Possom Trot Inn Strawberry Cake - Strawberry Cake

• 1 18-1/4 oz (511 grm) Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe White Cake Mix
• 1 3 oz (84 grm). pkg. Strawberry Jell-o
• 4 large eggs
• 3/4 cup (175 ml) Crisco Oil
• 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) Unsweetened Strawberries, pureed/blended, less 2 Tbsp (30 ml). (Save this for the Frosting)
• 1 8 oz (224 grm). pkg.cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) butter, softened
• 1 tsp (5 ml). real vanilla flavoring
• 1 16 oz (448 grm). box powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)
• 2 Tbsp (30 ml). strawberries, pureed/blended
• 2 drops red food coloring

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 C.).
2. Cut out 2 circles of Wax Paper or Parchment Paper to fit the inside bottom of two 9" Cake Pans.
3. Place the circles in the bottom of the pans and then take solid vegetable shortening and grease the insides of the pans.
4. Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, on medium for 2 minutes.
5. Pour it evenly into the 2 prepared cake pans.
6. Bake for approximately 35 minutes on the middle rack of the oven.
7. Take out of oven and cool, in the pans, completely on a cooling rack.
8. Note: Make sure you cool this cake completely, or you'll have a mess!
9. !
10. Mix all the ingredients together in a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, until fluffy.
11. Take a little, about 1 tsp (5 ml), of the frosting and put it in the middle of the cake plate (This helps keep the cake from slipping as you work with it).
12. Take a knife and go around the insides of the cake pans to loosen the cake, to make sure the cake is not stuck to the sides.
13. Put the first layer of cake on top of this frosting, and peel off the wax or parchment paper.
14. Take frosting and spread enough of the frosting to cover the top of this layer of cake.
15. Put the 2nd layer on top of this, and peel off the wax/parchment paper.
16. Take the remaining frosting and cover the top and sides of the cake.
17. Refrigerate the cake.
18. About 30 minutes before you want to serve it, sit out to warm up a little.
19. Note: This cake freezes well.

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Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/001C06 (may not work)