My My's Strawberry Layer Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) box cake mix (without pudding)
• 1 (3 ounce) package strawberry jell-o gelatin dessert
• 1 tablespoon self-rising flour
• 4 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup water
• 0.5 (10 ounce) package frozen strawberries, thawed and well-drained (reserving all the juice and the remaining berries)
• 2 (1 lb) boxes confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• red food coloring (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and lightly flour three 8-inch round cake pans. set them aside.
• 3 to make the cake, combine the cake mix, jell-o, flour and sugar in a large bowl. mix well. add the oil. add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. add the water and the half package of strawberries to this mixture. mix well.
• 4 divide the batter evenly into the prepared pans.
• 5 bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of each layer comes out clean and the layers pull away from the sides of the pans.
• 6 transfer the layers from the oven to wire racks. let them cool, still in their pans, for 10 minutes.
• 7 after 10 minutes, run a knife around the inside edge of each pan, then unmold each layer onto the racks to cool completely.
• 8 to make the frosting, in a bowl, combine the remaining strawberries and the reserved juice with the confectioners' sugar and the butter. beat with a mixer (or mash by hand) until smooth and well blended.
• 9 transfer the cake layers, one at a time, onto a serving platter. frost between each layer, on top of the cake and around the sides with frosting.