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    Home > Blog > Holiday > Holiday Desserts > Vanilla Bean Sheet Cake with Strawberry Frosting

    Vanilla Bean Sheet Cake with Strawberry Frosting

    by Teri Lyn Fisher · Published: Mar 20, 2019 · Modified: Sep 24, 2021

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    A sliced vanilla bean sheet cake with strawberry frosting and forks.

    Happy spring, everyone! Not only is it officially spring, but the weather in LA has been really gorgeous lately! We’re celebrating the awesome weather and the start of spring with our first sheet cake recipe! A Vanilla Bean Sheet Cake with Strawberry Frosting! I love a good sheet cake and couldn’t believe we haven’t done one for the blog yet! Crazy! So today’s the day! This cake is light fluffy, delicious and really simple to make! I used freeze-dried strawberries in this frosting bc I really wanted a nice, strong flavor of real strawberry and the flavors in the freeze-dried strawberries and nice and concentrated they get the job done! Enjoy! xx, Jenny

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    Vanilla Bean Sheet Cake with Strawberry Frosting

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    RECIPE BY Teri & Jenny
    Servings: 18

      INGREDIENTS  

    cake

    • 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
    • 4 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
    • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 3 large eggs, room temperature
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla paste 1/2 vanilla bean
    • 1 ½ cups whole milk

    strawberry frosting

    • ¼ heaping cup freeze-dried strawberries
    • 2 cups powdered sugar
    • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
    • 2 to 3 tablespoons whole milk
    • pinch of salt

    garnish

    • roughly crushed freeze-dried strawberries
    • white chocolate crispy balls optional

      INSTRUCTIONS  

    • Preheat oven to 350˚F.
    • Lightly grease a 9”x 13” baking pan and line with parchment (so longer sides of pan have a couple inches of overhang on each side).
    • In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar , with the paddle attachment, until light and fluffy.
    • Scrape down sides of bowl and with motor running add eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. Stir in vanilla.
    • Add ⅓ of the flour mixture and ⅓ of milk to the butter mixture and mix. Continue adding flour and milk in thirds until fully incorporated and batter is smooth, making sure not to over mix.
    • Pour batter into prepared baking dish and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown on top and a toothpick come out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.
    • Place cake onto a cooling rack and cool completely. Once cooled, lift cake out by the parchment paper. Peel parchment paper from cake and transfer cake to a platter or cutting board.
    • For frosting: Place freeze-dried strawberries and powdered sugar into a food processor and pulse until smooth.
    • Cream butter in a mixing bowl of a stand mixer until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar mixture to butter, with motor running until fully incorporated. Scrape down sides of bowl, add milk and beat together until smooth.
    • To assemble: Scoop frosting onto top of cake and spread evenly over the top with a spatula. Sprinkle with crushed freeze-dried strawberries and white chocolate crispy balls, if using. Slice and serve.

      NOTES  

    • *Makes 1 (9”x 13”) Cake

    March 20, 2019 / 11 Comments

    About Teri Lyn Fisher

    Teri Lyn Fisher is half of Spoon Fork Bacon. She is also a food and cosmetics photographer. She is a big fan of hot dogs. #sfbTERI

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    1. Emery

      July 07, 2024 at 1:28 pm

      What adjustments for temp and baking time would you make using a half sheet baking pan? Thinking of baking this like a Texas sheet cake.

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    2. Nicole

      June 12, 2019 at 11:53 am

      Can you link the white chocolate crispy balls please?

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      • Jenny Park

        June 19, 2019 at 8:23 am

        I bought them at my local whole foods a little while back, but added a link I found via amazon: https://amzn.to/2L0eWgQ

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    3. Victoria

      March 24, 2019 at 1:16 am

      YUM! I’ve been on a baking kick at the moment so I think this one has to make it into the roster at some point!

      xo, Victoria

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      • Teri Lyn Fisher

        March 25, 2019 at 7:35 am

        Yes! This is a good one. Love how easy sheet cakes are too compared to layered :)

        Reply
    4. Rose

      March 22, 2019 at 3:22 am

      What a yummy cake – Farhat Sweets

      Reply
    5. Sabrina

      March 21, 2019 at 6:49 pm

      love it and vanilla bean too, nice and great colors too, thank you

      Reply
    6. Rocky Mountain Woman

      March 21, 2019 at 12:48 pm

      Great idea for a little girl’s birthday! I have one coming up that I’ve been looking for a recipe for.

      Reply
    7. bruce

      March 20, 2019 at 11:18 am

      looks fantastic! but how do I make white chocalate crispy balls?

      Reply
      • Jenny Park

        March 21, 2019 at 1:16 pm

        lol, I got them at my local whole foods, but amazon has them too!

        Reply
      • Shawn

        March 18, 2020 at 4:54 pm

        How much vanilla bean do you use?

        Reply

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