My My's Strawberry Layer Cake Recipe

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My My's Strawberry Layer Cake
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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
740
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour three 8-inch round cake pans. Set them aside. To make the cake, combine the cake mix, Jell-O, flour and sugar in a large bowl. Mix well. Add the oil. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the water and the half package of strawberries to this mixture. Mix well. Divide the batter evenly into the prepared pans.
  2. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of each layer comes out clean and the layers pull away from the sides of the pans. Transfer the layers from the oven to wire racks. Let them cool, still in their pans, for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, run a knife around the inside edge of each pan, then unmold each layer onto the racks to cool completely.
  3. To make the frosting, in a bowl, combine the remaining strawberries and the reserved juice with the confectioners' sugar and the butter. Beat with a mixer (or mash by hand) until smooth and well blended. Transfer the cake layers, one at a time, onto a serving platter. Frost between each layer, on top of the cake and around the sides with frosting.
  4. Author Patty Pinner memorialized the many Queens of Soul Food in her extended small-town Michigan family in her cookbook Sweets: Soul Food Desserts and Memories (Ten Speed Press, 2006). This recipe, featured on the cover, comes from Pinner's grandmother, or My My. Its pink color dresses up even the most mundane meal, and its subtle strawberry aroma is divine, says Pinner. When My My brought this cake to the picnic table as the finale to one of our summer get-togethers in her backyard, you could hear our 'oohs' and 'aahs' echoing throughout the neighborhood.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 739.83 Kcal (3098 kJ)
Calories from fat 256.59 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 28.51g 44%
Cholesterol 97.07mg 32%
Sodium 69.86mg 3%
Potassium 57.24mg 1%
Total Carbs 123.03g 41%
Sugars 118.07g 472%
Dietary Fiber 0.42g 2%
Protein 3.79g 8%
Vitamin C 7.1mg 12%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 0.6mg 3%
Calcium 30mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 359.84 Kcal (1507 kJ)
Calories from fat 124.8 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.87g 44%
Cholesterol 47.21mg 32%
Sodium 33.98mg 3%
Potassium 27.84mg 1%
Total Carbs 59.84g 41%
Sugars 57.43g 472%
Dietary Fiber 0.2g 2%
Protein 1.84g 8%
Vitamin C 3.5mg 12%
Iron 0.3mg 3%
Calcium 14.6mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 17.1
    Points
  • 21
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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