Easy Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, 6 tablespoons butter, melted, 1 pound cake, cut into ¼-inch slices8 ounces cream cheese, softened, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 cup white chocolate chips, ¼ teaspoon almond extract, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 cup Cool Whip, 2 pints fresh strawberries, sliced 16 ounce tub strawberry glaze,
Optional Garnishes & Decorations: Cool whip, melted chocolate, melted white chocolate, strawberries, mint leaves
Directions: For the crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a medium bowl until well-combined. Press into an 8x8-inch baking dish, then bake about 10 minutes. Cool completely before moving on to next steps. For the Cream Cheese Filling: Mix cream cheese in medium bowl. Beat on HIGH until smooth. Add powdered sugar, melted white chocolate, almond extract and vanilla extract. Beat until well smooth. Fold in 1 cup cool whip. Set aside. For the Strawberry Glaze: Set aside 4 strawberries to slice for decoration. Mix together the remaining sliced strawberries and strawberry glaze. Set aside. Spread ½ cream cheese filling over the prepared pie crust. Place cake slices over the cream cheese filling-cut the cake slices to cover the holes where needed. Spread ½ strawberry mixture over the cream cheese filling. Place cake slices over strawberry mixture. Spread ½ cream cheese filling over the cake layer. Spread ½ strawberry mixture over cream cheese filling. Garnish with whipped cream and additional strawberries when ready to serve.