Mrs. Applegate's Strawberry Cake T-r-l

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 ounce) box 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
• 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300ºf.
• 2 thoroughly drain strawberries. (this step is essential - the strawberries must be well drained.)
• 3 reserve strawberries for icing.
• 4 pour strawberry juice into liquid measuring cup.
• 5 add enough water to strawberry juice to make 1 cup liquid.
• 6 cake:.
• 7 pour juice-water mixture into mixing bowl.
• 8 add cake mix, jello, eggs, wesson oil and vanilla.
• 9 beat for three minutes at low speed of electric mixer (or until thoroughly mixed), scraping sides of bowl often.
• 10 pour batter into greased 13x9x2-inch pan.
• 11 bake about 1 hour at 300ºf.
• 12 remove from pan, cool and plate.
• 13 icing:.
• 14 cream 1/4 cup shortening.
• 15 add the box of sifted powdered sugar and beat.
• 16 add drained strawberries, mix thoroughly. spread onto cooled cake.