Did you ever notice how fancy and fussy doesn’t always equal most delicious?
Take birthday cake for example, I have spent hours and fortunes on fancy cakes with fondant decorations or “secret” expensive ingredients.
But, as I can attest from this past weekend’s Memorial Day/DIL Birthday cake, my family absolutely and totally went gaga over a simple Betty Crocker Supermoist Party Rainbow Chip Cake Mix baked in a 13×9 pan with white frosting and fresh fruit on top.
For the frosting, I mixed half a tub of Duncan Hines Fluffy White Frosting Mix and half of a large container of Cool Whip. Canned frosting alone is way too sweet. Cool Whip alone just doesn’t hit the mark. Together, though, they are a marriage made in heaven! AMAZING Frosting! Try it – I’ll bet you get raves!
And to really rock it out, a scoop of Birthday Party ice cream doesn’t hurt either! (Hagan Parlor Favorites makes a yummy Birthday Party flavor that has confetti chips and CHUNKS of birthday cake in the ice cream!)
Even those of you who don’t consider yourselves “Kitchenistas” can be Rock Stars with this easy combo!
Sometimes simple is the sweetest.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
It looks and sounds delicious Jodi and is very pretty! I love how you made it look like a flag. I am happy to find out that you can mix canned icing and Cool Whip and get a great icing. It sounds delicious. I can hardly wait to try it. Hope you are having a great and wonderful week!!
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Let me know how you like PJ! 🙂
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I can just see my kids fighting over the stars. 🙂
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What could be better than blackberry stars!!??!! 🙂
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I know I’m ready to dig in..:)
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I will try out that icing, Jodi. I abhor icings that are so sweet they hurt your teeth! This sounds awesome!
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I think you will like Torrie!
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My birthday is coming up … hmmmmm … you’re giving me sweet ideas ~~ yum!
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Yay for birthdays!
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Those super-moist cakes are always the best way to go, looks delicious!!!
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This looks yummy Jodi! I don’t like super sweet so your frosting idea sounds perfect. Do you refrigerate the cake if there are leftovers? ❤️
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I do, Jill. I like cake cold, and it needs to be refrigerated with the cool whip. I meant to add that to the post, so thanks for asking! 🙂
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Looks amazing. Never tried mixing canned frosting with cool whip though. I always mix marshmallow fluff with cool whip, put that on top of a jello poke cake, simply nothing better on a hot summer afternoon.
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That sounds sublime !
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Oh what a great shortcut Jodi!! Can’t wait to try this icing! FYI, I’m posting a little lazy day short cut way to make your raspberry chocolate chip cookies tomorrow, with links to your delicious looking recipe~
Jenna
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Oh how fun! Thanks Jenna! I look forward to seeing it. ☺️
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It must have been the perfect combination of a festive cake, baked with LOVE from the heart of the baker, that helped everyone enjoy it so much. I’m sure that your daughter-in-law felt extra special when she saw her birthday cake, Jodi! The simplest things, from the heart, often make the most wonderful family memories of all! ♡
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So true, Dawn. And she is SOOOO special. Thanks for your sweet comment.
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