Scrumptious Strawberry Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 4 egg whites
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter (allow time to soften)
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/3 cups buttermilk (or 1 cup milk and 1/3 cup vinegar) or 1 1/3 cups sour milk (or 1 cup milk and 1/3 cup vinegar)
• 1 (8 ounce) box strawberry jell-o gelatin dessert
• 1/2 cup strawberry (frozen or fresh thawed)

Recipe

• 1 grease and lightly flour three 8 1/2-inch round pans or one 13x9x2-inch rectangle pan. preheat oven to 350.
• 2 stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and jello. set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, with an electric mixer, whip softened butter. then add sugar and vanilla until well mixed. add egg whites one at a time, beating well after each addition, then mix in strawberries.
• 4 then alternately add flour mixture and buttermillk to butter mixture until all ingrediants are mixed well.
• 5 pour into pans. bake for 25 to 30 minutes for 8 inch pans and 30 to 35 minutes for 13x9x2 or until a wooden tothpick inserted comes out clean. cool cakes in pans placed on wire racks for 10 minutes. remove round cake layers from pans and let cool on a wire rack.
• 6 (frosting listed under scrumptious strawberry frosting).