This recipe is easy to make–don’t be fooled by the number of steps. It makes a beautiful presentation for holidays or other special occassions. I substitute “real” pound cake for the mix (I recommend #8953). I also vary the fruit, using the pound cake and filling as a base for other flavors I want to use–mostly strawberry.
Ingredients: [‘cake mix’, ‘water’, ‘gelatin’, ‘seedless raspberry jam’, ‘cream cheese’, ‘milk’, ‘frozen whipped topping’, ‘instant chocolate pudding mix’, ‘blueberries’, ‘raspberries’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“1 (18 1/2 ounce) box cake mix, pound cake (plus ingredients to make cake)”,”1/2 cup water”,”1 (3 ounce) box raspberry gelatin”,”1/4 cup seedless raspberry jam”,”1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened “,”1/3 cup cold milk”,”12 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed “,”1 (3 1/3 ounce) box white instant chocolate pudding mix”,”3/4 cup blueberries”,”1/2 cup raspberries”]
Number of Servings: 16
Steps: [‘Preheat oven to 400.’, ‘Line 10 x 15 jelly roll pan with parchment paper.’, ‘Prepare cake mix according to directions; pour into pan spreading evenly.’, ‘Bake 15-18 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean; cool 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.’, ‘Microwave water on high 1 -2 minutes or until boiling. Add gelatin, stirring until dissolved. Add jam; whisk until smooth.’, ‘Invert cake onto cutting board or other flat surface. Remove paper.’, ‘Prick cake at 1/2″ intervals using fork. Brush cake evenly with gelatin mixture.’, ‘Trim 1/4″ around edge of cake; discard edges. Cut cake crosswise into 3 equal layers.’, ‘In a bowl whisk cream cheese and milk until smooth. Spoon whipped topping over cream cheese mixture. (Do not mix) Sprinkle with pudding mix; mix well. (Mixture will be very thick).’, ‘Place one cake layer on oval platter. Attach open star tip to a decorator; fill with filling mixture. Pipe a straight border around edge of cake layer.’, ‘Using a large scoop, place 4 scoops of filling down center; spread evenly to border using spreader.’, ‘Top with second cake layer and repeat filling steps.’, ‘For third layer, pipe a decorative star border around the edges.’, ‘Pipe two stripes down the length of cake about 1 inch from each border, leaving center open.’, ‘Arrange raspberries down center opening and blueberries down remaining openings.’]