Grandma Sharon’s Strawberry Refrigerator Cake
It’s my birthday, y’all!!! I have a SUPER special cake recipe for you today – my Grandma Sharon’s Strawberry Refrigerator Cake. My sister and I had THE BEST babysitters growing up. They were this couple that lived across the street and even though they were not actually related to them, we called them Grandma and Papa. Grandma was seriously one of the BEST cooks EVER and every single year, I asked for this strawberry cake. It is really just a strawberry cake recipe from the back of a cake box from the 1990s (#90sbaby), but it is SO GOOD. Even though Grandma had like 1,000 different cake recipes, this was always my birthday go to.
Strawberry Refrigerator Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box strawberry cake mix
- 2 10 oz packages sweetened frozen strawberries thawed
Frosting
- 8 oz Cool Whip thawed
- 1 cup milk
- 1 package vanilla instant pudding
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Prepare cake mix following package instructions
- Pour into greased 9×13 inch pan
- Bake cake following package instructions then let cool
- When cooled, blend together strawberries and juice
- Poke holes in cake using wooden spoon or spatula handle then spoon strawberry mixture evenly over the top of the cake
- Let mixture soak in holes then prepare frosting
- Combine milk and pudding mix and whisk together until combined and smooth
- Add cool whip and stir well until combined
- Spread mixture over top of cake
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours
