Strawberries and Cream Cake

By jasonhewitt

Made for BNs birthday 2017. Cream center layer thawed and shifted quite a bit. Might use the cream on top?

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 C Cake Flour
• 2 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• 2 C Sugar
• 1 (3 oz) package Strawberry JELLO
• 2 sticks Butter, Softened
• 4 Eggs
• 1 C Milk
• 1/2 C Strawberries, pureed
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• Filling and Frosting
• 1 1/2 C Heavy Cream
• 2 Tbs Sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp Vanilla
• 1 (8oz) Cream Cheese
• 1 stick of Butter, softened
• 4 C Powdered Sugar
• 3 more C of Strawberries

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare pans.

Whisk flour and baking powder together. Beat sugar, JELLO and butter until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating between each. Beat in flour mixture and milk alternating until well combined. Fold in pureed berried and vanilla. (Makes a GREAT Cake!)

Bake 20-25 minutes. Cook completed.

Filling: Beat cream until frothy. add sugar slowly and beat until slow peaks form. Fold in 1/2 tsp canilla.

Beat Cream cheese and butter until fluffy, add powdered sugar and remaining 2 tsp of vanilla.

Layer cake with filling/berries . . . use a frosted rim and straws to spike the cake. Frost and pile top with berries.

REFRIGERATE until ready to serve.