My Mercy! Strawberry Cake

Submitted by Angie1976

"This cake came from my grandmother's best friend. She has made it for our family Christmas and birthday dinners for years."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 4layer cake

ingredients

• Strawberry Cake

• 1 box Duncan Hines butter cake mix
• 3⁄4 cup Crisco cooking oil
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 4 eggs (I use 5 or 6 eggs unless they are real large)

• Icing

• 1 (16 ounce) container Cool Whip
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup butter

directions

1. Strawberry Cake directions: Mix all together, beat 4 minutes.
2. Makes 4 layers.
3. She bakes her layers at 365- 370 degrees for 30- 35 minutes.
4. (Ovens vary!) Icing directions: Beat cream cheese, sugar, butter until creamy and smooth.
5. Add Cool Whip and flavoring.
6. Beat until mixed well and smooth.
7. Spread over cake layers and top and sides of cake.
8. Puree' strawberries in blender with lots of sugar (to taste).
9. Spread strawberries over icing on layers and on top of cake.
10. As my grandmother says,"My Mercy!
11. ".

Reviews

[mari79]

I did not make the cake only the icing and i LOVED it. I used this icing with recipe #81687 (strawberry cake). They go really well together. This icing recipe is perfect but it makes ALOT, had enough to frost (3) 13x9 cakes. So I froze what i did not use (freezes well). Next time I will make only 1/2 the recipe. As an extra special treat top your favorite pound cake with fruit of your choice and put a dollop of this icing on top YUMMY!! Thank you for sharing Angie =)