Pampered Chef American Dream Torte

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) box cake mix, pound cake (plus ingredients to make cake)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (3 ounce) box raspberry gelatin
• 1/4 cup seedless raspberry jam
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup cold milk
• 12 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 (3 1/3 ounce) box instant chocolate pudding mix
• 3/4 cup blueberries
• 1/2 cup raspberries

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 line 10 x 15 jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
• 3 prepare cake mix according to directions; pour into pan spreading evenly.
• 4 bake 15-18 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean; cool 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
• 5 microwave water on high 1 -2 minutes or until boiling. add gelatin, stirring until dissolved. add jam; whisk until smooth.
• 6 invert cake onto cutting board or other flat surface. remove paper.
• 7 prick cake at 1/2" intervals using fork. brush cake evenly with gelatin mixture.
• 8 trim 1/4" around edge of cake; discard edges. cut cake crosswise into 3 equal layers.
• 9 in a bowl whisk cream cheese and milk until smooth. spoon whipped topping over cream cheese mixture. (do not mix) sprinkle with pudding mix; mix well. (mixture will be very thick).
• 10 place one cake layer on oval platter. attach open star tip to a decorator; fill with filling mixture. pipe a straight border around edge of cake layer.
• 11 using a large scoop, place 4 scoops of filling down center; spread evenly to border using spreader.
• 12 top with second cake layer and repeat filling steps.
• 13 for third layer, pipe a decorative star border around the edges.
• 14 pipe two stripes down the length of cake about 1 inch from each border, leaving center open.
• 15 arrange raspberries down center opening and blueberries down remaining openings.