Strawberry Poke Refrigerator Cake
Total Time: 50 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 12
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package cake mix (or use yellow cake mix)
- 3 egg whites (or as called for by your cake mix) or 3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 1/3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 1 1/3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen strawberries, completely thawed (do not drain the juice)
- 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix (or cream cheese pudding mix)
- 1 cup half-and-half cream or 1 cup use 18% table cream
- 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 (8 ounce) container cool whip frozen whipped topping, thawed
- fresh sliced strawberry
Recipe
- 1 prepare the cake as directed on the package and bake in a 13 x 9-inch baking pan; cool to room temperature.
- 2 using a straw poke holes all over the top of the cake almost to the bottom about 1-inch apart (make large enough and deep holes, the more holes the better!).
- 3 in a processor or blender puree the thawed strawberries until smooth, then slowly drizzle over the top of the cake paying more attention to the holes.
- 4 refrigerate for 2 hours.
- 5 for the topping; prepare the pudding mix using 1 cup only of half and half cream and add in the 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch to the pudding mixture while mixing; beat until smooth and thickened.
- 6 fold in the thawed cool whip until combined.
- 7 spread over the top of the cake (cake must be completely cold before topping).
- 8 arrange the sliced strawberries on top in a decorative pattern.
- 9 refrigerate for 2 or more hours before serving.
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