Gramma Johnston's Strawberry Jell-O Cake

Gramma Johnston's Strawberry Jell-O Cake

Strawberry Jell-O Cake

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INGREDIENTS

• 1 box of white cake mix
• 1 box of strawberry jell-o (not the sugar free kind)
• 1/2 of a cup of water
• ¾ of a cup of canola oil
• 4 eggs at room temperature
• 1 cup of fresh strawberries, chopped (frozen ones will work too as long as they’re sliced)

For the frosting

• 12 oz of cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 of a cup of butter, softened
• 3-5 cups of sifted powdered sugar (to desired thickness)
• 1/2 of a cup of chopped strawberries

DIRECTIONS

Make the cake

• Preheat the oven to 350°
• Grease two 9” cake pans, and put parchment paper in the bottoms. Grease the parchment paper
• Chop the strawberries into quarters (chop the larger ones into 6-8 pieces)

• In a large bowl, mix together cake, jell-o, oil, and water, and beat well

• Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing in between each addition
• Add the strawberries and mix well
• Pour evenly between the two pans and bake for 20-25 minutes (until a toothpick comes out clean)

• Let cool in the pans for about 15 minutes before removing and cooling on a cooling rack

Make the frosting

• In a medium bowl, sift the powdered sugar and set aside
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, or a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until fluffy and pale
• Add in the strawberries and beat well to mush them up a little bit
• Add in the powdered sugar, and continue adding until you reach your desired texture

Assemble the cake

• Place one of the cake layers on a serving dish and ice with frosting
• Layer the second cake on top, and finish icing

NOTE: This icing in typically goopy, (definitely not pipe-able). If you don’t refrigerate it, it will slide around when transporting and the icing tends to get ugly. 

Because I feel like it, I'm going to expose how ugly this cake gets if you don't refrigerate it, and live in Missouri where it's absurdly hot in the summer

Yes, I put 56 candles on this cake. My dad asked why and I said "I felt like being absurd" The response..."that's my girl"

Enjoy!!!

Approximate Nutrition Information if cake makes 12 slices (turn back...don't look!)