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

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