Strawberry Shortcake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) french vanilla cake mix
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 4 cups strawberries, diced into small pieces
• 1 cup strawberry, sliced
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 place cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs in a large bowl and beat until smooth.
• 3 spray two 9 inch round cake pans with non stick spray and half the cake mix into each pan.
• 4 bake 25-30 minutes or until cake is done.
• 5 cool cakes in the pan for 5-10 minutes then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
• 6 while your cakes are cooling, the 4 cups of diced strawberries in a bowl and mix with 1 cup sugar. cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator about an hour.
• 7 in a mixing bowl beat the whipping cream on a high speed until it forms stiff peaks. then slowly add in powdered sugar to the cream 1 tablespoon at a time.
• 8 when the sugar is incorporated add the vanilla and almond extracts. set aside.
• 9 place 1 cake on a cake plate and place sugared strawberries on top in an even layer.
• 10 put about 1 ½ of cream on top of the strawberries and spread out evenly also.
• 11 place second cake on top and spread remaining cream on top.
• 12 garnish with 1 cup sliced strawberries.