Strawberry Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. grated lime zest
pinch of ground cloves or ground nutmeg
1 pt. basket strawberries (3 1/4 c.)
1 frozen pound cake (16 oz.), thawed
1 (1/2 pt.) container heavy cream, well chilled

Preparation

Combine the first 4 ingredients in saucepan.
Add 2 cups strawberries; mash strawberries in saucepan with potato masher. Bring to simmer, stirring until thickened.
Cool to lukewarm.
Cut cake lengthwise to make 3 layers.
Spread about 2 1/2 tablespoons of strawberry mixture between each layer.
Sandwich layers together.