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Strawberry Lemonade Poke Cake

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 23 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 box of Duncan Hines Yellow Cake mix
  • 1/2 cup of oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup of lemonade
  • Zest of two lemons
  • 1 10.5 oz jar of lemon curd
  • 1 pound of fresh strawberries sliced
  • Juice from one lemon
  • 1/2 cup of granulated white sugar divided
  • 2 cups of heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, combine strawberries, juice of one lemon, and 1/4 cup of sugar.
  • Cover bowl and set aside to marinate. This step can be done several hours ahead of time, or overnight in the refrigerator.
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease just the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish.
  • Prepare cake according to package directions, substituting lemonade for water and adding lemon zest to batter.
  • Use shortest recommended baking time on package as cake will brown a little quicker with the addition of the sugar in the lemonade to the batter.
  • Remove cake from oven and let cool.
  • Once cake is cooled, use a large straw or the handle of a wooden spoon to poke holes all over cake.
  • Strain juice from strawberries into a small bowl and combine with lemon curd.
  • Pour lemon curd and strawberry mixture over cake and smooth down into holes.
  • Layer strawberries on top.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer with whisk attachment, combine very cold heavy cream, 1/4 cup of sugar and vanilla extract.
  • Whip until soft peaks form.
  • Layer whipped cream over top of strawberries.
  • Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

Notes

The egg, oil and lemonade amounts may vary if you are using a different yellow cake mix. Follow ingredient amounts on cake mix box to prepare cake, substituting lemonade for water.