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Originally Posted by MexicanOnABike
well if you make the cake from an already made mix, it's cheating. you should make it all from scratch! all fresh ingredients plus fresh fruits. 
but it still sounds great.  |
You could definitely make a cake from scratch and use it in this recipe. The reason I shared this recipe was because it is a very impressive dessert and tastes like it came from the store, but it is extremely simple to make. That way busy people who are entertaining or need to take a dessert to a party can WOW people with a cake that is easy to prepare and cheaper than an already prepared cake.
Fruits are out of season and very expesive right now. If you chose to use fresh fruit, you'd have to boil it and turn it into a jelly before using in the center of the cake. Fresh fruit could easily be mixed with the pudding mix in a blender and then used to decorate the top which would be gorgeous.
Lizra, I let the cakes cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then let them cool on a cooling rack for an hour or so until completely cool. I wrapped them individually. The cake didn't stick at all. I was a little nervous about it breaking but they were quite firm. I could easily move them around when I was frosting them. After they were frosted I put them in an air-tight cake container and put it back in the fridge.
There were seeds but that's because it was raspberry. Cherry would be seed free hopefully or you'd break your tooth on a pit.