Name: Strawberry Crunch Cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Baking spray with flour -; All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Strawberry-flavored gelatin, such as Jell-O (from 1 [3 oz.] package) - 3 tablespoons; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Kosher salt - 1 teaspoon; Baking soda - ½ teaspoon; Unsalted butter, softened - 1 cup; Granulated sugar - 2 cups; Eggs - 3 large; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; Whole buttermilk - 1 ½ cups; Unsalted butter, softened - 1 ½ cups; Kosher salt - ¼ teaspoon; Vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon; Powdered sugar, sifted - 4 cups; Heavy cream, or more as needed - 2 tablespoons; Golden Oreo cookies - 25; Freeze-dried strawberries - ⅔ cup; Kosher salt - ⅛ teaspoon; Melted unsalted butter - 4 tablespoons

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40 min.

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Ingredients for - Strawberry Crunch Cake

1. Baking spray with flour -

2. All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups

3. Strawberry-flavored gelatin, such as Jell-O (from 1 [3 oz.] package) - 3 tablespoons

4. Baking powder - 1 teaspoon

5. Kosher salt - 1 teaspoon

6. Baking soda - ½ teaspoon

7. Unsalted butter, softened - 1 cup

8. Granulated sugar - 2 cups

9. Eggs - 3 large

10. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

11. Whole buttermilk - 1 ½ cups

12. Unsalted butter, softened - 1 ½ cups

13. Kosher salt - ¼ teaspoon

14. Vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon

15. Powdered sugar, sifted - 4 cups

16. Heavy cream, or more as needed - 2 tablespoons

17. Golden Oreo cookies - 25

18. Freeze-dried strawberries - ⅔ cup

19. Kosher salt - ⅛ teaspoon

20. Melted unsalted butter - 4 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Strawberry Crunch Cake

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with baking spray with flour and line bottoms with parchment.

2. Stage

Whisk together flour, gelatin, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl.

3. Stage

Beat butter at medium speed until creamy, 2 to 3 minutes in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed and scraping down sides of bowl as needed, until just combined. Beat in vanilla. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

4. Stage

Add flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating on low speed just until combined after each addition. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

6. Stage

Cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes; remove cakes from pans and cool completely on a wire rack, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

7. Stage

For the frosting, add butter and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Beat in vanilla.

8. Stage

Gradually add powdered sugar, alternately with cream, beating on low speed until completely incorporated and smooth. Increase mixer speed to medium-high and beat until smooth and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

9. Stage

For the crumble, place cookies, strawberries, and salt in a food processor and pulse until slightly chunky (bits of strawberry and cookie should still be visible), about 12 pulses. Drizzle in butter and pulse about 5 times to combine. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

10. Stage

Trim tops of cakes with a serrated knife if needed to make flat on top.

11. Stage

Place 1 cake layer on serving platter; spread evenly with 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

12. Stage

Spread top and sides of cake with the remaining frosting. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

13. Stage

Sprinkle Crumble over top and sides of cake, pressing lightly to adhere until completely covered. Chill cake for 1 hour before slicing. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios