The hubs and I just had our five year anniversary last month and I wanted to make something that reminded me of our reception. We had cupcakes at our wedding that were amazing on the taste buds. We had strawberry swirl and red velvet cupcakes. I decided I wanted to try a strawberry swirl cake. And add cream cheese. I picked up red velvet ice cream at the store to commemorate our wedding treat! Here's what I did.
Cake mix, jelly and cream cheese. There is homemade filling I made to go with it. The recipe is at the bottom of the post!
Make the cake according to directions but leave 1/4 cup of water out.
Everything tastes better with cream cheese!
Mix together the cream cheese and jelly, but leave lumps in it. It cooks in little chunks in the cake so you can taste the cream cheese when you eat the cake!
I put a layer of cake mix without the cream cheese in it so it wouldn't stick or burn at the bottom of the pan. I used just enough to cover the bottom of the pan.
Stir in the cream cheese and strawberry jelly to the cake mix.
Pour the rest of the cake mixture over the cake mix.
Cooling cakes.
I scooped out about 1 inch of cake in the middle to put the strawberry filling in. This way it doesn't come out the sides.
Fresh strawberry filling on the bottom layer of the cake.
I placed the second layer right on top.
I frosted the cake with cream cheese frosting.
She couldn't help herself when I put the fresh strawberries on top.
No words but YUM!
Cream Cheese Strawberry Cake
1 box vanilla cake mix
8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup strawberry jelly
Strawberry Filling
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
1 carton strawberries sliced
Mix cake according to boxed directions except leave out 1/4 cup water. In a second bowl mix cream cheese and jelly together. Pour into cake batter and stir together. Bake according to package directions. After cake is done set aside and cool completely.
For strawberry filling add ingredients into saucepan and stir while on medium heat. The mixture will thicken as it heats. After about 5 minutes, or until its a bubbly thick mixture, take off stove and let cool down for a few minutes.
When cake is out of the oven take one cake layer and scoop out about 1 inch or so of the cake and pour the filling into it. Place the second cake layer on top. Frost the cake and voila! I topped mine with fresh strawberries!
1 box vanilla cake mix
8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup strawberry jelly
Strawberry Filling
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
1 carton strawberries sliced
Mix cake according to boxed directions except leave out 1/4 cup water. In a second bowl mix cream cheese and jelly together. Pour into cake batter and stir together. Bake according to package directions. After cake is done set aside and cool completely.
For strawberry filling add ingredients into saucepan and stir while on medium heat. The mixture will thicken as it heats. After about 5 minutes, or until its a bubbly thick mixture, take off stove and let cool down for a few minutes.
When cake is out of the oven take one cake layer and scoop out about 1 inch or so of the cake and pour the filling into it. Place the second cake layer on top. Frost the cake and voila! I topped mine with fresh strawberries!
