Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Strawberry Cake

INGREDIENTS
1    box yellow cake mix
1    box strawberry jello
1    package frozen strawberries (12 oz.) - SAVE ½ CUP FOR ICING
¼    cup water
¾    cup Wesson vegetable oil
4    eggs - ADD ONE AT A TIME
3    tablespoons of flour
1    cube melted butter
1    box (bag) of powdered sugar (2 lbs.)
1    PAM Spray

CAKE MIX
Take butterstick out and let it get soft
Soak frozen strawberries in warm water
Pour out yellow cake mix
Create hole in middle of cake mix
Pour jello in hole in middle
Save 6oz. strawberries for icing - IN REFRIGERATOR
Put 3 tablespoons of flour into cake mix in middle
Put ¾ cup of Wesson oil into cake mix
Pour in ¼ cup of water
Use beater
Add 6oz. strawberries
Use beater
Add 1 egg to mix - beat - continue until all 4 eggs are in mix
Spray PAM on cooking pans
Put butter into oven
Bake as directed on cake box
Take out butter
Bake at 350 degrees
CHECK COOKING OF CAKES 5 - 10 MINUTES EARLY
Stick toothpick in - if it comes out clean, the cake is done
Let cake cool

ICING
Put melted butter into a large bowl
Add 2 cups of powdered/sifted sugar
Sift & add 1 cup powdered sugar
Stir
Sift & add 1¼ cups of powdered sugar
Stir
Add few strawberries
Stir
Add few strawberries
Stir
Add ¾ cup of powdered/sifted sugar
Stir
Add rest of strawberries
Stir
Add ¾ cup of powdered/sifted sugar
Stir
Add 1 cup of powdered/sifted sugar
Stir
Add ¾ cup of powdered/sifted sugar
Stir
Add ¾ cup of powdered/sifted sugar
Stir
Add ¾ cup of powdered/sifted sugar
Stir
Add ¼ cup of powdered/sifted sugar
Stir
Add ¼ cup of powdered/sifted sugar
Stir
Add ? cup of powdered/sifted sugar
Stir
This should be enough sugar, but if icing is not extremely difficult to stir - add more
Add icing AFTER CAKES HAVE COOLED
Put icing between each layer

From 2 lb. bag of powdered sugar, only about ½ cup is left