Dessert — strawberry RSS

The tartness from the rhubarb and the sweet from the strawberries is a match made in heaven.  If you look at rhubarb at the grocery store and you don’t know what to do with it, here’s your recipe.

In my first apartment in PA, I lived in a quad complex with three other retired Amish women, occupying the other apartments. I would come home from work and one of them would hand me a fresh batch of strawberry rhubarb sauce. The rhubarb grew in the garden next to our apartment building. The best time of the year for rhubarb in SoCal is in the winter. This brings back fond memories of the generous, friendly neighbors I had.

The thing that sets this cake apart from others is the strawberry puree and the freeze dried strawberries in the frosting.  You wont mind using a box cake to start. I have made this many times and it gets rave reviews. The strawberry puree is king in this recipe along with the intense flavor of the freeze dried strawberries in the frosting.   Course: Dessert, Strawberry ​​Ingredients Cake 1 box white cake  1 box strawberry gelatin (small box) 1 cup oil  1/2 cup milk 4 eggs 1/2 cup strawberry puree *Make ahead  Reduced strawberry puree: Clean and hull 1 lb strawberries. Add them to your blender and puree. This should yield approx 1 cup. Add strawberry puree to a small saucepan, simmer...