Strawberry and Custard Stuffed Shortcake

Lots of friends have requested this recipe so I wanted to share it with my blogging world!

This cake is so simple. Construction took 15 or 20 minutes tops because of how easy it is!

Ingredients:
1 pound cake, baked (Can be two round pans, but could even be done in a glass or rectangular pan!)
1-2 containers of Cool Whip/Whipping Cream
1 large box of vanilla pudding (Jell-o is my favorite brand!) + Milk (For custard preparation, only add half the milk the box calls for. About 1.5 cups of milk)
1 pound frozen or fresh strawberries chopped and sprinkled with about 4 Tbsp of Sugar

The "shortcake" was actually just a simple pound cake recipe similar to this one: Aunt Johnnie's Pound Cake

To be honest, using a simple white cake or yellow cake will be just perfect for this cake! With all the yummy stuff on it, you won't care too much about the cake part! ;)

Instructions:
1. Make the cake as directed. Let it cool for a few hours or overnight
2. If you made two round pans, put the cake on the plate, slather with all of pudding, 1/2 strawberries, and a layer of cool whip or whipped cream.
3. Place second cake layer on top and cover with cool whip and strawberries.

And you're done! It really is that simple.

Just a few tips: If you bake a cake in a Pyrex or rectangular pan, just layer all toppings on top! I would suggest poking the cake with a straw, pouring the pudding (immediately after mixing with 1/2 the milk  the pudding calls for) onto the cake to soak in and make it extra moist! Don't wait too long because it will custard-ize really quickly! Then layer the cool whip generously, then the strawberries!

Also, if you use fresh strawberries, you can make this a day before you serve it. If you use strawberries, construct the cake just before serving to avoid the strawberries turning purple and funky!

I drizzled the leftover strawberry juice (that the sugar pulled out) on top of the cake! I also cut a heart out of a cross section of the strawberry! (Just cut it vertically!)

I made this for a baby shower! 

Unfortunately, because it was so "stuffed" it slid in transit. 

Oops! It was delicious though!

It ain't pretty, but it was scrumptious!