Strawberry Easter Cake Recipe

½ cup shortening
1 cup sugar
3 eggs { separated }
2 cups sifted cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
A touch of salt
²/3  cup of milk
²/3 tsp of vanilla
3 oz. package of strawberry Jello
½ cup of fresh strawberries

Cream Cheese Icing:
3 oz. of cream cheese
½ box of powdered sugar
1 T. of butter
1 tsp. of vanilla
Beat all ingredients until smooth.

Cream together, shortening, gradually adding sugar, the egg yolks, one at a time. Cream well.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Add alternately with the milk, add vanilla and Jello. Beat the egg whites until stiff, and then fold them into your batter.
Pour into two round cake pans.
Bake in preheated 350° oven for about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from pans and let cool.

Spread ¹/3 of the icing on one of the cakes and place the other on the top of it.  Continue icing the cake. Place fresh Strawberries on the top of your cake.

Deliciously moist cake enjoy.

For Easter cake variation:
1 cup of flaked coconut placed into a plastic bag add two - three drops of green food coloring and shake. Place the coconut on top of the cake and place marshmallow chicks and bunnies all around it.