Strawberry & Cream Dream Cake

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (10 inch) angel food cake
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 -3 drops red food coloring (a pretty touch) (optional)
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
• 1 cup fresh strawberries, chopped
• strawberry, for garnish (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cut 1-inch slice crosswise from top of the cake and set aside for now.
• 2 using a sharp knife, cut around cake 1 inch from center hole and 1 inch from outer edge, leaving cake walls 1 inch thick.
• 3 remove cake from center, leaving 1 inch base on bottom of cake; reserve the pieces of cake.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy. gradually add condense milk.
• 5 beat mixture until smooth. stir in the lemon juice and coloring, mixing well.
• 6 fold in the whipped cream.
• 7 reserve two-thirds of the mixture and refrigerate for now.
• 8 blend in berries and torn cake pieces (except top) into remaining one-third of mixture.
• 9 fill cake tunnel and replace the top of cake.
• 10 frost with whipped cream mixture and garnish with strawberries, if you like.
• 11 chill cake for 3 hours, or until set.