Strawberry Poke Cake

Name: Strawberry Poke Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 12 tablespoons (1½ sticks), unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for preparing pan; 2 1/4 cups (11¼ ounces/319 grams), all-purpose flour, plus extra for preparing pan; 4 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 cup, whole milk; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 6 , large egg whites; 1 3/4 cups (12¼ ounces/347 grams), sugar; 4 cups, frozen strawberries; 6 tablespoons (2⅔ ounces/75 grams), sugar; 2 tablespoons, orange juice; 1/2 cup, water; 2 tablespoons, strawberry-flavored gelatin; 2 cups, heavy cream

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2007, Cook's Country TV

This cake was invented in 1969 to increase Jell-O sales. But when we made the recipe, we encountered dull strawberry flavor and soggy boxed-mix cake. Here's the fix.

SERVES 12

TIME 1½ hours, plus 30 minutes cooling and 3 hours setting

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