Catholic Recipe: Strawberry Frosted Layer Cake
INGREDIENTS
- Instant White Cake Mix
- red food coloring
- rose extract (optional)
Strawberry Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- dash salt
- 3 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted
- 1/3 cup crushed strawberries and juice (fresh or thawed frozen)
Details
Yield: 1 8 or 9 inch round cake
Prep Time: 2 hours
Difficulty: ★★☆☆
Cost: ★★☆☆
For Ages: 11+
Origin:
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A quick and easy nameday dessert idea for the feast of martyrs, or a perfect Pentecost cake.
DIRECTIONS
Prepare a cake mix with 1 package of instant white cake mix according to the directions on the package. For a pale pink cake, add 2 or 3 drops of red food coloring and 1 teaspoon of rose extract (optional). Bake in two round nine-inch layer pans. Cool and spread frosting between layers and over the top and sides of the cake.
For Frosting: Cream butter with salt. Then add 3 cups of sifted confectioner's sugar gradually, blending after each addition. Add 1/2 cup of confectioner's sugar alternately with strawberries and juice (fresh strawberries or thawed quick-frozen strawberries) and beat until of light consistency to spread, beating vigorously after each addition until smooth and creamy. Fill and frost cake layers.
Recipe Source: My Nameday — Come for Dessert by Helen McLoughlin, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1962
