Strawberry Angel Food Cake Dessert

Okay, so I have been extremely lax about posting anything to this blog.  Sometimes life gets in the way and, well, best laid plans...

Anyhooooooo...last night I had friends over for dinner.  It was simple, easy food for a nice spring evening of fellowship and laughter.  Pot roast with veggies and something for dessert.  My grandmother (and probably most everyone else's) used to make a really simple dessert with angel food cake, strawberry gelatin, frozen strawberries and whipped topping.  I hadn't made it in ages and thought that I might 'brush up' on the measurements by looking it up on the web.

Surprise!  I found an 'updated' recipe for this classic.  It added a few extra steps that I hadn't thought of (and I know that my grandmother hadn't either) and the dessert was a big hit, so much so that there was very little of it remaining in the dish after my friends went home.

A few notes:  store brands work great for this...it doesn't need to be fancy (everything that I used was store-brand other than the ice cream; I just happened to have Haagen-Dazs 'Vanilla Bean' in the freezer).  I happen to like making my own angle food cake and used about half of a 10" round cake.  But, if you don't want to take the time to make your own (or you simply don't have the time) store-bought angle food works nicely also.  One loaf-style should work fine. 

STRAWBERRY ANGEL FOOD CAKE DESSERT

Angel food cake

1 C milk

1 sm pkg. instant vanilla pudding

1 pt. vanilla ice cream

1 sm. pkg. strawberry gelatin

1 1/2 C boiling water

10 oz. frozen strawberries

Whipped topping

Break angel food cake into pieces and place in bottom of 9x13 baking dish.  With an electric mixer, blend milk, pudding and ice cream until smooth. Pour over cake pieces and refrigerate until set.  Mix gelatin and boiling water until gelatin dissolves.  Add strawberries.  Stir and place bowl in refrigerator until it starts to gel.  Pour over the pudding/ice cream layer.  Refrigerate for several hours until the gelatin is set.  Top with whipped topping.