Ok this is a recipe that requires no baking and less mess:
1 large Angel food cake (can be bought from walmart, or my local Tomb Thumb makes a good one also) (a angel food cake that is a little stail will be easier to cut. so avoid the fresh ones)
1 large bag of frozen fruit in heavy serup. (I use strawberries, but rasberries will work)
1 large container of cool whip
OK...
First put the angel food cake on a large plate. (this will be the serving plate)
Cut the top of the Angel food cake off... the slice should be as thin as possible without ripping it apart (we will use this again)
Hollow out the inside of the angel food cake... Use your knife to cut around the inside of the donut and then the outside... Leave enough of the WALL of the cake to make sure that it will stand on it's own. then using your fingers or a spoon rip out the center of the cake. Tear up the cake into fluffy peaces (you decide how big) and add them to large mixing bowl.
Add the frozen fruit to the mixing bowl with the torn up cake. (for strawberries I always cut them up before adding them... usualing into 1/4ths) Save a little of the serup to add to the cool wip later.
Add 2/3rds of the cool whip to the mixing bowl and mix the cake and the fruit. This should turn into a frothy mix of cake, cool whip and fruit.
Add the containts of the mixing bowl back into the hollowed out angel food cake. Even put some of it into the "donut center" of the cake. Fill untill you get to the top of the cake. Then cover with the top of the cake that you have cut off in step one.
By now you should have an ANGEL food cake. Stuffed with fruit and cool whip.
Now you have 2 different ways to finish up. you can either mix the remainder of the fruit serup with the cool whip using a spoon smear cool whip over the cake to cover.
OR
you can cover your cake with cool whip and drizzel on the rest of the fruit serup.
Either way is fine and results in a great dessert.
I hope this helps
Have a good one
MaaloxW
Here's a great recipe almost all from scratch and tastes fantastic!
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Whipped Cream Raspberry Cake
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs
1 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Make the cake: Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time. Add flour and cream alternately, ending with flour. Last add vanilla. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until done. Cool the cakes in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Unmold the cakes and return to the wire rack to cool completely.
Filling
1 packet raspberry gelatin
1 c. boiling water
1 packet (10 oz.) unsweetened frozen raspberries
Make the filling: Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add frozen fruit and stir until berries separate. Let stand until thickened, stirring occasionally. (Or use raspberry preserves if you want to eliminate this step.)
Whipped Cream Frosting
1/2 c heavy cream, cold
1/4 c plus 2 tbsp granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp confectioner's sugar
Make the frosting: Beat the heavy cream and confectioner's sugar until soft peaks form. Gently fold in the granulated sugar.
Assemble the cake: Place one layer on a cake plate. Spread with the raspberry filling. Top with the remaining cake layer and spread the cake top and sides with the whipped cream frosting. Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.