry jello Only Use Half
- 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 cup Vegetable Oil
- 3 eggs
- Crunch Cake Crumbles
- Flour
- Strawberry Jello
Strawberry Crumble
- 1/2 Stick Butter Softened Salted or Unsalted
- 1/2 Cup Flour
- 1 3oz Instant Vanilla Pudding
- 1/2 Stick Butter
- 1/2 Cup Flour
- 1 3oz Strawberry Jello
Miscellaneous
- 1 Pack Strawberries Optional, for decorating
Instructions
Butter Cream
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- To a mixing bowl add in butter and begin to mix for 5 minutes or until the butter resembles whipped cream.4 Sticks Unsalted butter
- Add in powder sugar and vanilla extract and mix until dissolve then sit to the side.2 1/2 Cup Powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoons Vanilla extract
Cheesecake
- To a bowl add in cream cheese along with cornstarch, heavy cream, vanilla extract, eggs, and sugar then mix well.1 Tablespoon Vanilla extract, 1/4 Cup Cornstarch, 1/2 Cup Heavy cream, 3 eggs, 1- Cup Sugar, 16 Oz Cream cheese
- Spray your baking dish with nonstick spray.
- Add the cheesecake mixture to a baking dish and allow to bake for 45 minutes. Once done remove from the oven and set in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Strawberry Cake
- To a bowl add your cake mix, strawberry jello, all purpose flour, milk vegetable oil, and eggs. Mix well then separate them into your baking pan.1 Strawberry Box Cake, 1/2 cup All-purpose flour, 1 cup Milk, 1 cup Vegetable Oil, 3 eggs, 1 3oz Pack strawberry jello
- Lightly, shake the pans so that the strawberry mixture can settle in more.
- Place in the oven for 25 minutes or until the toothpick is dry. Allow cooling for 20 minutes.
Strawberry Crumble
- To a bowl, add butter, flour, and instant vanilla pudding.1/2 Stick Butter, 1 3oz Instant Vanilla Pudding, 1/2 Cup Flour
- Take your hands and mix until it becomes sand-like.
- To another bowl, add butter, strawberry jello, and flour. Mix with hands until sand-like.1/2 Cup Flour, 1/2 Stick Butter, 1 3oz Strawberry Jello
- Add a sheet of parchment paper onto a sheet pan, then add both of the crumble mixtures to the sheet.
- Place in the oven and allow to bake for 8 minutes. Sit to the side to cool for 20 minutes.
- Once the 20 minutes have pass use your hands to break the strawberry crunch into crumbles
Assemble cake
- Gently remove your 3 cakes from the pans and sit to the side onto parchment paper.
- To the rotating cake tray, add your strawberry cake, then your cheesecake, and lastly, add the second strawberry cake.
- Smooth on your buttercream until it reaches your desired look.
- Add your strawberry crunch mixture along with your strawberries on top.1 Pack Strawberries
- Enjoy!!