Incredibly Easy & Amazing Strawberry Shortcake

Karen=^..^='s Note:

My favorite non-chocolate cake is Strawberry Shortcake. This one starts with a mix but tastes homemade all the way. It is amazing!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

Cake

• 1 (18 ounce) boxwhite cake mix or 1 (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 1 (1 1⁄3; ounce) envelope Dream Whip , unprepared
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup cold water

Topping and Filling

• 1 cup ice cold milk
• 1 (3 ½ ounce) box vanilla pudding mix
• 1 (12 ounce) container Cool Whip , thawed
• 2 pints strawberries , hulled and sliced (Leave 5 or 6 nice looking berries whole)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine all cake ingredients in a large mixing bowl and beat 4 minutes at medium speed.
3. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake for about 50 minutes or into 2- 8 or 9 inch greased and floured pans and bake for about 30 minutes, or until cake test dones.
4. Cool completely.
5. Topping and Filling: Mix milk, pudding mix and whipped topping in a large bowl and beat until peaks form.
6. If not using right away, keep in the refrigerator.
7. Put it together: Cut tube pan cake in half lengthwise.
8. Frost bottom with half of filling and layer with sliced strawberries.
9. Place top half of cake on and frost with remaining filling.
10. Decorate with whole berries.