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Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake

This Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake is the perfect summer cake recipe - it's ultra moist and tender with a sweet strawberry glaze!
by Chrissie
Modified: 05/14/25
5
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1 hour 20 minutes
This Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake is the perfect summer cake recipe – it’s ultra moist and tender with a sweet strawberry glaze!  

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  Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake tender and moist with fresh strawberries Happy Sunday friends! Sorry I’ve been a little MIA for the last couple weeks  – we’ve been away on vacation and it’s the first time in 3 years I’ve left my laptop at home and taken a break from work!! It was a wonderful, restful time but I sure did miss posting delicious recipes for you all! I’m back at it today with this AMAZING Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake! It’s truly one of the most delicious summer recipes you’ll ever taste!  

Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake dessert on white lace plate with strawberries cut in half I love making pudding cakes because they’re just so perfectly tender and moist, and they’re great for summer – serving them with a delicious sweet glaze and some fresh fruit on the side is just dessert perfection if I do say so myself. And they’re so easy to make, so they’re a great recipe for beginning bakers. A recipe that’s so unbelievably delicious and almost impossible to mess up?? Yes please!!  
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Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake

This Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake is the perfect summer cake recipe - it's ultra moist and tender with a sweet strawberry glaze!
5 from 7 votes
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By Chrissie (thebusybaker.ca)
Yield 12 slices
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 1 hour
Total 1 hour 20 minutes

Recipe: Ingredients 

For the glaze:

  • 2/3 cup powdered sugar, sifted twice
  • 2-3 tablespoons strawberry syrup (or 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons strawberry juice)

Recipe: Instructions 

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Prepare a 9-inch bundt pan by greasing it with butter and coating the inside of the pan evenly with a thin dusting of flour. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl with a hand mixer), cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 4 minutes).
  • Add the pudding powder and whip on high speed until incorporated.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  • Combine the milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl or pyrex measuring cup and whisk with a fork to combine. 
  • Add the milk mixture to the butter mixture slowly, mixing well until combined.
  • Add the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt, and mix on low speed just until the batter forms and no streaks of flour appear.
  • Finish mixing by hand with a rubber spatula to be sure the batter is well combined (mixing with the electric mixer at this stage can cause over-mixing, so it's best to finish it gently by hand).
  • Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 60 minutes (sometimes it requires 65 or even 70 minutes), or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  • Cool in the pan for about 15 minutes and then invert onto a cooling rack before removing the pan to let the cake cool completely. If the pan feels a little difficult to remove, let it cool inverted on a cooling rack for another 10 minutes before trying again to remove the pan. Greasing and flouring the pan well before baking will ensure the cake is easy to remove, and using a non-stick bundt pan is a great choice.
  • Let the cake cool completely on a cooling rack before adding the glaze.
  • Prepare the glaze by sifting the powdered sugar into a bowl and adding the strawberry syrup about one teaspoon at a time until a thick glaze forms. The ideal glaze is thick, and just barely pourable.
  • Pour the glaze over the top of the cake and let it drip down the sides slowly.
  • Cut the cake into slices and serve with fresh strawberries, if desired.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Baking, British, Canadian, Summer
Keywords: Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake

Recipe: Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Best Ever Strawberry Pudding Cake
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 425 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 13g81%
Cholesterol 86mg29%
Sodium 188mg8%
Potassium 218mg6%
Carbohydrates 60g20%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 41g46%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 486IU10%
Calcium 103mg10%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.

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*I’ve adapted this recipe from The Kitchen Magpie’s Pistachio Pudding Cake recipe, which you can find HERE.
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Lisa

Could I bake the cake in a 13×9 pan?

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Chrissie

Yes, absolutely! Grease it well 🙂

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Sara

5 stars
My kids would really enjoy this for a Valentine’s Day treat! Looks great!

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Madalina (The Busy Baker Team)

Thanks Sara! I hope they enjoy it!

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Dorothy at Shockinglydelish

Where has this little beauty been hiding? This sounds amazing!

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Madalina (The Busy Baker Team)

Thank you! 🙂

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Melanie Bauer

5 stars
Looks so fabulous and yummy! This is absolutely sensational, can’t wait to give this a try!

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Madalina (The Busy Baker Team)

Thanks Melanie! I hope you give it a try!

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Sabrina

5 stars
So glad you were able to take some time away! This cake looks like an amazing way to celebrate that you’re back.

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Madalina (The Busy Baker Team)

Thanks so much Sabrina! 🙂

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Catalina

5 stars
I only can immagine the smell of this amazing pudding cake! I need to make it immediately!

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Madalina (The Busy Baker Team)

Thanks Catalina!! 🙂

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Meghan

This cake looks so yummy! I can’t wait to try it!

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Madalina (The Busy Baker Team)

Thanks so much! I hope you give it a try!

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Dee

5 stars
This looks DELICIOUS! Strawberry is my favorite flavor for everything

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Madalina (The Busy Baker Team)

Thank you Dee!

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Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert

5 stars
This couldn’t look any more perfect! This is seriously making me hungry!

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Madalina (The Busy Baker Team)

Thanks Erin!

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Michelle

5 stars
It taste really nice. Thumbs up for this strawberry pudding cake 😋

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Chrissie

Thanks! 🙂

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Marie

Can this recipe be used for a layer cake?

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Ana (The Busy Baker Team)

Yes!

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