This is a super easy strawberry spoon cake recipe kids can make at home with a little adult help. It combines fresh berries with basic pantry ingredients and requires only minimal effort making it one of the best recipes for beginners.
The pudding cake would make a great dessert for a Summer BBQ party. You could also serve it in a blue dish with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a July 4th patriotic color theme pie.

Easy Strawberry Spoon Cake Recipe kids can make at home
Servings: 6
Prep: 15 minutes| Cook Time: 20 minutes | Total Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
USA
2 cups fresh strawberries sliced
⅔ cup brown sugar
1 cup all purpose flour
½ cup 2% milk
½ cup unsalted butter melted plus more for greasing
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
UK
400g fresh strawberries sliced
135g brown sugar
200g plain flour
100ml semi skinmmed milk
100g unsalted butter melted plus more for greasing
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt

METHOD:

- Ask an adult to preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- Grease a 9-inch (22cm) pie plate with a piece of butter and set aside
- Wash and carefully slice the hulled strawberries.
- Combine strawberries and ⅔ cup of the brown sugar in a medium bowl and stir until strawberries are coated

- Lightly smash the fresh strawberries with back of a fork and let sit for 10 minutes until nice and juicy

- In a separate large bowl, mix the flour, milk, melted butter, baking soda, and salt with a spoon until they are well mixed together

- Add flour mixture to the pie pan and then pour strawberries and sugar on top of the cake batter in an even layer

- Get an adult to put the whole thing in the oven
- Bake for 20-25 min until golden brown
- Let it cool for 5 minutes then serve the cake with whipped cream or ice cream
Leftovers stay fresh, covered tightly, at room temperature up to 3 days and will keep in the refrigerator up to 5 days.
This unfussy cake with its delicious top layer of jammy strawberries is an easy recipe that kids can make at home with a little help. It’s delicious served with scoops of vanilla ice cream. You can also offer thick whipped cream alongside in a small bowl so that guests can help themselves.
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Strawberry Spoon Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups Fresh strawberries sliced
- 2/3 cup Brown sugar
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted plus more for greasing
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tdp salt
Instructions
- Ask an adult to preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- Grease a 9-inch (22cm) pie plate with a piece of butter and set aside
- Wash and carefully slice the hulled strawberries.
- Combine strawberries and ⅔ cup of the brown sugar in a medium bowl and stir until strawberries are coated
- Lightly smash the fresh strawberries with back of a fork and let sit for 10 minutes until nice and juicy
- In a separate large bowl, mix the flour, milk, melted butter, baking soda, and salt with a spoon until they are well mixed together
- Add flour mixture to the pie pan and then pour strawberries and sugar on top of the cake batter in an even layer
- Get an adult to put the whole thing in the oven
- Bake for 20-25 min until golden brown
- Let it cool for 5 minutes then serve the cake with whipped cream or ice cream
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