Desserts

Simply Sensational Strawberry Shortcake

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“I have tried several strawberry shortcake recipes and this one is by far my favorite!” Just one of the accolades this luscious filled dessert has received from readers.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

1 hr 5 min

servings

total:

8 servings

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What You Need

1-1/4

cups cold milk, divided

1/4

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

Tbsp. sugar

2-1/4

cups all-purpose baking mix

pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

cups sliced fresh strawberries

1/3

cup sugar

Make It

HEAT oven to 425°F.

WHISK 1/2 cup milk, sour cream and 3 Tbsp. sugar in large bowl until blended. Add baking mix; stir just until moistened. Spread onto bottom of 9-inch round pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 12 to 15 min. or until golden brown. Cool 10 min.; remove to wire rack. Cool completely.

BEAT pudding mix and remaining milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in half the COOL WHIP. Toss strawberries with 1/3 cup sugar.

CUT cake horizontally in half; stack layers on plate, filling with half the strawberry mixture and all the pudding mixture. Top with remaining COOL WHIP and strawberry mixture.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Healthy Living

Save 30 calories and 5 g fat per serving by preparing with BREAKSTONE'S Reduced Fat or KNUDSEN Light Sour Cream, low-fat all-purpose baking mix and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

Make Ahead

This dessert is best when assembled just before serving. But if you prep all the ingredients ahead of time, you can assemble it in just minutes! Bake the cake up to 24 hours ahead of time, then split the cake into layers after it is cooled and store in airtight container at room temperature. Toss the sliced berries with the sugar and refrigerate until ready to use. And refrigerate the COOL WHIP overnight to thaw.

Substitute

Substitute 2 pkg. (10 oz. each) frozen sliced strawberries, thawed, for the fresh strawberries.

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shortybeth

posted:5/8/2012

yum!!!! my hubby loves this.

laurajlee24

posted:7/12/2011

Perfect! The cake is like a sweetened biscuit.

mrsbcalderon

posted:5/3/2011

I've made this recipe many times and my whole family loves it. The biscuit-like cake is easy and tasty, the filling is super yummy and the whole thing tastes decadent together. I use whipping cream sweetened with powdered sugar in place of cool whip and it works great.

a cook

posted:5/1/2011

Easy to make. Wonderful presentation. Delicious.

meowcats3

posted:4/9/2011

I luved the cream part on this recipe; with jello, milk & cool whip. This goes so well with strawberries. But i & my bf didn't like the CAKE part at all.. So i'm saving the part of the recipe but not all. CAKE part was rather hard. I used all-purpose baking mix before to make a similar dessert and we didn't like that also, so i'm going to find other recipe for that but the cream part is Excellent! :-)

Tungachie

posted:8/13/2010

I have tried several strawberry shortcake recipes and this one is by far my favorite! Even my husband, who doesn't have a sweet tooth, gets excited when I make this.

lilsis567

posted:7/19/2010

The recipe says to us All-purpose baking mix. Is this like cake flour or is it a bisquick mix since you have indicated that it has a bisquick texture? I want to make this in 2 days.

laurajl09

posted:7/9/2010

End result tasted very good, but preparation needed adjustment! Cake was way too thin to cut in half, so I ended up making two separate cakes. Also had to use another tub of Cool Whip. But it was very good!

tamlia

posted:7/7/2010

I love this recipe. It's on of my favorite summer classic desserts.

rosey2good

posted:7/7/2010

I have made this three times already this season, a hit EVERY time. For the 4th of July picnic, I made ahead the shortcake part, only baked them in individual muffin tins. Froze them in baggies until the day of the event. Added the rest as listed in recipe, topped them with whip cream and flags and served them in cupcake tins. BIG HIT!