Strawberry Angel Food Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze
Strawberry Angel Food Cake is soft, moist, full of sweet strawberries, and takes 5 minutes to mix together with 2 ingredients. Slathered in soft cream cheese glaze, it's a delicious, easy dessert recipe you can make with fresh or frozen strawberries, so no need to wait for strawberry season!
For more easy angel food cake recipes, try 2-Ingredient Orange Angel Food Cake and Chocolate Angel Food Cake.
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If you love angel food cake with fresh strawberries, this Strawberry Angel Food Cake recipe is calling your name. It's a moist, light, airy angel food cake filled with juicy strawberries that turn it the prettiest pink color. And the tangy cream cheese glaze perfectly complements the sweet strawberry flavor.
It's such a quick, easy recipe. I make it all the time, and it's always super soft and fluffy with an airy light texture, and gone before we even know what happened.
👉For more summery strawberry cake recipes, head on over to my other blog, Midwestern Holidays, for this easy no-bake Strawberry Heaven Dessert. And be sure to check out my friend Jennifer's irresistible Strawberry Poke Cake!
❤️You're Going to Love This
- Quick and easy strawberry angel food cake dessert you can whip up in minutes
- Pretty pink dessert with sweet strawberry flavor, perfect for Valentine's Day, baby showers, Pink Ribbon events, birthdays, special occasions
- Soft, fluffy angel food cake with simple ingredients, ideal for last-minute entertaining
- The ultimate summer dessert with classic strawberries-and-cream flavor
🍓Ingredients
- Boxed angel food cake mix. My go-to box mix brand is Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake Mix. I refer to the package instructions for oven temperature and baking time.
- Strawberries. Use fresh or frozen (thawed) strawberries and mash with a fork. If needed, warm them in the microwave until soft enough to easily mash.
- Cream cheese and butter. Use softened cream cheese and butter so they blend easily without lumps.
🥣How to Make Strawberry Angel Food Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze
Step 1: Place the mashed strawberries, water, and angel food cake mix in a large mixing bowl. With a hand mixer, mix on low speed for 30 seconds, then medium-high speed for one minute until fluffy. Do not overmix.
Step 2: Pour batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan. Bake until the top is golden brown and the cracks are dry, 40-45 minutes. Immediately invert pan on a wire rack or bottle. Cool upside down. Gently remove cake from pan and place upright on a cake plate.
Step 3: Beat softened cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in sifted powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk. Spread or drizzle cream cheese glaze over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides.
Step 4: Carefully cut cake with a serrated knife using a sawing motion. Serve with fresh berries.
✅Expert Tips
- Be careful not to overmix the cake batter, or the cake can deflate.
- Run a knife through the batter in the pan to break any air bubbles.
- Use an ungreased tube pan. Do not use a nonstick angel food cake pan. The cake needs something to grab onto. I like this pan because it has little feet.
- Cool the cake upside down for at least 2 hours or until the pan feels cool.
- Enjoy Strawberry Angel Food Cake with the cream cheese frosting or a simple dusting of powdered sugar and whipped cream or Cool Whip.
🍰What to Serve with Angel Food Cake
So many delicious ways to serve angel food cake! Take a twirl through these delicious angel food cake toppings, like:
- Blueberry Maple Syrup
- Fried Apples
- Passionfruit Coulis
Stewed Rhubarb - ... and more!
❓FAQs
Store strawberry angel food dessert tightly covered in plastic wrap or in an airtight container for up to 5 days. If it's frosted with cream cheese frosting, store it in the refrigerator.
No. Do not grease the pan for angel food cake or use a nonstick angel food cake pan. The batter needs to be able to grab onto the pan while it bakes.
Yes. You can use two 9-inch loaf pans or a 9 x 13 pan. To cool, rest loaf pans on their sides. For a 9 x 13 pan, turn the pan upside down and prop it up on cans.
Run a thin knife around the outer edge of the cake and separate the two pieces of the pan. Next, run your knife around the center hole and the bottom of the cake to loosen it from the tube section. Invert the cake onto a serving plate.
Yes. To freeze an unfrosted strawberry cake, wrap the whole cake or individual servings in a double layer of plastic. Wrap it again in aluminum foil. Store angel food cake in the freezer for a couple of months. Thaw at room temperature.
To freeze a frosted cake, set the cake or pieces of cake on a sheet pan in the freezer until it's firm. Wrap the frozen cake in a double layer of plastic wrap and a layer of aluminum foil. Thaw in the refrigerator.
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Strawberry Angel Food Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze
Ingredients
Strawberry Angel Food Cake
- 1 box angel food cake mix
- 8 ounces strawberries, fresh or frozen (thawed) mashed to make 1 cup of mashed strawberries
- ¾ cup water
Cream Cheese Glaze
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2-4 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven according to the instructions on the cake mix box, usually 350 degrees.
- Mash strawberries with a fork to make 1 cup of mashed strawberries. Warm fresh strawberries in the microwave for 30 seconds or as needed to soften and make mashing easier.
- Place angel food cake mix, mashed strawberries, and water in a large mixing bowl. Mix on low speed with a hand mixer for 30 seconds, then on medium to medium-high speed for 1 minute until the cake batter is fluffy.
- Place the batter into an ungreased angel food cake pan. Run a knife through the batter to deflate any air pockets. Bake the cake according to the directions on the package, until the top is dark golden brown and the cracks are dry, 40-45 minutes.
- Immediately turn the pan upside down onto a baking rack or the neck of a bottle. Cool cake upside down for about 2 hours. Run a knife around the edges of the cake to release it from the pan. It will be super moist because of the strawberries, so be gentle. Serve cake with a dusting of powdered sugar and whipped cream or top with the luscious cream cheese frosting.
Cream Cheese Glaze for Angel Food Cake
- Beat the softened cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in the vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix in 2 tablespoons of milk, then add more as needed until it reaches a thick drizzling consistency. Spoon or spread the glaze over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides. If desired, top with fresh strawberries.
- Store leftover cake tented with plastic wrap or in an airtight angel food cake carrier in the refrigerator.
Notes
- Be careful not to overmix the cake batter, or the cake can deflate.
- Run a knife through the batter in the pan to break any air bubbles.
- Use an ungreased tube pan. Do not use a nonstick angel food cake pan. The cake needs something to grab onto. I like this pan because it has little feet.
- Cool the cake upside down for at least 2 hours or until the pan feels cool.
Will this work with fresh strawberries? It's strawberry season!
Hi, Katie, I haven't tested this recipe with fresh strawberries so I am not able to say for sure, but I would think so! If you try it, let me know how it works out.
I could drink this glaze with a straw!! This was amazing!
Hi, Mindy! I'm so happy you loved the glaze! I do too ... I definitely call dibs on licking the bowl when I make this one! Thanks again :), Cara
What a refreshing twist on a classic favorite!
Thanks, Jess, it means so much to me that you enjoyed it and took the time to drop a note :). Cara
This is such an easy and delicious cake. It was already delicious even before adding the glazing.
Thank you, Anita, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! You're right, it's so good on its own -- I probably make it as often with the glaze as without.
I love this recipe! I usually just enjoy angel food cake with sliced strawberries, now I can have the double dose of strawberries + the tasty cream cheese glaze.
Hi Rebecca, thank you so much! Right, now you can double the strawberries in every bite :). Cara
Yum! what a perfect summer dessert. It is so easy to make with cake mix and using frozen strawberries is genius! My toddlers gobbled this cake up so quickly and was a delicious treat for them!
Aw, thank you so much, Liz, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! And it makes me so happy to know that your little ones loved it :).
I absolutely love the light texture of this cake! It sounds so good paired with the cream cheese glaze.
Hi, Tara, thank you so much for your note! Strawberries and cream cheese are such a match made in heaven, I couldn't resist adding the glaze to this cake. Thank you! Cara
Yum! This cake is delicious - love all the flavours! Also love how easy it is to make!
Hi, Vanessa, Thank you so much for sharing your feedback -- it means so much to me that you enjoyed this yummy, easy strawberry cake!
Delicious and yummy mix. So easy to make and I love the fruit combinations too. Glaze looks perfect. Best dessert for sure
Thank you so much for your note, I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it! Cara
I love how simple this recipe is, and how few ingredients it has!! It is definitely going to be a staple in my house from now on!!
Hi, Cathleen, Thank you so much for letting me know how much you enjoyed it! Nothing like an easy cake mix hack to get to dessert as quickly as possible :). Thanks again, Cara
This was so light and delicious! We really enjoyed it. Thank you. 🙂
Hi, Kris, thank you for your note! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :). Cara