Strawberry Cake

Growing up my Gran made this strawberry cake and I always asked for it on my birthday. It might be a sad looking cake but it is amazing!!!



I was very excited about using my Dad's Kitchen Aid! It takes so little with me. I had never used one and I loved it. This recipe is super simple...







Mix: 1 box of white cake mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup of oil
1 box of strawberry jello
then add 1 cup of frozen strawberries. Lots of juice!











For the frosting, mix a bag of powdered sugar, a stick of melted butter and more frozen strawberries. Just keep adding strawberries until the mixture is thick. I accidentally put too much strawberries and ran out of powdered sugar so my frosting was runny and sad looking.






I lined 3 small square pans with wax paper and then baked them at 350 for about 25 min.




The result was a bit sad looking but boy it was gooooooooood :)

Austin Fun

Last night we went to Shady Grove for grub and some music. Click here for Shady Grove's website. Food was REALLY good. I got the Hippy Sandwich...which is roasted veggies on this yummy bread.














The music was great. It was a band called the Gourds. Nice kind of blue grass-y band. It was a "very Austin" thing to do and I loved it!! Such an odd mix of people...everything from hippies to dolled up college girls. Good food, good music, and good friends! :)