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.
Goodness, Gail! What a beautiful looking cake, and the plate! This cake is something special and has to be made to taste it!
Joanna
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People often request it for their birthday cake. Imagine that. 🍃🍓🎂
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Super thing to share, thank you Gail! Will try it out…
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I’m flattered. 🍃🍓
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Flashback! This was common to make when I was growing up (1970s)!!
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Oh yeahhhh. Busted! 🤣🍃🍓🎂
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It’s been years since I’ve made a cake with yummy “holes”. Thank you, Gail!❤️
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Baking can be fun. It’s kinda like creating a “marble” effect. That was super fun to do with cake batter. 👏🥳
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💛🥰🙌🏻
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Looks like summer!
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Strawberries have a way of making that happen. 🍓🍓🍃🍓
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You’ve hit on another winner.
Hey, is it a bad thing if you were to finish off an entire strawberry pie in less than a week? Asking for a friend.
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Yes. Can’t let that whipped cream get soggy. 😜
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No way Josie!
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Now you’re talking! 🤣
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Oh my goodness, I haven’t cooked with Jello for many years.
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It’s still out there. 😜🍃
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Cheers to a Jello memory!
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For sure. I’m still one of those dinosaurs that likes jello when I’m sick with the flu. 🤣🦕🍃🍓
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