This strawberry shortcake recipe with angel food cake calls for three ingredients and is absolutely crowd pleasing! Not only does it only take a few short minutes to throw together, but it’s delicious. You can also make it ahead of time. I sincerely hope you enjoy this recipe! Find full recipe at the bottom of this post.
It’s ironic that one of my favorite things to do is entertain and feed people when I’m actually not the most stellar housekeeper or cook. What I am good at though is consistently spot cleaning and whipping up quick, easy dishes, so this gets me by when it comes to happily hosting all kinds of events – from the spontaneous to the well-planned. When I go to others’ homes, I don’t mind if their homes aren’t squeaky clean or the foods and drinks they’re serving are gourmet, so I always hope that my friends and family don’t mind at my house either.
While hosting our life group from our church this past spring, we always made sure to have food and drinks ready for our friends to help themselves to afterwards so that we could continue spending time together in a laid-back setting.
We never made or set out anything too fancy; The table usually consisted of mismatched plates, bowls, silverware, and napkins. Our minimum was to have a main course for dinner (something easy like chili or spaghetti and meatballs) and a bunch of water bottles.
Around this time that we were hosting our group, I attended an unrelated Army function at someone’s home on post around lunchtime, and the host offered me a sparkling water. I happily accepted and thought that was a great idea for a host to have on hand. I’m not a big coffee and soda drinker, so I usually stick with plain water during many of our outings. Switching things up with a sparkling water was a treat!
Strawberry Shortcake Recipe with Angel Food Cake
I also picked up three ingredients to make one of my favorite fruity, light desserts; It seemed like a delicious idea to pair the fruity sparkling water with a fruity dessert (I never have trouble finding an excuse to make dessert!)
My mom passed down this strawberry shortcake recipe to me years ago, and I’ve made it dozens of times. It’s always (always always) a crowd-pleaser! There are so many things that make it a winner: It’s “no bake”, light, and super quick to make (10 minutes from start to finish). You’ll have people asking you right and left for the recipe, and you’ll be able to spit it out off the top of your head. The short story: Mix angel food cake, whipped topping, and strawberries together, and top with more cool whip. Done!
Here’s the more detailed recipe.
Pick up a store-bought angel food cake (15 oz.), 2 16oz. tubs of whipped topping, and a 16oz. clamshell of fresh strawberries.
First, tear up the angel food cake by hand in a large mixing bowl.
Next, put the entire contents of one 16oz. tub of whipped topping into the mixing bowl and combine with the angel food cake.
Next, set aside about five strawberries for a garnish and slice the rest of the strawberries. Mix sliced strawberries into angel food cake mix.
In a 12×12″ (or similar sized) pan, spread cake mixture.
Top with half (or more!) of the second tub of whipped topping.
Slice remaining strawberries and garnish.
Cover and chill for at least one hour. Serve cold.
- 1 15oz. store-bought angel food cake
- 16oz. clamshell of fresh strawberries
- 2 16oz tubs of whipped topping
- tear up the angel food cake by hand in a large mixing bowl.
- Next, put the entire contents of one 16oz. tub of whipped topping into the mixing bowl and combine with the angel food cake.
- Next, set aside about five strawberries for a garnish and slice the rest of the strawberries. Mix sliced strawberries into angel food cake mix.
- In a 12x12" (or similar sized) pan, spread cake mixture.
- Top with half (or more!) of the second tub of whipped topping.
- Slice remaining strawberries and garnish.
- Cover and chill for at least one hour. Serve cold.
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- If you’re typically a big water drinker, do you also reach for sparkling water occasionally?
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Hi! I’m Erica, and I absolutely adore sharing my life on this website with you! I come here almost daily to blab about all of the things related to being a regular wife and mother in today’s ever-evolving society. I share about our new home, what’s on our kitchen table, what we’re hanging in our closets, where we’re traveling to next, my crazy 5 a.m. work outs, how I make time for girlfriends, our faith, and much more. We always have a lot of balls in the air and somewhat thrive on the chaos. I believe in the power of story-telling as a form of inspiration and entertainment, so I’m here to do both! I was born and raised in north Alabama and recently re-planted roots here again after my husband transitioned out of the Army (he is now in the Reserve and it’s going so well!) I’m a super proud mom to three little girls (ages 7, 4, and 1) who seem to be the stars of the show around here (for good reason – they’re pretty great!) I’m so glad you found me and are here reading! I hope we can get to know each other here on the blog as well as Facebook and/or Instagram. xoxo
