Jello Recipes
The Best Homemade Strawberry Cake Recipe
This mouthwatering strawberry cake is made using a yellow cake mix. Strawberry pudding is used to sandwich the cake layers together and it is finished off with a vanilla flavored frosting, marshmallows, fresh strawberries, and red sugar. This cake looks unusual and tastes delicious.
So, how do you make colored sugar? It is actually really easy to do. Simply stir drops of food coloring into grains of sugar, using a fork, and then let the sugar dry for an hour. You can make any color of sugar you like but pink sugar or red sugar looks nice with the following homemade strawberry cake recipe. Make sure the sugar has dried out properly, then transfer it into an airtight container and keep it somewhere cool and dry.
Vanilla and strawberries are a classic food pairing, which is why the vanilla frosting in this strawberry cake recipe goes so well with the strawberry instant pudding used to sandwich the cake layers together. This is a great cake for a warm spring or summer day, when you fancy something light and airy, yet full of flavor.
Vanilla Frosted Strawberry Cake with Marshmallows
Ingredients -
1 package yellow cake mix (2 layer size)
2 packages jello strawberry instant pudding
2 ½ cups heavy cream
2 ⅔ cups milk
1 bag marshmallows (long, thin ones are best)
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup oil
4 eggs
8 fresh strawberries
2 cups sugar
Few drops red food coloring
1 ⅓ cups water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 ⅓ cups softened butter
Preparation:
First, prepare the frosting. Whisk together 1 ⅓ cups of the milk with salt and flour in a saucepan until the mixture is smooth. Cook it over a medium high heat, whisking all the time, until the mixture comes to a boil. Let it boil for a minute, then take it off the heat and strain it into a bowl.
Cover the top with plastic wrap to stop a skin forming and leave it at room temperature for about an hour and a half to cool down. Stir a couple of drops of red food coloring into ⅔ cup of the sugar with a fork. Add more until the sugar is red, and then leave it out for an hour to dry.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease 3 round baking pans with a 9-inch diameter and sprinkle flour into them. Beat the cake mix with the eggs, water and oil for a few minutes, then divide it between the pans. Bake for 35 minutes or until it is done.
You can check for doneness by inserting a wooden toothpick into the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.
Let the cake cool for 15 minutes in the pans, and then cool it on wire racks.
Mix the remaining milk with the heavy cream and sprinkle the strawberry pudding mixes over the top. Whisk until the mixture is very thick and smooth, and then leave it to thicken a bit more for 15 minutes.
Use the strawberry pudding mixture to sandwich together the 3 cake layers.
Beat the remaining sugar with the vanilla and butter until you have a light, creamy mixture.
Beat in the cooled frosting mixture gradually, then frost the cake over the top and all around the sides.
Decorate the top of the cake with the marshmallows and fresh strawberries.
Sprinkle a little of the red sugar over the top.
Keep the rest of the colored sugar in an airtight container.
(Serves 8)
Photo Description:
This strawberry cake takes a bit of work but it is not difficult to make. This is a great homemade strawberry cake recipe for someone who has already made a few jello recipes or jello pudding recipes and wants to make something slightly more challenging. The marshmallows on the top contrast nicely with the juicy strawberries and the fluffy cake. This is a delicious cake and you can serve it as a birthday cake or simply after dinner as a special dessert to show your family how much you love them.
How to Make the Best Homemade Strawberry Cake
If you love cake and fresh strawberries are in season, why not make a homemade strawberry cake recipe? This delicious cake is many people's favorite and strawberry cake is so simple to make. This delicious cake is ideal for any time of year but spring and summer are especially good months to serve this light, flavorful and fruity cake.
Different Types of Strawberry Cake
There are lots of recipes for strawberry cake and no two are alike. There are easy strawberry cake recipes with very few ingredients and there are more elaborate ones with whipped cream and a fresh strawberry garnish. Strawberry cake can be a snack with a cup of coffee or tea or it can be a cake for a special occasion, perhaps a birthday cake, or a valentine’s day cake.
Some strawberry cake recipes use fresh strawberries and others might have canned strawberries or frozen strawberries instead. Some recipes do not even contain strawberries and the strawberry flavor comes from strawberry extract, strawberry mousse, or strawberry jello.
Using Jello to Make Homemade Strawberry Cake
A recipe for homemade strawberry cake might contain jello gelatin, jello pudding or both. You can use jello pudding to make a mousse and use this as one of the layers in the strawberry cake, or you can use it on the cake as it is. If you are going to use gelatin, you can make a jello poke cake by poking the cake all over with a fork and pouring liquid jello over the top. This penetrates through the cake and flavors it, as well as giving it a pink or red color. Jello can also be used as a cake topping.
A homemade strawberry cake recipe is extra good if you use jello gelatin or jello pudding to add flavor and texture. You do not have to use strawberry jello with a homemade strawberry cake either. If you are decorating the cake with fresh strawberries, what about using vanilla pudding or even white chocolate pudding for the frosting? Any flavor of jello gelatin is good with strawberry cake recipes. Perhaps you want to add the tang of lime jello or the sweetness of cherry jello or raspberry jello.
Strawberry cake is a wonderful type of cake and there are so many different ways to make it. If you are a fan of jello recipes, you will be pleased to hear that there are many different ways of incorporating it into your homemade strawberry cake recipe, whether you are using jello gelatin or jello pudding.
