Strawberry Marshmallow Cake is the recipe that Maria makes every spring birthday and every most whimsically anticipated individual celebration when she wants to create the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely magical individual celebration cake that combines the most beloved fresh individual strawberry flavor with the most brilliantly unexpected and the most completely irresistible individual toasted marshmallow fluff individual frosting — because the most gloriously billowy and the most properly toasted individual marshmallow frosting created by beating the most individual marshmallow fluff with butter and the most powdered sugar into the most luxuriously silky.
And the most beautifully airy individual frosting that is then the most dramatically toasted with a kitchen torch to create the most gorgeous and the most deeply caramelized individual golden-brown individual marshmallow toasting that most perfectly mimics the most beloved individual campfire toasted marshmallow individual aesthetic creates the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely breathtaking individual celebration cake that every single guest immediately gasps upon seeing.
Strawberry Marshmallow Cake is the most easy and deeply extraordinary 1-hour moist fresh strawberry vanilla celebration cake made by creaming butter and sugar adding eggs vanilla and sour cream alternating with flour baking at 350°F for 28 to 32 minutes filling with fresh strawberries and frosting with toasted marshmallow fluff buttercream. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful cake recipes and easy celebration favorites from our kitchen every single week.
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Why You Will Love This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Recipe
This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake recipe is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely magical individual celebration cake that uses the most brilliantly unexpected individual toasted marshmallow fluff frosting — created by beating individual marshmallow fluff with butter and the most powdered sugar into the most luxuriously silky individual marshmallow buttercream — as the most dramatically stunning and the most completely irresistible individual frosting that most beautifully contrasts the most vibrant fresh individual strawberry filling for the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely magnificent individual strawberry-and-marshmallow individual flavor combination.
The most kitchen torch toasting of the most individual marshmallow fluff buttercream is the single most brilliantly dramatic and the most completely show-stopping individual finishing technique that transforms the most already-extraordinary individual marshmallow frosting into the most genuinely campfire-inspired and the most properly toasted individual golden-brown individual marshmallow exterior that every single individual guest immediately admires and the most enthusiastically anticipates in the most genuine individual excitement. Our No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake makes a beautifully equally fresh strawberry and equally celebration-worthy companion for a complete and wonderful strawberry celebration collection.
Ingredients Needed for This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Recipe
For the Vanilla Sour Cream Cake Layers:
- 2½ cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter, softened
- 1¾ cups Granulated Sugar
- 4 large Eggs, room temperature
- 2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- ¾ cup Sour Cream, room temperature
For the Fresh Strawberry Filling:
- 2 cups Fresh Strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 2 tbsp Granulated Sugar
- 1 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
For the Toasted Marshmallow Fluff Frosting:
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- 2 cups Marshmallow Fluff or Marshmallow Cream
- 3 to 4 cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
- 1 to 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- Pinch of Salt
How to Make This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Recipe
Prepare the strawberry filling: toss sliced fresh strawberries with sugar and lemon juice in a bowl. Allow to macerate for 30 minutes, cara mia. Drain the most excess individual syrup before using as filling.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line two 9-inch round cake pans.
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat the softened butter and sugar for 2 to 3 minutes until the most light and the most beautifully fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time. Add vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternating with sour cream in two additions, beginning and ending with flour. Mix just until combined.
Divide between the two prepared pans and bake for 28 to 32 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes then transfer to wire racks to cool the most completely.
For the marshmallow fluff frosting, beat the room-temperature butter until the most pale and fluffy — approximately 3 minutes. Add the marshmallow fluff and beat until the most completely smooth and the most beautifully combined. Gradually add the sifted powdered sugar, cream, vanilla, and salt. Beat for 3 minutes until the most incredibly fluffy and the most billowy.
Assemble with a generous layer of marshmallow fluff frosting between the two layers and a generous individual scattering of the most drained macerated strawberry slices. Frost the entire exterior with the remaining most gorgeous marshmallow fluff individual frosting.
If using a kitchen torch, lightly toast the most individual exterior frosting with sweeping individual passes of the kitchen torch flame for the most beautifully golden and the most dramatically toasted individual marshmallow exterior.
How to Serve This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Recipe
Serve immediately after the most toasting for the most dramatic and the most gorgeously warm individual toasted marshmallow individual effect — the most torch-toasted individual frosting is at its most dramatically beautiful and the most properly warm individual immediately after toasting. Top with the most additional fresh individual strawberry slices and a most beautiful arrangement of the most full individual strawberries for the most completely extraordinary individual final garnish.
For the most completely extraordinary individual presentation, torch the most individual cake tableside for the most genuinely dramatic and the most completely show-stopping individual reveal moment for every single individual guest. Our Strawberry Delight makes a beautifully equally fresh strawberry and equally celebration-extraordinary companion for a complete and wonderful fresh strawberry dessert collection.
How to Store This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Recipe
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. The most individual toasted marshmallow individual color fades slightly during refrigerator storage — re-torch briefly before serving for the most dramatically restored individual toasted marshmallow individual appearance. Add fresh strawberry garnish immediately before serving.
Tips to Make This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Recipe

Beat the individual butter the most thoroughly — a full 3 minutes on medium-high — before adding the individual marshmallow fluff. The most properly beaten individual butter base creates the most beautifully stable and the most properly aerated individual marshmallow frosting that holds the most dramatic individual piped individual shape and the most properly withstands the kitchen torch without the most individual frosting melting or collapsing.
Drain the most macerated individual strawberry slices the most thoroughly before using as the most individual layer filling — excess individual strawberry syrup between the most individual layers makes the most individual frosting the most soft and the most improperly unstable for the most proper individual structural support.
Helpful Notes for This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Recipe
A kitchen torch is the most available at most kitchen supply stores, hardware stores, and most online individual retailers for relatively minimal individual cost — it is the most genuinely essential individual tool for the most dramatically beautiful and the most properly toasted individual marshmallow frosting effect. Without a kitchen torch, the most individual marshmallow fluff frosting is equally extraordinary without any individual toasting.
For the most dramatically beautiful and the most properly tall individual marshmallow frosting swirl, use a large star piping tip and pipe the most individual frosting in the most large and the most imposing individual rosette swirls over the most entire individual frosted exterior for the most completely spectacular and the most genuinely campfire-marshmallow-inspired individual presentation.
Variation of This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Recipe
Maria made a version adding a layer of the most strawberry jam alongside the most macerated fresh strawberries between the individual layers for the most completely extraordinary and the most doubly strawberry-concentrated individual strawberry marshmallow cake. Teresa tried a chocolate version — using chocolate cake layers in place of individual vanilla — for the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply beloved individual s’mores-inspired individual chocolate strawberry marshmallow cake.
For a raspberry marshmallow version, substitute fresh raspberries for the individual macerated strawberries for the most completely extraordinary and the most vibrantly tart individual raspberry marshmallow cake. Our No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake makes a beautifully equally fresh strawberry and equally show-stopping companion for a complete and wonderful fresh strawberry celebration collection.
FAQs About This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake Recipe
Is a kitchen torch necessary for this recipe?
No — a kitchen torch produces the most dramatically beautiful and the most properly toasted individual golden-brown individual marshmallow individual exterior but is entirely optional. Without toasting, the most individual marshmallow fluff frosting is equally extraordinary and the most beautifully billowy — the most untoasted individual marshmallow frosting is simply white and the most fluffy rather than the most dramatically golden and the most beautifully caramelized individual toasted result.
Can I use homemade marshmallow fluff?
Yes — homemade individual marshmallow fluff made from individual egg whites, sugar, and corn syrup produces the most properly fresh and the most beautifully airy individual marshmallow character in the most individual frosting. Store-bought individual marshmallow fluff such as Fluff brand or Jet-Puffed individual marshmallow cream is the most conveniently available and the most equally extraordinary individual alternative.
Can I make this cake without the strawberry filling?
Yes — the most individual marshmallow fluff frosting alone between the individual layers produces an equally extraordinary and the most properly pillowy individual marshmallow cake. The most fresh individual strawberry filling provides the most beautifully vibrant and the most naturally complementary individual contrast to the most sweet individual marshmallow — but the most individual vanilla sour cream cake layers with the most marshmallow fluff frosting alone is genuinely extraordinary.
Conclusion
This Strawberry Marshmallow Cake is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely magical fresh strawberry individual celebration cake that makes every birthday and every spring gathering feel genuinely and completely special through the most moist vanilla sour cream layers and the most vibrant macerated strawberry filling and the most dramatically toasted marshmallow fluff frosting in every single breathtakingly individual and completely irresistible strawberry marshmallow cake slice.
We hope it brings the same deeply joyful toasted marshmallow strawberry cake magic and the same completely delighted table to your kitchen that it has always brought to ours. Make it, share it, and come back to tell us all about it. With all our love, Maria, Lucia, and Teresa
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Strawberry Marshmallow Cake The Most Easy Fluffy Fresh Strawberry Vanilla Toasted Marshmallow Fluff Frosting Celebration Cake Recipe
- Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes including macerating and cooling
- Yield: 12 to 14 servings 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
The most extraordinary magical Strawberry Marshmallow Cake made by tossing 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries with 2 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp lemon juice macerating 30 minutes and draining then preheating oven to 350°F greasing and lining two 9-inch pans whisking 2 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt beating 1 cup softened butter and 1 3/4 cups sugar 2 to 3 minutes light and fluffy adding 4 room temperature eggs one at a time then 2 tsp vanilla alternating flour with 3/4 cup room temperature sour cream beginning and ending with flour just combined dividing between pans baking 28 to 32 minutes cooling completely then beating 1 cup room temperature butter 3 minutes pale and fluffy adding 2 cups marshmallow fluff beating smooth gradually adding 3 to 4 cups sifted powdered sugar cream vanilla and salt beating 3 minutes incredibly fluffy assembling with marshmallow frosting between layers and generous drained macerated strawberries frosting entire exterior optionally toasting with kitchen torch for dramatic golden toasted marshmallow exterior. A completely perfect vanilla sour cream macerated strawberry marshmallow fluff toasted frosting cake recipe.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup Unsalted Butter softened
1 3/4 cups Granulated Sugar
4 large Eggs room temperature
2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
3/4 cup Sour Cream room temperature
2 cups Fresh Strawberries hulled and sliced for filling
2 tbsp Granulated Sugar for macerating
1 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice for macerating
1 cup Unsalted Butter room temperature for frosting
2 cups Marshmallow Fluff or Cream
3 to 4 cups Powdered Sugar sifted
1 to 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract for frosting
Pinch of Salt
Instructions
1. Toss sliced strawberries with sugar and lemon juice. Macerate 30 minutes. Drain excess syrup before using.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F 175°C. Grease and line two 9-inch pans.
3. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat softened butter and sugar 2 to 3 minutes light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.
4. Alternate flour with sour cream beginning and ending with flour. Mix just combined.
5. Divide between pans. Bake 28 to 32 minutes until toothpick clean. Cool completely.
6. Beat butter 3 minutes pale and fluffy. Add marshmallow fluff. Beat smooth.
7. Gradually add powdered sugar, cream, vanilla, and salt. Beat 3 minutes incredibly fluffy.
8. Assemble with marshmallow frosting between layers and generous drained strawberry filling.
9. Frost entire exterior with marshmallow frosting.
10. Optionally torch exterior with kitchen torch for dramatic golden toasted effect.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 32 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Cake, Spring, Strawberry
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 545
- Sugar: 60g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 26g
- Saturated Fat: 16g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 74g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 125mg
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