Mrs. Applegate's Strawberry Cake T-R-L
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Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
Serves: 12-16
Ingredients
CAKE
- 1 (18 ounce) box white cake mix
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen strawberries (thawed & SEPARATED)
- 1 (3 ounce) package strawberry Jell-O gelatin dessert
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup Wesson Oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
ICING
- 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar
- 1⁄4 cup shortening
Directions
- Preheat oven to 300ºF.
- Thoroughly drain strawberries. (THIS STEP IS ESSENTIAL - the strawberries must be well drained.)
- Reserve strawberries for icing.
- Pour strawberry juice into liquid measuring cup.
- Add enough water to strawberry juice to make 1 cup liquid.
- CAKE:.
- POUR juice-water mixture into mixing bowl.
- Add cake mix, jello, eggs, Wesson Oil and vanilla.
- Beat for three minutes at low speed of electric mixer (or until thoroughly mixed), scraping sides of bowl often.
- POUR batter into greased 13x9x2-inch pan.
- BAKE about 1 hour at 300ºF.
- Remove from pan, cool and plate.
- ICING:.
- Cream 1/4 cup shortening.
- Add the box of sifted powdered sugar and beat.
- Add drained strawberries, mix thoroughly. Spread onto cooled cake.
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