You can decorate the top of the Strawberry Crunch Cake with fresh strawberries if you like. For the cake and buttercream layers, you only need to add a total of ¾ cup strawberry preserves (that you either strain or only warm up).
For the strawberry crunch topping, you will be using freeze dried strawberries since fresh strawberries are far too wet to accomplish that classic strawberry crunch texture.