Strawberry Angel Food Cake is a 2 ingredient cake recipe that takes just minutes to prepare. Your family will love this easy dessert, and you won’t believe how simple it is!
Sometimes you just want something sweet but don’t feel like baking. This Strawberry angel food cake recipe is one of our easiest angel food cake desserts. With only 2 ingredients, anyone can make this dessert.
If you love strawberries, also try Strawberry Trifle Recipe.
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Why We Love This Recipe
We love this cake year-round and the strawberry flavor is the best. The texture is light and fluffy while being simple to make. This simple recipe does not call for eggs or egg whites, salt, cake flour or any extra ingredients.
It has the perfect amount of sweetness. You can toss this together in hardly anytime at all. It is super easy and you might also like this Angel Food Cake , Lemon Angel Food Cake and Heaven on Earth Cake Recipe.
This cake would be perfect for a cookout along with 36 Red White and Blue Desserts.
Ingredients
- Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake Mix box. Make sure to use the ‘just add water’ variety.
- Strawberry Pie Filling. We used a can from the grocery store, but you can make homemade.
- Redi whip or Cool Whip. You can also make Homemade Whipped Cream Recipe. It’s so easy to make and form into stiff peaks.
The entire ingredient list is at the bottom of the post.
Variations and Substitutions
- Change the Pan – This angel food cake is perfect to be baked in a bundt pan, angel food cake pan or tube pan. I like baking it in a bundt pan especially if I am making it for a special occasion. Once cake has cooled for a few minutes, turn cake upside to remove from pan.
- Add Blueberries – Add fresh blueberries and strawberries to top the angel food cake. We love to top this cake with fresh berries.
- Drizzle with Chocolate – Topped the angel food cake with whipped cream or a cream cheese glaze, then drizzle with chocolate syrup.
- Lemon – Stir in Lemon zest in the strawberry angel food cake batter for an amazing lemon strawberry flavor.
- Frozen Strawberries – You can use frozen strawberries. Just make sure that they are thaw before mixing them in the angel food cake batter.
- Raspberries. This is another tasty flavor to try.
- Change the pie filling. Homemade Cherry Pie Filling is another tasty choice.
- Nuts. Sprinkle almonds on top.
Step By Step Instructions
- Step 1. Prepare Oven – Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2. In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix flour mixture and fold in the strawberry pie filling with juices. Whisk together.
Step 3. Do not follow the directions on the box. You do not have to add water. I like to use an electric mixer on high speed to break up some of the chunks of strawberries in the pie filling. You can use a stand mixer or hand mixer on medium speed. This helps to give it the perfect consistency.
Step 4. Next, pour the mixture into an UNGREASED 9×13 baking dish.
Step 5. Bake the cake in a preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the top begins to brown. Allow to cool on a cooling rack and use a knife to cut and serve.
Frequently Asked Questions
I like to serve angel food strawberry cake
with a layer of whipped cream and fresh strawberries or strawberry topping. The whipped cream and extra strawberries are optional, but they really make the cake even more amazing. Powdered sugar is another delicious option.
Everyone will love this easy strawberry shortcake for the perfect dessert.
If you have leftovers, store them at room temperature inside an airtight container. If it is already topped with whipped cream or cream cheese icing, cover and place in the fridge. You can also store individual slices in plastic wrap without topping.
We like to top individual pieces with whipped topping so that the cake can easily be stored on the counter.
You can freeze the cake once it has cooled. Make sure to wrap tightly in plastic wrap and foil.
Freeze up to 2 months. When ready to serve, thaw in the fridge overnight.
Try More Easy Cake Recipes
- Pineapple Angel Food Cake
- Mandarin Orange Angel Food Cake Recipe
- Crock Pot Cherry Dump Cake
- 3 Ingredient Strawberry Icebox Cake Recipe
- 7 Up Cake Recipe
I am so excited for you to try this strawberry dessert recipe. Don’t forget to leave a comment and star recipe rating once you do.
Strawberry Angel Food Cake
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl combine the cake mix and the strawberry pie filling. Do not follow the directions on the box. You do not have to add water.
- Mix with a hand mixer and it will break up some of the chunks of strawberries in the pie filling.
- Pour into an UNGREASED 9×13 baking pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until the top begins to brown.
- Cut and serve. I like to serve with whipped cream and fresh strawberries.
Looks so good!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for these receipes. Im going to make them.
Can I use a bunt pan ?
I have not tested this in a bundt pan yet so I’m not sure how it would work. You would need to increase the cook time. Let me know how it turns out!
Could u use cherry pie filling
I haven’t tried that but I bet it will work.
Hi Carrie,
Thank you for the recipe. I’m planning on making it, but I wanted to know, if it does need to be served right away, or can I refrigerate it, and top it with the whipped topping, when I’m about to serve it? I look forward to more recipes from you.
Yes, you can refrigerate it until ready to serve. I recommend serving it with 2-3 days of making it. I hope you enjoy it!
I used cherry pie filling and a flat 9×13 pan. when it came out of the oven it was a lovely light puffy cake. within 1/2 hour the outside remainded light and fluffy … the centre was FLAT AS A PANCAKE. it kept getting flatter as time went on until it frankly could not get any flatter! out outside was crispy and nice but the centre flat bit was not to much!
I think you might need to cook it a bit longer. It will go down some after it cools.
I’ve had the same issue. Looks beautiful when it comes out of the oven and then collapses in the middle as it cools. Still tastes good but it does look like a pancake. 😢
Yes it will collapse some and will be a thinner cake, but still delicious.
I made the 2 ingredient strawberry angel food cake for a friend to take to her family reunion. They loved it!! I loved how easy it was to make, if they only knew how simple it was to make!!
Thanks for the great easy recipes!!
Have a safe blessed Labor Day weekend!
Brenda
I’m so glad you loved it. I love how flavorful it is, without much work at all.
Should I make any adjustments for baking at 3500 feet?
Cake box says to add 1/3 cup cornstarch if following package directions.
I haven’t tested it but I would add in the cornstarch as the package instructions state.
I think I messed up. My just add water angel food mix had two packets, one for the cake mix and one for the egg white mix. The original instructions said to add water to the egg white mix and beat for 5 minutes. I didn’t know what to do, but since your instructions said to ignore the box instructions I just dumped both packets in the bowl with the strawberry filling and beat with a mixer until combined. I definitely did not beat it 5 minutes. The cake was very dense and not at all like an angel food cake. More like a pound cake. It did taste good but was just so heavy. Should I have beat the egg mixture separately before combining with the cake mix packet and strawberries?
Brenda – I haven’t tested this recipe with this type of cake mix before. I think that the egg mixture would need to be mixed separately before mixing it in with the cake mix and strawberries. If you try it again, please let me know how it turns out!
Can you tell me why my angel food cake fell
Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that. Generally, over mixing the batter or remove it too quickly from the oven can cause the cake to fall but it’s hard to know exactly. I hope it still tasted well!