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A strawberry cake that's almost too pretty to eat.

Deana Hurd with Lulu's tea room can transform any boxed cake mix into a recipe worth sharing but she's outdone herself with this idea.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Strawberry Dulce de Leche Cake
Prepared by Lulu's Tea Room

Yellow cake ingredients:

1 1/2 yellow Duncan Hines Cake Mix
1 small instant vanilla pudding
5 eggs
3/4 c oil
2 cups buttermilk

Mix all.  Bake at 350' for 22 minutes or until golden.  Cool completely.

Buttercream ingredients:

4 sticks of butter softened
8  cups powered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

Cream butter, add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Add vanilla and heavy whipping cream.

Other ingredients:

1 qt strawberries

1  (13oz.) can Dulce de Leche, melted

White chocolate for garnish

Assemble Cake:

Place the first layer on your cake plate, ice with buttercream, then 1/3 of Caramel, then cover with sliced strawberries. Repeat. Then, Ice entire cake with buttercream.  Melt the remaining 1/3 caramel until desired consistency and pour over cake. With the back of a spoon do figure eights over the cake and it will mix the buttercream with the caramel.  Decorate with strawberries and shaved white chocolate.

Lulu's Tea Room is located at 3703 W Beaver Creek Drive in Powell,   (865) 947-5858

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