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creamy very berry cake bars

smonfils avatar
Recipe by
sherry monfils
@smonfils
worcester, MA

I've been dabbling w/ different ingredients for an easy cake bar recipe using what I have on hand to NOT have to go to the market & came up w/ these. My husband usually is not a fan of cream cheese & that's why I ended up using some cream cheese ready made frosting Believe me, it makes it less " cream cheese" tasting. I know it sounds odd but he ate the whole pan w/in 2 days. lol.

yield 12 -15
prep time 15 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For creamy very berry cake bars

  • 1 box
    yellow cake mix, ( not the butter kind,)
  • 1/3 c
    room temp butter
  • 2 c
    berries, i used a mix of frzn & thawed over a sieve
  • 1/2 c
    high quality strawberry preserves
  • 8 oz
    softened cream cheese
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1-1/2 tsp
    real vanilla
  • 1/4 c
    very soft cream cheese frosting from a 16 oz container
  • 1
    jumbo egg

How To Make creamy very berry cake bars

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350. Lightly spray a 9" x 13" baking pan w/ olive or vegetable cooking oil.
  • 2
    In large bowl, combine cake mix, butter and egg. Mix w/ pastry cutter or a fork until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup, set aside. Press remaining crumbs into bottom of pan. Bake 10 mins.
  • 3
    Meanwhile, in medium bowl, w/ a mixer, beat cream cheese with sugar & vanilla until creamy. Add 1/4 cup of the cream cheese frosting until smooth. In medium bowl, gently mix berries w/ preserves, spoon over crust. Then spread cream cheese mix over berries. Sprinkle w/ reserved cake crumbles. Bake about 25 minutes. I serve these cake bars w/ homemade whipped cream-delicious!
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