I am making a strawberry cake for my daughters birthday cake and I need a good recipe for a strawberry filling. I am in Germany and have access to freshly picked berries or frozen ones - however, I don't have access to strawberry flavoring and because this is a childs party I want to stay away from any Liquor or alcohol of any type. Ideas please?

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1927-Strawberry-Cake-Filling.html

you might try this one.

Thanks a ton, I will give it a shot. Look like what I was looking for. Anything to impress a bunch of 4 year olds! (OK, so really, it is the moms I am looking to impress, they are the ones with the wallets!). Thanks

I just went out at lunch to buy an all fruit strawberry jelly/jam type spread for a cake I'm making tonight. I wanted Polaner All Fruit but they only had Smucker's in the strawberry. Do you have access to anything like that in Germany?

The stuff I"m talking about is not jam or preserves with the fruit chunks and not a jelly - sort of like a super smooth jam. Does that make sense? I've used raspberry before and it tastes great but is easy because you don't have to make it yourself and does not have to be refrigerated.

There are oodles of preserves, jams and jellies here in Germany. I should run down to the local Netto of Lidl and see what I can stumble across. Thanks for the idea!

I use fresh strawberries and slowly adding them to a sugar and water boil-add alittle cornstarch as thicking agent-put all ingredients through a strainer (to De-seed) you will have fresh ,beautiful thick sauce,add some strawberries after spreading sauce

how do you amek strawberry cake?

i just made a strawberry cake and finished decorating it yesterday. i used a duncan hines mix with a cheescake pudding in it and an extra egg..as suggested by another member.

as a filling, i used the fruit dip that you see alot at parties; small jar of mallo cream and an 8 oz block of cream cheese,mixed well. it was very good.

the only thing i think i will change for my next order is that i used buttercream dream, but it was a little too sweet, so i think i will end up doing it this next time with imbc or something light like that. hope this helps

so it is a strawberry box mix?

for my recipe, yes.

i have an order coming up for the first week of may that requested strawberry cake. when i went searching here on the recipe forum, i saw the fruit dip used as a filling, and i've always loved that dip, but just had never thought of using it as a filling. i wanted to try the recipes out first, so i made a small one as a freebie for a friend, and also made 6 cupcakes for my family to try it also. it was really yummy. next time, i may even add strawberries sliced really thinly into the filling also.

For the strawberry cake I plan on a recipe from the Cake Mix Doctor.

1 pkg white cake mix
1 pkg (3 oz) strawberry gelatin
4 T flour
1 cup vege oil
1/2 cup surar
1/2 cup milk
4 large eggs
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh strawberries.;

Bake for 350 degrees