Birthday Cakes at the Brown's

By Gigirox

Everybody has a different request, here are a few tips and reminders so I can keep them straight.

Ingredients

• Strawberry Filling:
• Reese-Carrot Cake-18th b-day *****
• Tyler-Strawberry Buttercream
• Lindsay-Strawberry Layer w/ strawberry filling and frosting
• Connor-French Vanilla w/ basic buttercream frosting
• Kevin-Italian Cream
• Lauren-Giant Oatmeal Pie
• Dan-Whoopie Pies
• Audrey-"Backpack Cake" 2nd B-day
• This is a tip for Duncan Hines Cake Mix that really improves the flavor.
• 1 box mix
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup soft butter
• 2 1/2 cups thinly sliced strawberries
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tsp cornstarch

Details

Adapted from bakespace.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cake mix-
-Beat on low for 30 seconds
-Increase speed to medium for 2 minutes
-Bake as directed on box
*I use this tip on both the strawberry mix and the french vanilla mix.

Strawberry Filling:
Crush 1/2 cup berries; add water; cook 2 minutes; sieve. Mix sugar and cornstarch; gradually stir into berry juice. Cook, and stir till thick and clear. Cool slightly; pour over sliced strawberries. Cool to room temperature and use as cake filling.