Strawberry Tall Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. Pillsbury yellow cake mix (with pudding)
2 pt. fresh strawberries (reserve 5 whole strawberries)
1 (16 oz.) jar strawberry glaze
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. granulated sugar
12 oz. whipped topping, thawed
1 c. powdered sugar

Preparation

Bake cake according to package instructions for 2 layer cake; cool completely. Slice the layers in half and place in freezer. Slice strawberries and mix with the strawberry glaze. Reserve 3 tablespoons of the mixture for the top of the cake. With a mixer, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar, whipped topping and powdered sugar until well blended. On a serving platter, place a halved layer of the frozen cake. Spread a thin coating of the cream cheese mixture on the layer; then cover with 1/3 of the glaze mixture. Repeat process with 2 more frozen halved layers. Place the remaining frozen halved layer on top and cover top of cake with the cream cheese mixture. Place the reserved 3 tablespoons of glaze mixture in the center of the cake and decorate with the whole strawberries.