What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Table Food: Jello Strawberry Cake! Take advantage of the price of strawberries when the opportunity arises. Whether it be a local Farmer’s Market, grocery store featured item, or pick-your-own berry field celebrating years of family history, run don’t walk to fill your basket without plans to what comes next. Everyone loves strawberries. The sun-kissed fruit kindles childhood memories of joyous occasions when we would eat our weight in berries as juice ran down our chins. Never mind the red stained fingers or dewy rows from early morning fog. In a week or so, strawberries need to be eaten, canned, or frozen. Anything goes.
JELLO STRAWBERRY CAKE
Ingredients:
16.25 ounce box of yellow cake mix
1 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
3 ounces strawberry gelatin mix
1 1/2 cups water, divided
8 ounces whipped topping
2 cups strawberries, sliced
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 9”x13” cake pan. Set aside. Combine cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs. Mix well. Pour batter into prepared cake pan. Bake for 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove pan from oven and allow cake to cool at room temperature. Using a fork, poke many holes in the cake. This will allow the liquid jello to fill the gaps creating a ribbon effect. Bring one cup of water to boiling. Remove from heat. Add gelatin mix. Stir 2 minutes to completely dissolve flavoring. Add 1/2 cup ice water to mixture. Stir. Slowly pour the liquid strawberry jello into the holes on the top of the cake. Cover the cake and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Once chilled, “frost” the cake with whipped topping. Garnish with sliced strawberries. Serve. Refrigerate any leftovers.
That is so clever.. the jelly in it.. 😉
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It’s one of those old-fashioned recipes. lol 🍃🍓
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Will have to see if I can get the ingredients for this.
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I continue to be amazed that ingredients I take for granted are not available to everyone. 🍃🍓
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Looks fantastic and tastes, no doubt, even better; all that jelly!
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Sweetness quantified. lol 🍃🍓
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Mmmm, this sounds good. I was introduced to strawberry cake while cycling through Mississippi. I really like strawberry flavor in cake.
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It does have a certain allure. 🍃🍓
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Very very good, 😋.
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Gotta love strawberries. 🍃🍓
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Delish!
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Without a heavy frosting, I can have seconds. lol 😜🍃🍓
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Gotta love those poke cakes 🙂
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Right!?! 😜🍃🍓
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This must be such a juicy cake full of fruity flavor.
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Oh, it is. Paired with a cup of coffee, it hits the spot. 🍃🍓☕️
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That combo is the perfect afteroon treat 😍
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Yellow cake and strawberries are a favorite thing, and I don’t feel nearly as guilty when I partake.
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Me either. I typically default to white cake/white icing, but many find that terribly boring. Hence the strawberries. 🍃🍓
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If THAT is boring, I will take it and run. Well, I’ll eat first and then run.
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…..and sneak another piece for later. 😜
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Yes please.
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so clever! looks delicious!
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Minimal ingredients. Works for me. 🍃🍓
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The first cake I teach my children to make. A family favorite.
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I like the way you think. 🍃🍓
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Wow hummmm yami yami
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Strawberries and cream….plus cake! 🍃🍓
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Yes its too testy
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