The White House Must Celebrate a Lot Champagne Cake (Presidential Favorites- Year Four: Volume 11; February, 2014)

Prep time: 25 min

Cook time: 24- 29 min
Chill time: 1 hour
Ready in: 1 hour, 49- 54 min
Serves: 8- 12

Ingredients: 
CAKE:

1 pkg. (2-layer-size) white cake mix

Ingredients on back of cake mix box
2 c. champagne

FROSTING:
4 c. powdered sugar
4 T. butter- softened
1 tsp. vanilla extract
4- 6 T. whole milk
Few drops red food coloring

STRAWBERRIES:
Fresh strawberries- sliced or whole

Directions: 
- Preheat oven to 350
- Grease and lightly flour two 8 x 1 1/2" round cake pans
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions, except replace the water with champagne
- Pour batter into prepared pans, spreading evenly
- Bake according to package directions
- While cake is baking, put powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla in mixer bowl
- Turn mixer on medium-low and slowly add milk, adding more milk if needed
- Increase speed to medium until frosting is fluffy
- Tint frosting with food coloring to make a light pink
- Cool cake in pans on wire racks for 10 min
- Remove cakes from pans and cool completely on racks
- Place one cake layer, bottom side up, on a serving plate
- Spread about 1/2 c. frosting over cake on plate
- Place remaining cake layer, rounded side up, on top
- Frost top and side of cake with remaining frosting
- Garnish with strawberries


*Lisa found the cake recipe here and the frosting recipe here