Strawberry Short Cake Cake

This short cake recipe has been passed down through the
generations in my family. I remember my great grandmother making this when I was very young and we continue to make it today.

Short Cake (for a two layer round cake)
3 cups of flour
5 teaspoons of baking powder
½ teaspoon of salt
½ shortening
1 ½ cups of sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup milk

Beat all ingredients until smooth. Pour into greased cake pans and bake at 350
degrees F for 25 mins.
*Note for this recipe I used torte pans to make it easier to
put the filling inside. You can use regular cake pans and pipe some frosting
around the first layer to make edges so your filling will not run out the sides
and down the cake.

Strawberry Filling

1 – 21 oz can of Strawberry Pie Filling

Or
1 c. sugar
3 ½ tbsp. cornstarch
3 tbsp. Karo syrup
1 1/2 c. water
4 tbsp. strawberry Jello
1 qt. strawberries
Mix sugar and cornstarch, add Karo syrup and water. Bring to boil and cook 6 minutes, stirring constantly. Add Jello, cool mixture. Slice strawberries into mixture. Let cool. Place first torte cake on platter pour strawberry filling into the center, being careful it doesn’t run over the sides. Place second torte cake on top. Frost with Duncan Hines Flavor Creations Strawberry Short Cake Frosting. Decorate top with strawberries or however you like.