Strawberry Pound Cake Food

STRAWBERRY LAYERED POUND CAKE DESSERT

Steps:

• Stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in large bowl at least 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add enough ice cubes to cold water to measure 1 cup; stir into gelatin until ice is completely melted. Add 2 cups of the whipped topping; stir with wire whisk until well blended. Refrigerate 15 min. or until slightly thickened.
• Meanwhile, remove cake from foil pan; reserve foil pan. Line reserved pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan. Cut cake horizontally into 3 layers. Place bottom cake layer in prepared foil pan; cover with half of the gelatin mixture. Top with second cake layer; cover with remaining gelatin mixture. Top with remaining cake layer. Refrigerate 1 hour or until gelatin mixture is firm.
• Lift dessert from pan, using foil handles. Frost top of cake with remaining whipped topping; drizzle with melted chocolate. Cut into 12 slices. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator.

AMAZING STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 loaf pans or 1 square baking dish.
• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in vanilla extract and ground almonds with the last egg. Pour flour alternately with milk, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in strawberries and water; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour the batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Run a paring knife between the cake and the edge of the pans and allow cake to cool completely before removing.

STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together cream cheese, butter, and sugar in mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add salt and the butter flavoring, and beat the mixture well.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• Stir in the flour.
• Gradually add the sliced strawberries, gently folding them in after each addition.
• Spoon the batter into a greased and floured bundt cake pan and bake in a preheated 325° oven for 1 1/4 hours, until the cake begins to shrink from the sides of the pan or until cake tests done.
• Remove cake from oven and place on cooling racks for 15 minutes to cool.
• Gently remove cake from pan and allow to cool thoroughly on wire rack.
• Dust with powdered sugar to serve.

STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Drain thawed strawberries, reserving 1/2 cup of the juice.
• Chop the strawberries and set the juice& berries aside.
• In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar, then add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
• Combine dry ingredients and add to the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
• Stir in the pecans, chopped strawberries and extracts.
• Pour into greased and floured 10" tube or bundt pan.
• Bake at 325° for 1 1/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and place on wire rack.
• For glaze, in a small saucepan, combine the sugar and the 1/2 cup of the reserved strawberry juice.
• Add sliced strawberries and bring to a boil.
• Cook and stir for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in extracts.
• Brush some of sauce over the warm cake and serve with the remaining sauce.

STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Beat butter and cream cheese together in a large mixing bowl until smooth. Add sugar and beat until smooth and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and beat in eggs one at a time. Add 1 cup of flour and baking powder and mix until smooth. Beat in another 1 cup of flour until smooth; mix in remaining flour. Fold in strawberries gently. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely and serve.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE TRIFLE

Steps:

• For the pound cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter and sugar, and beat with an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. After the last egg, continue to beat on high speed for 5 minutes. Beat in the heavy cream and vanilla. Add the flour mixture and beat on low until just incorporated.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool the pound cake in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a rack to cool completely. (The pound cake can be made up to 2 days ahead; store at room temperature, well wrapped.)
• For the strawberries: Heat the strawberry preserves in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until just warm. Add the strawberries and 1/4 cup water, and bring to a simmer; simmer until the strawberries are just beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice. Add a little sugar to taste if desired. Cool completely. (The strawberries can be made up to 1 day ahead; refrigerate in an airtight container.)
• For the cream layer: In a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese and confectioners' sugar with an electric mixer until very smooth and light. Add a little bit of the cream, and beat to loosen. Beat in the remaining cream, a little at a time, until the mixture just holds stiff peaks, stopping occasionally to scrape the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Beat in the lemon juice and vanilla.
• To assemble the trifle: Cut the pound cake into 1 1/2-inch cubes. Spoon a little more than a quarter of the cream into the bottom of a trifle bowl. Top with a third of the pound cake, followed by a third of the strawberries and their juices. Repeat the layers, starting with cream, then cake, then strawberries. Top with the remaining cream and a few strawberries. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours and up to overnight.

STRAWBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray; line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Combine the eggs and 1 cup of the sugar in a medium bowl and beat on high speed with a handheld mixer until thick, pale and doubled in size, about 4 minutes. Add the yogurt, melted butter and vanilla; beat for another minute. Add the flour, baking powder and salt; mix until just combined, 30 seconds. Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly to the edges. Sprinkle the sliced berries on top. Pour the remaining batter over the berries; spread evenly once again. Top decoratively with the strawberry halves and sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Serve with honey whipped cream.

STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Prep oven and pan. Position a rack in the middle of your oven. Pre-heat your oven to 350°F/177°C).
• Sift dry ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Remove a tablespoon of the flour mixture and toss with the diced strawberries (this helps the strawberries from not sinking to the bottom of your cake). Set both aside.
• Combine sour cream and vanilla. In a small bowl or measuring cup, stir together the vanilla extract and sour cream.
• Cream butter and sugar. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or a in a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add eggs. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the mixing bowl well after each addition and mix until blended.
• Alternate flour and sour cream. Add the flour mixture and sour cream mixture alternately to butter-sugar-egg mixture, in 3 batches, beginning and ending with the flour. Do not overmix at this point. Stop stirring once you see the last of the flour has been stirred in. With a wooden spoon or spatula fold in the diced strawberries.
• Add strawberries. With a wooden spoon or spatula fold in the diced strawberries.
• Prepare bundt pan. Grease and flour one bundt cake pan. I like to grease with either shortening and a dusting of flour, or cooking spray (I like using a cooking spray with flour) and then dust with flour. You can also use two 9x5" loaf pans and grease/flour those instead.
• Bake the cake. Pour batter into pan. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for approximately 50-60 minutes. (If baking in a loaf pan, divide the batter between the two pans and bake for 40-45 minutes). The cake is done when a toothpick or skewer inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Allow cake to sit in the pan for 10 minutes before turning the cake out onto a wire rack to further cool. Allow to cool before glazing.
• Make the glaze. Mix all ingredients until smooth. Pour over top of cake and serve. For a thicker glaze use less heavy cream.

HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY BUNDT CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Place strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
• Cook for about 5-6 minutes, or until the mixture starts to boil. Reduce the heat slightly to medium-low heat and continue cooking for about 15-16 minutes, or until the strawberries have cooked down and the sauce has thickened up.
• Allow the sauce to cool to room temperature (as it cools, it will continue to thicken).
• *You will use only 1/3 cup of the sauce for the cake and about 1-2 Tbsp for the glaze (you may still have a couple Tbsp of sauce leftover).
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add in sugar and lemon zest; cream the mixture until well combined.
• Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a separate bowl, sift together salt, baking powder, flour and cornstarch.
• Alternately add the dry ingredients (the flour mixture) and the milk to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Mix until just combined.
• Add in 1/3 cup of strawberry sauce, sour cream, vanilla extract and crushed freeze dried strawberries. Mix until just combined.
• If using red or pink gel food coloring, add in 2-3 drops and gently stir the coloring in until combined.
• Grease a bundt pan very well and pour the batter into the pan evenly.
• Bake for about 45-50 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean (mine took exactly 48 minutes).
• Allow the bundt cake to cool about 10 minutes, then remove the cake from the pan and allow it to finish cooling on a wire rack.
• Whisk 2 Tbsp of strawberry sauce with 1 cup powdered sugar and 3 tsp of lemon juice. If the glaze is too thin, add in more powdered sugar. If it is too thick, add in more strawberry sauce.
• Drizzle the glaze over the cake and allow it to set before serving. If desired, top with fresh strawberries.
• Enjoy!

PAULA DEEN'S STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 (8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2") loaf pans.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts.
• In a small bowl, combine flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating just until combined. Stir in sour cream and strawberries. Divide mixture evenly between prepared pans. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes. Spoon Sweet Pink Glaze over warm cake, let stand 1 hour; remove from pans and cool completely on a wire rack.
• Sweet Pink Glaze:.
• 1 c powdered sugar.
• 2 tbsps milk.
• 1 drop red food coloring.
• In a small bowl, combine all ingredients, stirring until smooth.

STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Drain strawberries, reserving 1/2 cup juice. Chop the strawberries; set juice and berries aside. , In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and mix well. Stir in the pecans, chopped strawberries and extracts., Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° for 1-1/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from the pan to a wire rack., In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and reserved strawberry juice. Add the sliced strawberries. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; stir in extracts. Brush some of the sauce over the warm cake. Serve cake with remaining sauce.

FRESH STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Remove the stems and wash strawberries thoroughly. Next add strawberries to food processor or heavy duty blender and puree until smooth. Remove 2 tablespoons of puree and set aside for glaze later on.
• Then add strawberry puree to a small pot over medium heat and reduce the puree for 15-20 minutes or until you have ½ cup left. It should be pretty thick. Cool puree down to room temperature and set aside.
• Next preheat oven to 325 degrees and prepare a 12 cup Bundt pan with nonstick method of your choosing.
• In your mixer bowl, add butter and beat for 2 minutes on high speed. Slowly add in sugar and beat on high speed for an additional 4 minutes until very pale yellow and fluffy, might be a bit crumbly.
• Next, add eggs, one at a time, combining well after each addition and scraping down the sides of your bowl as needed.
• Turn your mixer down to its lowest speed, and slowly add flour in two increments, then add salt and baking soda. Be careful not to overbeat.
• Lastly, add buttermilk, the cooled strawberry puree, vanilla and strawberry extracts (and red food coloring if desired) and mix until just combined then stop.
• Pour cake batter into the Bundt pan and bake for 70 to 80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes then invert cake on serving plate.
• Once cake has cooled to room temperature, whisk together 2 tablespoons of the strawberry puree, powdered sugar, vanilla and lemon or lime juice until smooth and thick, but pourable.
• Use your spoon to test this by seeing how it runs down the side of the spoon. If too thin, adjust with powdered sugar and if too thick, add a bit more juice until consistency is perfect. Glaze top of cooled cake and let set for 10 minutes then serve.

TOASTED POUND CAKE WITH STRAWBERRIES AND CHOCOLATE CREAM

Steps:

• Beat the heavy cream and 1/4 cup chocolate syrup in a bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until soft peaks form, about 3 minutes. Refrigerate until ready to use. Hull and chop all but 6 strawberries and toss them with the sugar in a separate bowl; set aside.
• Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl on medium-high power in 30-second intervals, stirring, until smooth, about 2 minutes. Dip the 6 whole berries in the chocolate, then transfer to a sheet of parchment paper and let cool.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the pound cake slices and cook until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side; transfer to a plate. Wipe out the skillet and melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Add the chopped strawberries and 1 tablespoon water and cook until juicy, about 2 minutes.
• Drizzle some chocolate syrup on each plate; top each with a piece of pound cake. Top with some of the chopped strawberries and their juices, a dollop of the chocolate whipped cream and a chocolate-covered strawberry.

STRAWBERRY DREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and pour into a greased and floured bundt or tube pan.
• Bake 45 minutes in a 350-degree oven.

STRAWBERRY CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For the puree: Pulse the strawberries in a food processor, scraping as needed, until a smooth puree forms. Add the strawberry puree to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the puree reduces by half (to about 1 cup). Transfer the puree to a bowl and set aside to cool.
• For the cake: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat two 9-inch round cake pans with nonstick baking spray. Line the bottoms with parchment rounds; lightly coat parchment with nonstick spray.
• Whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a large bowl until combined. Beat the butter, granulated sugar, oil and vanilla in another bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the whole eggs and yolks one at a time, beating to blend between additions and occasionally scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl, until the batter is completely combined, smooth and creamy. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Fold in 1/2 cup of the cooled strawberry puree. Reserve the rest of the puree for the frosting.
• Scrape the batter evenly into the prepared pans. Smooth the tops. Bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until the cakes are a light golden brown and a tester inserted into the centers comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer the pans to a wire rack and let the cakes cool for 30 minutes. Run a knife around the sides of the cakes and invert onto the wire rack. Remove the parchment and let the cakes cool completely.
• For the frosting: Beat the cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy. Gradually beat in the butter, beating until smooth. Sift the confectioners' sugar into the bowl and beat until smooth. Add the vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. Remove 3 cups of the frosting to a medium bowl and set aside. Fold the reserved strawberry puree into the remaining frosting. Refrigerate both until slightly chilled and firm, about 20 minutes.
• To assemble the cake: Place one cake domed-side down on a platter. Spread 1 1/2 cups of the strawberry frosting evenly over the top. Place the remaining cake domed-side up on top. Spread the top and sides of the cake with 1 1/2 cups of the white frosting. Smooth out completely to make an even crumb coat. (It's okay if some of the cake shows through. This is just a base layer.) Refrigerate for 30 minutes to let the frosting set.
• Spread the remaining white frosting on the top of the cake and the upper half of the sides. There should be a band all around the bottom of the cake with the crumb coat exposed. Fill in the exposed area with 1 cup of the strawberry frosting. Use a large offset spatula to smooth the top and sides of the cake. The strawberry and white frostings should blend together during smoothing to create an ombre effect. Transfer the remaining strawberry frosting to a piping bag or resealable plastic bag fitted with a medium star tip. Pipe 8 rosettes evenly spaced along the top border of the cake.

STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 10 cup bundt pan, set aside.
• In stand mixer beat your butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in your eggs, one at a time mixing well after each addition
• Then add in your vanilla and beat again until it is combined.
• In large bowl add your flour, jello and baking soda.
• Whisk this mixture until it is combined really well and jello is spread out evenly among the flour.
• Alternate adding your dry ingredients with your milk until everything is combined.
• Lastly add in your strawberries and fold them in until distributed evenly through the batter.
• Spoon into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool in pan for about 5 minutes before turning out onto rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile to make glaze whisk together 1 cup flour, 1 tsp strawberry extract (more if you like the flavor) and enough milk to get your desired drizzle. Then drizzle over cooled cake.

IRRESISTIBLE CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE WITH FRESH STRAWBERRY TOPPING

Steps:

• MAKE CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE: Move oven rack to middle position and preheat to 300 degrees F. Spray 12-cup nonstick Bundt pan with baking spray, and set aside.
• In medium bowl whisk together flour and salt; set aside. In large measuring cup whisk together eggs, egg yolks, milk, and vanilla, and set aside.
• In bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat together butter, cream cheese, and sugar on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Reduce speed to lowest setting, and slowly pour in egg mixture until combined. Add flour mixture and pulse mixer until combined, scrapping bowl sides of bowl as needed. Remove bowl from mixer stand and give it a few mixes to make sure no flour pockets remain.
• Next, pour batter into prepared Bundt pan, and smooth with rubber spatula to even out batter and smooth the top. Gently tap pan on counter 7 times to release air bubbles. Finally, bake 80-90 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Once cake is done, move it to wire rack to cool for 15 minutes, and then turn cake out to wire rack to cool completely, about 2 hours.
• MAKE STRAWBERRY TOPPING: While cake cools, make strawberry topping by removing strawberry stems, and cut large strawberries length-wise into quarters, and medium to small strawberries in half length-wise.
• Stir together berries, sugar, and vanilla in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring often. The berries will begin to release juice as they cook; smash a few berries with a wooden spoon to release more juice. Cook, stirring often, until sauce thickens, about 15-20 minutes.
• Turn off heat, and transfer strawberry topping to serving bowl to cool to room temperature. Once at room temperature, cover and chill until ready to use.
• SERVE: Dust pound cake with powdered sugar, and then slice and serve with fresh strawberry topping and whipped cream (optional).

STRAWBERRY ALMOND POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the granulated sugar and butter. Add the eggs 1 at a time, mixing after each addition. Add the sour cream and almond extract and mix to combine. Turn the mixer to low and gradually add the flour and salt and mix until well combined, scraping the bowl. Fold in the sliced strawberries.
• For the topping: Combine the brown sugar, flour, butter and salt in a medium bowl and cut together using 2 knives or a pastry cutter until it resembles crumbs. Mix in the almonds.
• Generously butter a 10-inch cast-iron skillet. Pour the batter into the skillet and even out the surface. Press the remaining halved strawberries into the surface of the batter cut-side down, leaving them mostly exposed. Scatter the crumble over the top of the batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center does not come out totally clean but isn't wet with batter either, about 1 hour. Let the cake sit in the skillet for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, make the glaze.
• For the glaze: Whisk together the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice. Using a fork or whisk, drizzle over the cake. Serve directly out of the skillet.

STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Lower the oven rack to the next to lowest position.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a tube pan. If you are baking in a dark colored pan, reduce the temperature to 325 degrees and you may need to bake a bit longer.
• Strawberry Puree and Reduction- Wash and slice 1 pound of strawberries. Puree using a food processor or blender ( I used a Bullet smoothie blender) until you have 1 cup puree. Put the puree in a saucepan over medium heat and cook until it reduces to 1/2 cup, stir frequently. Set aside to cool. Reducing the puree gives you the flavor of 1 cup puree without adding too much liquid to the recipe.
• In a separate bowl whisk the flour and baking powder to combine, set aside for later
• In the bowl of your mixer, cream the butter until sooth. Gradually add the sugar and beat at medium speed until lightened in color and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, a bit longer if using a hand mixer.
• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each until the yolk disappears.
• In a 1 cup measuring cup, add 1/2 cup milk plus 1/2 cup of the reduced strawberry puree. If you end up having a bit less than 1/2 cup, when you add it to the 1/2 cup milk, add more milk to bring the total liquid to 1 cup. Add the 2 teaspoons strawberry extract to the cup. Set Aside
• With the mixer on low speed, add the flour/baking powder mixture alternately with the milk/puree mixture. Begin and end with the dry ingredients (3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of wet ingredients. Mix just until combined. If adding a little pink coloring gel, you can do so at this time.
• Pour the cake batter into prepared tube pan/bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden skewer comes out clean or with just a few crumbs attached. Keep an eye on the cake, if the top of the cake begins to get to dark, loosely place a piece of aluminum foil over it. Check at 1 hour for doneness.
• Remove the baked cake from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for about 10-15 minutes before carefully inverting the pan onto a cake board or cake plate.
• 2 1/2 cups (230g) powdered sugar (sift then measure)
• 2 to 3 Tablespoons milk depending on how thick you want the glaze
• 1 teaspoon (4g) vanilla extract (use clear extract for a whiter glaze)
• Mix all ingredients until smooth. If it is too thick add a little more milk, 1 teaspoon at a time. Add more powdered sugar if it is too thin.

STRAWBERRY-LEMONADE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Combine flour and baking powder. Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add granulated sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Add dry pudding mix and 1/4 cup water; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until well blended.
• Pour 2/3 of the batter into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan. Use back of spoon to make "trench" in center of batter; spoon preserves into trench. Cover with remaining batter. Gently spread batter to completely cover preserves, being careful to not allow preserves to not touch sides of pan.
• Bake 1 hour 15 min. to 1 hour 25 min. or until toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 15 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.
• Whisk powdered sugar and remaining water until blended; drizzle over cake.

STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients and beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed.
• Pour into greased and floured bundt pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes.
• Cool in pan for 20 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool.
• Frost as desired.

STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Get all your ingredients ready, i.e mash the strawberries, sieve the flour, and add the salt and baking powder to the flour etc.
• Start with making the cake batter by creaming the butter and sugar until a pale light color.
• Slowly add the beaten eggs to the mixer, on a low-speed setting, a bit at a time. If the mixture starts to curdle or split, add a spoonful of your sieved flour, keep on adding the eggs, and a bit of flour if necessary until all the eggs are added.
• Add half the milk with half of the flour, keeping the mixer at a slow speed. Once combined, add the vanilla extract, the rest of the milk, and flour. Right at the end, fold in the mashed strawberries.
• Transfer the cake mixture to the greased and lined loaf tin. Place in the oven for 1 hour 10 minutes, check after 1 hour. Test if done by placing a skewer in the center of the cake and make sure it comes out clean. Every oven is different so cook times will vary a little.

CHOCOLATE-STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE TORTE

Steps:

• Microwave 2 oz. chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min., stirring after 1 min. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Beat cream cheese in medium bowl with mixer until creamy. Blend in melted chocolate. Gently stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP.
• Cut cake into 6 horizontal slices. Place bottom layer, cut side up, on waxed paper-covered baking sheet; spread with about 1 Tbsp. jam, then 3 Tbsp. cream cheese mixture. Repeat all layers 4 times; cover with top cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining COOL WHIP. Transfer to serving plate.
• Refrigerate 2 hours. Melt remaining chocolate as directed on package; drizzle over cake. Let stand until chocolate is firm. Garnish with strawberries before serving.