My husband and I have been gone on vacation for the last week or so and now it is time to come back to reality and the real life. Ugh. We had a great time in Sunny Arizona and enjoyed many fun activities like spring baseball training, shopping, sunny skies, shopping, eating out, shopping, going to the fruit stands, shopping…OK I think you get the picture! I will do a post later about some of my fun finds!
But I had a major computer disaster and ended up buying a brand new computer when we got home! It is a pain trying to re-load everything onto a new computer, but it is so fun to have a new, clean, faster computer! So now this is my first post on my new computer and it is great.
My husband and I have made this trip to AZ every year now for about 7-8 years. It is something that we both look forward to. My husband loves all the Spring Training baseball games and I love being in the warm (hot) weather so it is a great match! We have gotten so that we know the area pretty good and are learning all the road names and how to get around the Phoenix area. One of my favorite places to go every year is a big fruit market called Superstition Market. They have so many different fruits and veggies for so cheap it makes my head spin! I would totally go here every week if I lived anywhere around there! So I had to load up with all kinds of goodies to bring home. It was great!
One of the things that I brought home was strawberries and so I HAD to make a strawberry shortcake for a birthday that we celebrated on Sunday. This is a fun recipe, using a cake mix that is really easy, but yet looks so pretty!
Strawberry Shortcake
Cake
1 white cake mix
3 eggs
1 1/4 cups water
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup flour
granulated sugar to dust pans with
Filling and Topping
2 cups whipping cream, chilled
1/3-1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 quart fresh strawberries rinsed, drained and sliced lengthwise
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-inch round pans with butter and sprinkle bottom and sides with granulated sugar. This makes a pretty sugar edge on the cake!
2. Combine cake mix, eggs, water, butter, and flour in large mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed with mixer for 2 minutes. Pour into pans. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not over bake. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto cooling rack. Cool completely.
3. Beat whipping cream until stiff. Add powdered sugar and vanilla.(This is a trick that my husband’s grandma taught me…to use powdered sugar in your cream and it will always be creamy with no granules!) Reserve 1/3 cup for garnishing the top. Place one cake layer on serving plate, spread with half of the remaining cream and top with the sliced berries. Repeat with with remaining layer. Put the reserved whipped cream into a ziplock baggie and cut a small hole in the corner. Pipe the cream on the center and top with a strawberry! Refrigerate until ready to serve.
12 servings
So fun and so festive. This is a great cake for any party or gathering. It is easy to put together and tastes sooo good!
Just beautiful and simply mouth-watering! I love the ease of using cake mixes too. Glad you shared.
This is one of my family’s favorite dessert and they know that spring is here when we start making it. Thank you, I love to read your comments!
My kiddo will die. She lives for every version of Strawberry Shortcake I can come up with, and this is something I haven’t done. And it’s gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! This a great recipe because of the cake mix! Good luck in trying it out.
I made this cake today for my local post office workers since they are so wonderful. They all raved about it. Thank you for such an amazing recipe.
Debbie, what a nice thing to do!!! I am so glad that the postal workers enjoyed it. It is truly one of our favorites too. Thank you for taking the time to write your sweet comment. Hope you have a great Easter!
Rita