Strawberry Shortcake Shortcut

I decided to make Rob a strawberry shortcake for his birthday but I didn't want to use angel food cake or your typical box mix.  I figured that boxed cake mix is a little too spongy for strawberry shortcake.  Instead, I decided to add whipped egg whites to the boxed cake mix and see what happened.  I whipped up 4 egg whites and folded them into a mix of French Vanilla cake mix.  While baking, the cake got really puffy and I got excited, thinking about how light and fluffy it would be when cooled.  However, as soon as I took it out of the oven it began to fall.  It turned out really good though.  The consistency was different from your typical boxed mix, not as spongy and more on the fluffy side.  I will definitely use this trick again.

I iced the cake with home made whipped cream and added a layer of sliced strawberries macerated in sugar in the middle.  Then I topped it with some strawberries just so it looked pretty.