i saw a really yummy Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Cake recipe on the betty crocker site that i'm dying to try. the recipe calls for white cake mix and a box of strawberry jello - plus the same amount of water, eggs, and oil needed to make the cake mix as is written on the box. we don't have american cake mixes here so i always have to make my cakes from scratch... my question is, can i just add a box of jello (same size box as stated in recipe, of course) to my scratch white cake batter? will it have the same results as boxed mix + jello?
thank you for your time!
p.s.
here's the link to that yummy looking recipe, by the way:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/Recipe.aspx?recipeId=40770&MSCSProfile=3C79F0C7EA3162B2AD2D24472DF6467FD23E9E5749EEC01CFA963FF66B3BF4E924558F779523AABBE6F1BDB79BA19AAAB94A2115D7BFA904A39E4E57ED1CC2694D265D8C9E71369AEF13A7D114CF73E6F766CFE5D46E8F8844E9807F76FA63ACC19832B4A969FB3DD9D5EB32B3E5BE8B85AC3F82DB57FF4BD0109DB64D0E7D8B
Hi there
I don't know if adding jello to any scratch cake recipe will work, can't really help you on that one (sorry). But I tried this Strawberry Cake from Scratch here from CC and it's delish!
http://cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1789-Strawberry-Cake-from-Scratch.html
LEMON JELLY CAKE FROM SCRATCH
2 c cake flour
2 ts baking powder
1 1/2 c sugar
1 pk lemon-flavoured gelatine
3/4 c milk
2/3 c oil
2 tb lemon extract
4 eggs
Sift all dry ingredients. Beat eggs, add oil, milk and extract. Mix all together. Ring tin 325oF 40-50 mins.
[strawberry jello is good - strawberry flavour instead of lemon extract: I like raspberry]
I doctored a white cake mix to be strawberry one time and it turned out great. I mixed a half a small package of strawberry jello (not pudding) and about a cup of cut up frozen strawberries. It probably could have used some strawberry extract on top of that but it turned out great. Remember to cut the strawberries small enough that they don't sink right to the bottom in the batter.
auzzi - thanks! i'll try that with strawberry jello 
barefoot - sorry, i can't use cake mix 
it's not that i don't want to, we just don't have the same ones you have in the US so i really wouldn't know how to substitute for measurements, etc. thanks anyway
I have some "learned the hard way" experience with this one. When you doctor a cake mix with jello, you must bake a very thin cake! If you try to put a normal amount of batter in the pan it will fall in the middle! That is why in the Cake Dr. book it is called a "triple decker" strawberry cake, and she has you put it in 3 9" rounds. And when I say thin, I mean THIN...like just enough batter to cover the bottom of the pan. If you do that, it turns out GREAT, nice and even, and it IS delicious.
I have some "learned the hard way" experience with this one. When you doctor a cake mix with jello, you must bake a very thin cake! If you try to put a normal amount of batter in the pan it will fall in the middle! That is why in the Cake Dr. book it is called a "triple decker" strawberry cake, and she has you put it in 3 9" rounds. And when I say thin, I mean THIN...like just enough batter to cover the bottom of the pan. If you do that, it turns out GREAT, nice and even, and it IS delicious.
i can't use cake mix i'm in germany and we don't have the right ones... i have to make from scratch
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