Name: Strawberry Shortcake Bars Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 3 h 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the Butter Vanilla Cake:; ½ cup butter; 1 cup granulated sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp salt; 1½ cups all purpose flour; ¾ cup milk; 1½ tsp pure vanilla extract; 2 cups strawberries; For The Frosting:; 8 oz cream cheese; ¼-½ cup powdered sugar; 8 oz frozen Cool Whip

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How To Make Strawberry Shortcake Bars

A strawberry-infused butter vanilla cake serves as the crust for a light cream cheese frosting. The pretty dessert is then topped with sliced strawberries.

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Chill Time: 3 hours

Total: 3 hours 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Butter Vanilla Cake:

½cupbutter,softened
1cupgranulated sugar
2eggs
1tspbaking powder
¼tspsalt
1½cupsall purpose flour
¾cupmilk
1½tsppure vanilla extract
2cupsstrawberries

For Frosting:

8ozcream cheese,softened
¼cuppowdered sugar
8ozfrozen cool whip

Instructions

In a large bowl, beat together sugar and butter until creamy. Mix in eggs, baking powder and salt. Alternate between adding in the flour and milk, beating after each addition. Beat until all ingredients are combined. Stir in vanilla extract.
Pour batter evenly into a greased and floured a 9×13-inch baking dish.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 18 to 20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Be sure not to over bake. Cake should be flat and light in color. Let cool completely. Set aside.
Dice up strawberries and set aside.

Frosting:

In a large bowl, cream together cream cheese, powdered sugar and frozen whipped topping. Evenly spread cream cheese mixture over top of cooled cake. Top with diced strawberries.
Refrigerate for 3 hours.

Nutrition

Calories: 341.49kcal
Fat: 19.75g
Saturated Fat: 11.66g
Trans Fat: 0.31g
Monounsaturated Fat: 5.24g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.99g
Carbohydrates: 37.10g
Fiber: 0.93g
Sugar: 23.35g
Protein: 4.97g
Cholesterol: 83.67mg
Sodium: 167.80mg
Calcium: 96.03mg
Potassium: 142.82mg
Iron: 1.10mg
Vitamin A: 188.13µg
Vitamin C: 14.90mg

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