Dessert for 12
Strawberry Cream Cake
A strawberry-studded white cake is baked, cooled, and covered with vanilla cream cheese frosting and fresh strawberries.
$5.55for 4 servings
$1.39 per serving$5.55 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
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- 110 minstart to table
- Involveddifficulty
- 12servings as written
- $typical cost tier
AmericanVegetarianBudgetDessertsSpringSummer
What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Cake, pancake and baking mixes$0.18/oz typical | 15 oz | $2.77Typical price |
| Berries$0.40/oz typical | 16 oz | $6.20Typical price |
| Eggs$0.30 each typical | 4 | $1.20Typical price |
| Milk$0.04/oz typical | 17 oz | $0.68Typical price |
| Cream cheese$0.30/oz typical | 4 oz | $1.20Typical price |
| Butter$0.40/oz typical | 2 oz | $0.80Typical price |
| Ice cream and whipped topping$0.12/oz typical | 8 oz | $0.96Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $16.66 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Olive and cooking oilSugar and brown sugarFlourSyrups, molasses, powdered sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 box (3 oz) strawberry jello
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup fresh strawberries
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 8 oz cool whip
- 1 box (3 2/5 oz) instant vanilla pudding
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 pint strawberries
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking oil.
- Beat the cake mix, vegetable oil, strawberry gelatin, eggs, sugar, flour, chopped strawberries, and one-half cup milk until smooth.
- Spread the batter in the pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the center is firm.
- Cool the cake completely in the pan for about 45 minutes.
- Beat the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, pudding mix, one and one-half cups milk, and vanilla until smooth, then fold in the whipped topping.
- Spread the frosting over the cooled cake and top with sliced strawberries.
Swaps
- Milk for Almond, soy or oat milkabout $0.01/oz more at typical prices
- Butter for Margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
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