Guava Cake- (The easy way!)

Yep I am cheating on this one!

You Will Need:

Cake:

• Yellow or Strawberry store bought cake mix
• 3 eggs
• Oil
• Guava Juice (if you use the can about 3 of them should be enough or 1 carton for the entire recipe).
• Red or pink food coloring

To prepare the cake follow the directions on box, however DO NOT ADD WATER!! But substitute the exact water amount for guava juice.  Add food coloring if using yellow cake mix, untill you get the shade of pink you desire. Bake as directed.

Cream Cheese Whipped Frosting:

• One 8 oz. packaged cream cheese (softened).
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 small tub of whipped cream topping

Soften and mix cream cheese and add sugar. Mix until well blended. Add vanilla extract and mix until it is well mixed. Then fold in whipped cream. Set a piece of seran wrap over it so that it dips into the bowl and touches the frosting and place in the refrigerator.

Guava Topping:

• 2 cups guava juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup corn starch
• Red or pink food coloring

Bring the guava juice and sugar to a boil , stirring frequently with a whisk. In a small cup or bowl mix the corn starch with very little warm water. Make sure the corn starch is not clumpy but more of a paste. Add it to the guava mixture in the pot and remove from heat mix well and add some food coloring till you get the shade of pink you want it to be. Let it cool down completely.

After you allow your cake to cool down you can now frost your cake. Use the cream cheese whipped frosting and put a nice thick layer on the cake. Save some if you want to make a shell border around the cake or want to write "Happy Birthday; etc."

I would recommend putting a border around the cake cake just so the guava topping does not slide off the sides of the cake and it just gives it a bakery bought look. After you put on the border you can then pour your guava topping onto the cake you may need to spread the topping so that it is evenly distributed onto the surface of the cake. Then place place cake in the refrigerator, until you want to serve it.

You don't have to make a traditional rectangle cake you can do a round one and layer the cake putting the cream cheese frosting between the layers. I will try to make a round cake so that I can add a picture as well of it but here is my finished traditional 13X9 Guava cake.