When strawberry season rolls around, you have to make a strawberry and sour cream Bundt cake. The sour cream makes for a deliciously moist cake that goes so well with fresh strawberries.

Dessert plate with piece of homemade strawberries and sour cream bundt cake, a scoop of strawberry sherbet, and a drizzle of strawberry sauce next to some fresh berries.

A soft and delicious Bundt cake with bits of strawberries is such a perfect dessert. This cake has the perfect pound cake texture with a lovely strawberry and cream flavor.

It’s sweet, but not too sweet and the fresh berries are as good as you’d imagine.  It is a perfect way to celebrate an abundant berry harvest!

I originally shared this recipe back in 2017. I had baked it in a heart shaped pan for Valentine’s day.

strawberries and sour cream bundt baked in heart shaped pan on white serving platter
Golden brown strawberry bundt cake tipped out of the pan and cooling on a wire rack.

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Our little strawberry patch is putting out a ton of berries lately.  We eat plenty right off the plant, but we needed to do more to use them.

So Little Dude and I got busy. We made some simple 4 ingredient strawberry sherbet.

We still had plenty of fresh berries left, so we wanted to bake something to go with it. We went to my collection of strawberry recipes and this cake jumped out at us.

This cake was every bit as impressive this time around.  The crumb is so soft, it is perfect for eating on its own.

Slice of strawberry bundt cake with remaining cake drizzled in strawberry glaze in the background.
bite of strawberry bundt cake on fork.

The sour cream and lemon juice add great balance to the flavor on top of contributing to the fabulous texture.

Plus the batter comes together really easily.  It is ready for the oven in no time at all.

Storage

Cakes are usually best stored at room temperature. Cover the cake and store on the counter for up to 4 days.

If you use a cream cheese frosting or another topping that requires refrigeration, cover tightly and store in the fridge.

More Great Berry Recipes

For more great strawberry recipes, check out my strawberry orange sorbet or strawberry yogurt crumb bars. Both are fresh and flavorful options.

slice of vanilla bundt cake with fresh strawberries baked inside on plate.

Or try making a lemon blueberry bundt cake for another rich and flavorful berry filled cake.

What are your favorite strawberry treats? Our plants are still going crazy!

Slice of fresh strawberry bundt cake on dessert plate with scoop of homemade strawberry sherbet.
4.58 from 38 ratings

Fresh Strawberries and Sour Cream Bundt Cake

Author: Carlee
Servings: 12 Servings
This strawberry and sour cream pound cake makes the most perfect Bundt cake. The texture is the perfect mix of soft and dense and the strawberries and cream flavor is amazing.
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Equipment

Ingredients 

Cake

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs at room temperature
  • 2½ cups all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 Tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 cups chopped strawberries

Optional Vanilla Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 Tablespoons cream

Optional Strawberry Glaze

  • ⅓ cup pureed strawberries
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • ½ cup powdered sugar

Instructions 

Strawberry Bundt Cake

  • Preheat your oven to 375°F.
  • Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
    1 cup butter, 2 cups granulated sugar
  • Beat in eggs, one at a time until completely incorporated.
    3 large eggs
  • In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and salt.
    2½ cups all purpose flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt
  • Mix lemon juice and sour cream in butter mixture.
    1 cup sour cream, 2 Tablespoon lemon juice
  • Stir in flour mixture until just combined.
  • Fold in chopped strawberries.
    2 cups chopped strawberries
  • Prepare a large bundt pan in your favorite way (I use the spray with the flour in it, but do what you like best.)
  • Spread batter into the pan. Place in the oven and reduce heat to 325°F. Bake for one hour, or until the cake tests done.
  • Allow cake too cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack or your serving platter. Allow to cool completely.

Optional Vanilla Glaze

  • Stir together sugar, vanilla and cream. Adjust consistency with a bit more cream or powdered sugar until you get a nice thick consistency, but thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over cake.
    1 cup powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, 3 Tablespoons cream

Optional Strawberry Glaze

  • Stir together pureed strawberries, powdered sugar and lemon juice. Adjust the consistency with powdered sugar or lemon juice as desired.  Drizzle over cake. 
    ⅓ cup pureed strawberries, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1/2 cup powdered sugar

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Nutrition Information

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 393kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 217mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 42g
“Cooking With Carlee” is not a dietitian or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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Carlee is a busy mom that loves to share family friendly recipes. There are a mix of quick and easy Midwest comfort food meals and plenty of sweet treats.

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50 Comments

  1. Big Rigs 'n Lil' Cookies says:

    Carlee, the cake is stunning! I will have to find some good strawberries, as I know my husband would love this cake!

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    1. Thank you so much!! The good strawberries are finally making their way to the store so hopefully they keep heading north to you!

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  2. Hi Carlee, this cake does sound a nice change to chocolate cake, although I can never get enough of nice chocolate cake! It will be a few weeks before we start to see nice strawberries in the shops, but will give this cake a go when I see some…. Do you think frozen strawberries would work? They may be a little too wet, don't you think?

    xx

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    1. It is hard to go wrong with a chocolate cake, but this one is a nice delicate fresh change. It does seem like frozen strawberries might let off a bit too much liquid. If nothing else, I would be sure to defrost and drain them well first.

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  3. Roseann Hampton says:

    What a beautiful cake!

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  4. What a pretty bundt pan! Your cake sounds delicious and looks so pretty! I love bundt recipes with sour cream. The sour cream always makes the cake so wonderfully moist!

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  5. How cute! Perfect for the valentine in my life, and delicious too. Thanks!

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  6. Audrey Wright says:

    I love this cake. The heart shaped bundt pan is great. The glazing on the cake makes it beautiful. I do like strawberry and this is perfect for Valentine's Day.

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    1. Thank you so much, Audrey!

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  7. I love this Bundt pan. I think Valentine's is the most fun holiday! and it only lasts 1 day. This is beautiful. You know I'm going to have one of these cake pans.

    Wishes for tasty dishes,
    Linda

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    1. I wish we lived closer so that we could have a bundt pan exchange program!!

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  8. Jas @ All that's Jas says:

    My waistline would disagree with you that cake doesn't hurt anything, lol. I love that bundt form, it yields such a beautiful heart shape. Have a great weekend, Carlee!

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    1. Waistlines are such fickle things, aren't they? And they're always getting in the way of our fun. I think they should learn to tow the line a bit better. Oh well! Thanks, Jas!

      Reply
  9. Julie's Creative Lifestyle says:

    Hi Carlee, wow your cake looks and sounds so good. I love it in the heart bundt pan. This will be perfect for Valentine's Day! 🙂
    Hope you have a nice weekend.
    Julie xo

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  10. Andrea Nine says:

    Well, guess what I have in the oven as we speak? Heart shaped strawberry cream cheese muffins!!!! Great minds girl!!! Your cake is GORGEOUS, festive and looks sooooo GOOD!!!!!! let's have a heart shaped foods party, I did mini heart shaped meatloaves last Sunday!!

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    1. Let's do it, a heart shaped foods party would be fun! Everything is cuter when it's heart shaped. I love the meatloaf idea too and strawberry cream cheese muffins sound delicious. Now I'm hungry! Have a great weekend, Andrea!

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