Hot Texas summer days, makes a person think if cool and refreshing.  I have an idea of a cool refreshing dessert chilled from the refrigerator.   If you enjoy, lemons, strawberries, with cake, pudding and cool whip, this dessert shall be a palette pleaser and comfort the heart and soul during your hot summer days.

I plan to post as many varieties that I can create.  Enjoy my family and friends, you are going to have some fun!

 

Lemon, Pudding and Strawberry Delight

1 box Duncan Hines Lemon Supreme Cake Mix
3 large eggs
1 1/3 cup whole milk
1/3 cup of vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat a 350 degree oven.  Prepare a 9” X 13“ rectangular pan which has been greased and lightly floured.  Set aside while you prepare the cake mix.

Place the cake mix, eggs, milk, oil and extract in a mixing bowl.  Beat with electric mixer for 30 seconds until ingredients are moistened.  Then beat the cake mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.  Do not beat longer, beating longer will add too much air to the batter have bubbles and a course texture of a baked cake.  Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes.  Do not over bake.  Test with a toothpick if the cake mix leaves just a few crumbs on the toothpick, take the cake out of the oven.  Once the toothpick comes out completely clean from cake you have baked too long.

Let the cake cool for 15 minutes. 

While cake is cooling mix the following in a large bowl with a wire whisk;

Pudding

2 boxes (3.4 ounce each) of Jell-o Brand French Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling

3 cups of cold milk
2 teaspoons of vanilla
Lemon test from 1 lemon

Poke holes over the cake with the handle of a wooden spoon.  Pour pudding over cake which is still warm from the oven but has cooled for 15 minutes. 

Wash and slice 1 quart of fresh strawberries.  Place strawberries evenly over the top of the pudding.

Cover the entire dessert with cool whip.  You can use either an 8 ounce carton or a 16 ounce carton of cool whip.  You determine how much cool whip you and your family will enjoy.  You could also whip fresh heavy cream and use instead of the cool whip.  Again you decide what you prefer, cool whip or fresh whipped cream. 

Best if refrigerated overnight to acquire a well chilled dessert!

Enjoy, you are going to have some fun!