Waiting for this delicate, creamy Strawberry Refrigerator Cake to cool and set in the fridge may be pure torture. But we assure you, it's worth it!
Cake:
- 1 pkg Duncan Hines® Moist Deluxe® Strawberry Supreme Cake Mix
- Approximately 10oz of sweetened, frozen sliced strawberries, thawed
Topping:
- 1 (3.4 oz) pkg vanilla instant pudding and pie filling
- 1 cup milk
- 3 cups frozen non-dairy whipped topping
- fresh strawberries
- Preheat oven to 350 ºF. Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan.
- For cake, prepare, bake and cool according to package directions.
- Poke holes 1 inch apart in top of cake using handle from wooden spoon.
- Puree thawed strawberries with juice in blender. Spoon evenly over top of cake allowing mixture to soak into holes.
- For topping, prepare pudding mix according to package directions using 1 cup milk. Fold whipped topping into pudding mixture. Spread over cake. Garnish with fresh strawberries. Refrigerate at least 4 hours.
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Deliah24 (1 discussion) on Jan 29, 2012 at 04:42 PM
My specialty is cupcakes so I just tried it that way and everyone loved them.
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happyhappyme (1 discussion) on Jan 26, 2012 at 07:07 PM
This is a delicious cake. You should also try it with orange....yum!
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jojon (2 discussions) on Jan 23, 2012 at 11:10 AM
I've made this cake recipe since my daughters were in grade school...they are now in their early 30's and still ask for this cake!
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Nemily (1 discussion) on Nov 6, 2011 at 02:15 PM
I made this for my daughter. I think the vanilla instant pudding is 1 oz. not 3.4oz. Took me a minute to figure out that it isn't the large box as that is not 3.4 either. I did turn it out of the pan onto a foil covered cookie sheet after cooling for 15 min in the pan. It worked fine
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jferg (1 discussion) on Sep 23, 2011 at 02:56 PM
I have a question that may seem very dumb but Im asking anyway .... Does this cake have to stay in its pan or can you turn it onto a serving dish before topping it?
Comment by: SamanthaAnn (no discussions) on Sep 23, 2011 at 05:32 PM
i always let it cool off before maybe 30 mintues then i will flip it into a flat platter or cake tupperware depending on what im making it for.
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TammySC (1 discussion) on Sep 19, 2011 at 06:11 PM
Hi, I just signed up to the group and I am getting ready to prepare this cake for my daughter and her friends in the dorm. I have one question on the whipped topping....has everyone else been using "Cool Whip" (because it contains milk) or if not can you point me in the right direction?? Thanks in advance..
Comment by: Monja (1 discussion) on Oct 1, 2011 at 02:38 PM
Hello TammySC, I used "Cool Whip" extra creamy for my icing. I'm sure by now you've made your cake and I know it turned out just fine.
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Monja (1 discussion) on Sep 2, 2011 at 04:43 PM
Due to the length of words I'm able to use I had to break my story into several sections. Thanks
Hello I'm new to the group and I normally don't participate in open discussions, but I just had to share my last few days’ experiences with you. Okay so this is how it all started. I use to order this wonderful Strawberry Cake from a lady that was introduced to me through the "Public Office" I worked in. We’ll just call her the "Cake Lady". The first of the year, I transitioned into another "Public Office" and let’s just say this office is a tough group of people, with no unity to say the least. So I thought the best way to their inner human side is to start bringing in homemade baked goods.
That said I reached out to my famous "Cake Lady" for one of her fabulous strawberry cakes that I so loved. Just as I thought it was a total hit and it began to melt away the rough edges to my new surroundings. (Naturally, I didn't let on that I didn’t make the cake, LOL yea the life of a politician!) Okay moving forward to present day, it was decided Monday past that our office would have a luncheon on Thursday, and guess who was ask to bring that heavenly strawberry cake again -- ME!!
Hello I'm new to the group and I normally don't participate in open discussions, but I just had to share my last few days’ experiences with you. Okay so this is how it all started. I use to order this wonderful Strawberry Cake from a lady that was introduced to me through the "Public Office" I worked in. We’ll just call her the "Cake Lady". The first of the year, I transitioned into another "Public Office" and let’s just say this office is a tough group of people, with no unity to say the least. So I thought the best way to their inner human side is to start bringing in homemade baked goods.
That said I reached out to my famous "Cake Lady" for one of her fabulous strawberry cakes that I so loved. Just as I thought it was a total hit and it began to melt away the rough edges to my new surroundings. (Naturally, I didn't let on that I didn’t make the cake, LOL yea the life of a politician!) Okay moving forward to present day, it was decided Monday past that our office would have a luncheon on Thursday, and guess who was ask to bring that heavenly strawberry cake again -- ME!!
Comment by: Monja (1 discussion) on Sep 2, 2011 at 04:44 PM
Second part of my story:
As I accepted the request, I thought to myself "Hey No Problem" and headed back to my office using my cell phone not to chance just in case my office phone was tapped, reveling that I’m not the true owner of that “Famous Strawberry Cake”. I quickly called my “Cake Lady” to request another miracle to be preformed for this unassuming bunch. Then the unthinkable happened, how could this be? This must be a joke or did someone find out that I didn’t make this cake and was just trying to flush me out?
My "Cake Lady" was going out of town and couldn't make the famous strawberry cake, at that moment I thought OMG, what am I going to do. As sheer panic set in through my whole body, I had to come up with something, what could I do? I thought about just calling in sick that day, so I can protect my reputation as the creator of this wonderful cake! There was only one way out of this and it was to go off memory to try and figure out the ingredients to this cake. It was so much more than a box of strawberry cake mix and cool whip. Let's put it this way, thank God for my husband, he had to eat three cakes in three days time as I tried to figure out what makes this cake so sought after.
As I accepted the request, I thought to myself "Hey No Problem" and headed back to my office using my cell phone not to chance just in case my office phone was tapped, reveling that I’m not the true owner of that “Famous Strawberry Cake”. I quickly called my “Cake Lady” to request another miracle to be preformed for this unassuming bunch. Then the unthinkable happened, how could this be? This must be a joke or did someone find out that I didn’t make this cake and was just trying to flush me out?
My "Cake Lady" was going out of town and couldn't make the famous strawberry cake, at that moment I thought OMG, what am I going to do. As sheer panic set in through my whole body, I had to come up with something, what could I do? I thought about just calling in sick that day, so I can protect my reputation as the creator of this wonderful cake! There was only one way out of this and it was to go off memory to try and figure out the ingredients to this cake. It was so much more than a box of strawberry cake mix and cool whip. Let's put it this way, thank God for my husband, he had to eat three cakes in three days time as I tried to figure out what makes this cake so sought after.
Comment by: Monja (1 discussion) on Sep 2, 2011 at 04:45 PM
Third and final part of my story:
As I sat in my kitchen the night before the luncheon, with the second failed attempted recreating this desired strawberry cake, I began reconsidering the call in sick thing. Now feeling deflated and defeated with my head on the kitchen table at 9:45pm, Wednesday night looking at my ONE and only last box of Duncan Hines Strawberry Cake Mix there it was, could it be? Could it be the recipe that I’ve been so desperately trying to recreated?
So I grabbed my computer and logged on to the Duncan Hines website and there it was, the Strawberry Refrigerator Cake! Could this be the "Cake Ladies" secret recipe! Yes, this is her recipe.....I’ve CRACKED her recipe. So once again, I'm the Belle of the Ball and I have this wonderful recipe to thank for it.
Next week, the Pink Ruffle Cake!
As I sat in my kitchen the night before the luncheon, with the second failed attempted recreating this desired strawberry cake, I began reconsidering the call in sick thing. Now feeling deflated and defeated with my head on the kitchen table at 9:45pm, Wednesday night looking at my ONE and only last box of Duncan Hines Strawberry Cake Mix there it was, could it be? Could it be the recipe that I’ve been so desperately trying to recreated?
So I grabbed my computer and logged on to the Duncan Hines website and there it was, the Strawberry Refrigerator Cake! Could this be the "Cake Ladies" secret recipe! Yes, this is her recipe.....I’ve CRACKED her recipe. So once again, I'm the Belle of the Ball and I have this wonderful recipe to thank for it.
Next week, the Pink Ruffle Cake!
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tfontenot (1 discussion) on Aug 11, 2011 at 08:38 PM
I have been making this cake for years but I use cheese cake flavored pudding instead of vanilla. I have actually never tasted it with vanilla. I get lots of compliments and requests for the recipe.
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shirley b (8 discussions) on Aug 7, 2011 at 11:11 PM
I usually use cheesecake flavored pudding mix for the topping rather than the vanilla pudding. It's delicious. This cake is so refreshing in the summer time.
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Mcduff1495 (1 discussion) on Jul 22, 2011 at 04:09 PM
I'm sorry but why would anyone try to mix frozen whipped topping into anything. It seems to me that common sense would tell you to thaw the whipped topping. I've made this cake many time with strawberry jello poured over cake and it was delicious. Put a teaspoon of strawberry extract and 1 teaspoon of vanilla in the topping and it is very refreshing.
Comment by: k1m3erlee (no discussions) on Aug 23, 2011 at 05:04 PM
Exactly, common sense...anyone knows that a non dairy frozen whipped topping doesn't freeze solid. It thaws rather quickly almost instantly at room temp. So why would you let it sit out any length of time? I've made this type of cake for years and it's wonderful recipe.
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rockyq (1 discussion) on Jul 13, 2011 at 11:50 PM
i have a question,i baked this cake and it was delicious,and the topping confused me a little,i mean it did turn out ok,i used 1tub of whipped cream,plus the recipe for pudding ,did i need still 2 use the cup of milk?the pudding recipe called for 2cups of milk so thats what i used,can someone help me clear this out?
Comment by: emmelou (no discussions) on Jul 14, 2011 at 07:37 PM
Hi rockyq, I think on step 5 it says to prepare according to package except you only use 1 c. milk (instead of 2). Hope this helps...
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doodle_d2002 (1 discussion) on Jul 3, 2011 at 01:33 AM
Ive been making this cake for years, but without the pudding mix and milk. I usually add a little strawberry glaze with pureed berries and use just the regular or strawberry flavored whipped topping and fresh berries to top it all off.
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Muhsweedie (1 discussion) on Jun 26, 2011 at 08:06 PM
I saw this on the box and looked it up online I almost went crazy I think I made 3 inside of a week. This is the best cake ever.........
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bakingnurse (3 discussions) on Jun 26, 2011 at 03:45 AM
My mother and I make a variation to this cake that is out of this world! Cut the strawberries into small pieces, and soak them in daquiri mix with sugar over night, and then put them on top of the strawberry cake and let the mix soak in, and cover with your favorite topping. (We use cool whip) It is a fantastic variation!
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efferrine (1 discussion) on Jun 25, 2011 at 07:11 AM
Believe or not i do not have a wooden spoon. What else do people use to poke holes. never made this cake before, but from the reviews anxious to try.
Comment by: Muhsweedie (1 discussion) on Jun 26, 2011 at 08:07 PM
you could use a small wooden dowel
Comment by: jemof2 (no discussions) on Jul 5, 2011 at 01:17 PM
I have some plastic spoons that are the same size as wooden spoons...u can get 4 of them for a dollar or so at Wal Mart.
Comment by: hula mom (no discussions) on Jul 31, 2011 at 04:42 PM
Ive used a chop stick or wooden skewers.
Comment by: stella04 (no discussions) on Aug 8, 2011 at 04:02 PM
I use a drinking straw
