I saw a picture of a strawberry lemonade cake on pinterest and thought I want to make that....I looked more throughly at the recipe and realized I didn't really like it and they didn't frost the cake all the way....what's up with that? Why does the whole culinary world suddenly think that just a stacked cake with frosting oozing out between your layers is attractive....I think it looks lazy! Frost the whole cake! I mean really! And since who has time to frost a whole cake into a beautiful creation and still do something delicious and quick....insert bundt cake! They come in beautiful shapes and are so easy to frost!
So I took the idea from my pinterest cake and created my very own simple strawberry lemonade bundt cake that got great reviews from my fellow co-workers. So here's the recipe!
Cake:
1 box white cake mix
1 box strawberry cake mix (I know I used cake mix but these recipes are supposed to be easy for anyone to make and homemade cake is well not!)
1 kool aid lemonade packet.
Make according to directions. Add the kool aid packet to your white cake batter. Then take about 3/4 of the white cake batter and put evenly in the bottom of your bundt cake. Then put 3/4 of the strawberry cake batter on top of that. Be careful not to mix them at this point. You want clean swirls. (I made a few cupcakes from my remainder of batter...or you can eat it....) At this point take a butter knife and in a folding motion with your knife parellel to your pan fold the two batters together to swirl. I went around my pan twice. It should look similiar to this:
Then bake according to the box instructions. TADA! Bundt cake made!
ICING:
So I'm calling this an icing...instead of a frosting, mostly because your not frosting and I think it sounds fancier!
1 lb cream cheese (really stuff guys! Don't cheat!)
1 cube butter (4oz)
give or take 3 cups powdered sugar. (what I mean by this is I'm not an exact measurer on powdered sugar....and I don't level my cups. But it is around 3 cups give or take!)
2 large dollops of cool whip
1 kool aid lemonade packet
Bring cream cheese and butter to room temp and cream them together. (For those of you who don't know what cream is....you want to beat them until they are evenly mixed with no lumps and are soft and light.) Remember to scrape your bowl a few times while you mix! Scraping is the key to everything in baking! After your mixture is creamed add your kool aid packet and mix until combined, then add your powedered sugar a half a cup at a time mixing until incoporated.Always remember to scrape while adding your sugar!After your powdered sugar is all in whip your icing for about 3-4 minutes on medium speed. Your icing will kinda be a bit sticky and not super light and fluffy. (Icing not frosting) Then add your two dollops of cool whip and mix until combined!
DECORING:
I took about 2.5-3 cups of my icing and heated it in my microwave for 1.5 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds. You just want your icing runny enough to ice without much effort. Warning: Don't overheat your frosting! If you do it loses it opaque look and is not nearly as pretty, it's still yummy though!
This is where you really can't go wrong! I then just took my meaursing cup and drizzled my frosting over my slightly warm bundt cake. I wouldn't reccommend doing it while your cake is hot but warm is fine! Mine looked like this:
Your cake is complete! I added some strawberries to my middle when I served it to add some fresh strawberry taste and provide some more color!
Happy Cooking!!
