Strawberry Cake

I promised a Facebook friend, Melissa from "Cooking with Mel" I'd post the recipe for my microwave Strawberry Cake.  Yes, I said microwave.  It was HOT here yesterday, but I wanted a dessert because I had invited a friend to dinner.  AND, I had strawberries that had to be used...if you know what I mean!

Below, are photos of the cake, one from the cookbook and one of my cake.

Cookbook Photo



My Cake


Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 pkg (18.25 oz.) yellow cake mix - I used white cake mix since that's what I had
3 eggs
1 can (21 oz.) strawberry pie filling - I finely chopped & macerated my own berries in sugar

Directions:
Prepare a microwaveable bundt/tube pan by greasing  and sprinkling with the granulated sugar.  Mix the cake mix and eggs together thoroughly.  Add the pie filling and mix until well blended.  Pour batter into the baking pan.  Microwave on High Power (100%) for 10-12 minutes, until the cake is just moist on top.  If your microwave doesn't have a turntable, you'll want to rotate the pan 1/4 turn, every 2 minutes.

I used my Tupperwave Stack Cooker for this.  I used the 3 qt. casserole with the cone.  In my new microwave, the cake only took 8 minutes.  Since microwaves are all different powers, you just have to experiment.  You can have a cake that resemble a brick if you overcook it. :o)




Stack Cooker - Click HERE for more info


You can combine just about any flavor cake mix and pie filling.  WARNING:  Yellow cake & blueberry filling give you something the color of swap water.  We'll not discuss how I know THAT!

You'll also notice that my cake doesn't have little piped bits of cream & strawberries.  No, we piled on the whipped cream, made fresh in my Whip 'N Prep (in about a minute) and fresh sliced strawberries!

Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July!