Japanese Christmas Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Topping

Our Christmas cake gone AWRY! I guess I didn't know that whopped topping turns into a runny gluelike substance after it's been in the freezer! We were going to take this cake to the Pathfinder dessert auction fundraiser Saturday night, however, I just couldn't do it with the whipped topping running all over the place! So, alas, we had to keep it at home and eat it ourselves. And it was amazing! It tasted like I was eating strawberry shortcake. Runny whipped topping tastes the same as whipped topping...but the texture is different! :)

This a very easy cake to make. You need three ingredients:

Ingredients:

A vanilla cake recipe

1 container of whipped topping (don't put it in the freezer!!)

2 lbs fresh strawberries

Here is the vegan vanilla cake recipe I used.

1 C non-dairy milk + 1 tsp apple cider vinegar

1/2 C vegan butter, softened

scant 1 cup cane sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 C unbleached all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and line a standard square or round cake pan. Or spread it really well with margarine.

In a liquid measuring cup, measure out non-dairy milk and add vinegar or lemon juice. Let set to curdle/activate.

Add softened butter to a large mixing bowl and cream with a mixer. Then add sugar and vanilla and beat until combined and fluffy -- about 2 minutes.

Add dry ingredients to a sifter in this order: 1 C flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and then remaining flour.

Sift over butter/sugar mixture alternating with the almond milk mixture. Blend until well incorporated and no large lumps remain.

Divide evenly between the two cake pans. Bake on the center rack at 325 for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Turn over and take the cake out of the pan.

Assembly:

Put down the first cake layer. Spread with whipped topping, strawberries, and more whipped topping. Put the second cake layer on top of that. Spread whipped topping over the entire cake. Decorate the top of the cake with strawberry halves. Can put some around the bottom edge of the cake as well.

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