Strawberry Cream Cheese King Cake Earthquake Cake

Strawberry Cream Cheese King Cake Earthquake Cake is such an indulgent way to enjoy the Mardi Gras favorite! Rich cinnamon cake mix swirled with strawberry and cream cheese, topped with a powdered sugar glaze.

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Ingredients

cinnamon swirl muffin mix (with both mix and cinnamon topping included) milk large eggs butter cream cheese canned strawberry pie filling powdered sugar green, yellow, purple sugar crystals

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1

In a large bowl, mix muffin mix (without topping), 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, and butter until well-blended. Pour mixture in a 8×8" baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.

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2

On medium speed, mix the cream cheese, 1/4 cup milk, and 3/4 of the pouch of cinnamon topping together until smooth. Spoon mixture into cake mix and gently fold in. The two should not be mixed, just swirled together. 

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Spoon pie filling and remaining cinnamon topping over the cake batter mixture. Again, gently fold in until there are swirls of pie filling incorporated into the cake.

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4

Bake cake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes, until cake is not jiggly in the middle. The swirls might still be jiggly, but cake part should not move and should be firm to the touch on top.

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While cake is baking, mix together 1 cup of powdered sugar and a splash of milk. Once cake is finished baking and cooled for 10-15 minutes, pour powdered sugar mixture over the top. Sprinkle colored sugar crystals over cake to decorate.

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