{"id":3286,"slug":"strawberry-shortcut-cake","title":"Strawberry Shortcut Cake","description":"This strawberry shortcut cake is one of those recipes from the 1970s with lots of already-processed ingredients. It's very moist because the syrupy strawberry mixture starts on top and soaks through as the cake bakes.","ingredients_raw":["1 cup mini marshmallows","2 cups (20 oz) frozen, sliced strawberries in syrup, completely thawed","1 pkg (3 oz) strawberry jello powder (known as jelly outside of North America)","2¼ cups flour","1½ cups white granulated sugar","3 tsp baking powder","½ tsp salt","½ cup shortening","1 cup milk","3 eggs","1 tsp vanilla"],"ingredients_norm":["mini marshmallow","frozen","strawberry jello powder","flour","white granulated sugar","baking powder","salt","shortening","milk","egg","vanilla"],"steps":["Generously grease the bottom of a 13x9-inch cake pan.","Sprinkle marshmallows evenly over bottom of pan.","Thoroughly combine completely thawed strawberries and syrup with dry jello; set aside.","In a large mixing bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Mix at low speed until moistened; beat 3 minutes at medium speed, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.","Pour batter over marshmallows, and spread out. Spoon strawberry mixture evenly over batter.","Bake at 350°F for 45–60 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.","Serve warm or cool with ice cream or whipped cream."],"categories":["Cake recipes","Recipes using marshmallow","Recipes using strawberry","Recipes for cake","Baking recipes","Recipes using egg","Dessert recipes","Recipes using baking powder","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using white sugar","Recipes using cow milk"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Strawberry_Shortcut_Cake","source_ref":"4522836","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Strawberry_Shortcut_Cake&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"16a1dbe64f99b912bead3a7f88a28600aa345ce38bf8d99a870dbda7ca63cc31","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:25Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:25Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/strawberry-shortcut-cake"}