Strawberry Lemonade Poke Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 box strawberry cake mix
  • 1 small box strawberry flavored gelatin
  • 3/4 c. vegetable oil
  • 1 c. water
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 – 8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened
  • 3/4 c. frozen lemonade concentrate
  • 5 oz. evaporated milk
  • 1 small box instant lemon pudding
  • 8 oz. tub whipped topping
  • 8 oz. Fresh strawberries, sliced
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • Fresh lemon, optional, used as garnish

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 13×9 glass baking pan. (This is the one I have.)

Slice strawberries, sprinkle with sugar and refrigerate.

Combine cake mix, gelatin, oil, water and eggs until well mixed and pour into greased pan. Bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Strawberry cake is baking!

While cake is baking, prepare the lemonade cream cheese filling by beating cream cheese in a bowl alone for 2-3 minutes or until creamy, then add the lemonade concentrate until fully combined.

In a separate bowl, mix evaporated milk and lemon pudding until fully incorporated, and then add pudding mixture into cream cheese mixture.

Lemonade Cream Cheese filling!

Scrape a handful of the cream cheese lemonade mix into a ziplock bag, and cut a small hole in the corner in order to pipe into the cake.

When the cake is done, remove from oven and immediately poke holes with a wooden spoon.

Holes have been poked!

Once the cake has fully cooled, use the ziplock filled with cream filling and fill each hole as shown.

Filling the holes!

Spoon remaining cream cheese mixture over top of the cake and spread. Refrigerate for at least an hour.

Top cream cheese layer with sliced strawberries.

Spread cool whip over the top of the strawberry layer. If desired, use strawberry slices, lemon slices, or garnishes of your choosing.

Yummy!
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Mamaw’s Fresh Apple Cake

With the onset of cooler temperatures, rainy and cloudy days, and hints of fall in the air, I have been craving all things fall and all the nostalgia that comes with it! 

One of my favorite things to do on cool mornings is enjoy a hot cup of coffee and a piece of my Mamaw’s Fresh Apple Cake. It’s warm and filling and oh, so delicious! 

This recipe is a favorite of many of my family members and I get lots of requests for it this time of year! 

It’s a very simple recipe and very easy to make, but will impress folks every time. 

I start by peeling and dicing my apples into small bits like this. (And saving the peels, cores and egg shells for my chickens!)

Diced apples for our cake, peels and cores for the chickens to enjoy!

In my stand mixer I use the whisk attachment to mix together the oil and sugar, and then add beaten eggs. 

I mix my dry ingredients in my Mamaw’s sifter. 

I love using my Mamaw’s tools & utensils!

I then switch attachments on my mixer and fold in the dry ingredients. I do this because this makes a very thick batter, and the whisk attachment won’t mix it well and it will just get clogged up. 

Getting ready to fold in the apples!

Slowly fold in the apples and nuts. 

I use a spatula to scoop somewhat evenly into greased bunt pan because this makes a very dense, thick batter. It won’t be perfect, but as it bakes it will even out! 

Ready to bake!

Now it’s time to bake! In my oven it takes just under an hour. I would start checking this at about 45 minutes just to make sure it doesn’t over cook and dry out. 

Yum!

Let cool and dump onto a plate or cake dish. 

Enjoy! 

Fresh Apple Cake:

  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs, well beaten
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 cups diced apples
  • 1 cup of nuts (optional, I use walnuts)
My Mamaw’s Recipe

What is your favorite fall treat? Comment below and let me know!

(I’m including a link to the KitchenAid Mixer I use. This one is on Amazon and is an affiliate link. If you purchase, I will earn a small portion of the sale at no additional cost to you!)

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