I was inspired by the gelatin for the most part and didn't use most of the other key ingredients listed here so you can ignore my review if you wish. As per request, I used 1 package of French Vanilla cake mix and only 1 oz strawberry flavored gelatin as a prophylactic against an overbearingly sweet cake. I also used 1 cup of milk, 1/3 cup of butter, 4 eggs, and sandwiched strawberry pie filling between 2 cake layers in lieu of mixing in frozen strawberries to the cake batter.
I frosted the cake with Kristen Pontier's French Buttercream frosting recipe, which can be found on this site, then coated with crushed french vanilla wafers and peanuts.
I made this cake on a Thursday night and the leftovers tasted better on Saturday morning. By then, the frosting and cake were well-married. The cake itself was firm but still very moist and perfectly sweet. It wasn't the best cake I've ever tasted... but I didn't really follow this recipe so I may have missed out! One of my co-workers said he didn't believe that I made it and said I bought it from a bakery! Another said she usually hates "fruit" cakes but loved this one.
I've uploaded a photo of my cake.
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