I made this cake for my husband Jim’s birthday and we absolutely loved it! This cake was moist and full of flavor! We really loved the fresh taste of the strawberries! I will be making this again and again! I found two recipes on Pinterest, one for the cake and one for the frosting and combined them! I can get lost in Pinterest some days!!
INGREDIENTS
1 cup of margarine (2 sticks)
2 cups of sugar
3 eggs
3 Tablespoons lemon zest
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sour cream
12 ounces fresh strawberries, diced
1 container of white frosting (I used a buttercream frosting)
1 box strawberry Jello mix (3 ounce box)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease a bundt pan with non-stick spray and set aside. In a large bowl mix ( I used my stand mixer) butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and lemon juice, mixing well. Add baking soda and sour cream mixing well. Stirring by hand add the flour until well incorporated. Fold in the strawberries. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool for 20 minutes in pan. Invert onto serving platter and let cool completely.
When the cake is completely cooled you can make you frosting. Put your frosting in a saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, just until frosting starts to melt. You want it to be smooth. This should take about 3-4 minutes. Once smooth take half of the frosting and place into a Ziploc bag. In the other half, still in the saucepan, add 1-2 tablespoons of the dry jello mix and stir getting the desired color of red/pink. Mix well and add this half of the frosting to another Ziploc bag. Snip a small hole in the bottom corner of the bag making a pastry like bag.
Starting with the white frosting drizzle the frosting back and forth over the cake, do the same with the red/pink frosting until you have the desired amount of frosting and color on the cake. I did not use all of the frosting on my cake.
Enjoy!
