It is cake, but on the lighter side... how about an easy (box) angel food cake, or purchased "shortcakes", served with sweetened berries and whipped cream?

Or serve fruit with lovely melty homemade meringues and cream.

I posted the easy lemonade pie recipe -- lemon is always good and it's certainly easy -- a boughten graham cracker crust. Mix together Eagle condensed milk (only comes in one size) and 6 ounces of lemonade and when that's mixed, add one 8 oz. carton cool whip. Mix all together and pour into that pie shell and refrigerate. Can be made the day ahead. I did garnish it with lemon zest and a lemon slice on each piece! And its refreshing and "springy"

I made this the other day for lunch with my granddaughters. It’s so good, light and very easy. Husband loved it too.

http://www.robinhood.ca/En/Recipes/Fruit-Flan

Louise

I made Martha's easy lemonade pie last night. It is to die for (and probably of).

I did use a bought crust and I wish I had made my own as the bought one was like cardboard.

Thanks, Martha for posting that.

Those all look good! I'd been thinking of a fruit tart.

And we all love pie. I don't use Cool Whip: some kinds of fats give me bad indigestion due to my not having a gall bladder. I'd have to use whipped cream. Would I need to compensate my adding sugar? I assume Cool Whip has sugar in it.

Whistle, your bought crust that was bad was graham cracker or regular baked crust?

linnea56 I bought a Keebler graham cracker crust thinking it would be better than the store brand. I was awful!

I do know that Cool Whip is bad for us! And I'm sure that Keebler crust was full of chemicals.

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Ignoer it all you choose...but I pay blue collar taxes to support health care...I am allowed to have a voice in our system of horrific processed food. Why ever consume crap and support business 'big' money not caring about long term health issues.

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I know it has some cake. Strawberry short cake. You can make it easy from ingredients from the store. Pre-made dessert shells, vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and Reddy Whip. The day before slice strawberries and add some sugar. Or you can even buy frozen strawberries and save the slicing time. No baking or cooking involved. Just assemble and serve.

It is a good pie and it is made with stuff I don't usually buy nor eat . . . but it WAS good and I know why people like it -- it is yummy! Yes, you could sub a homemade crust and I have subbed real whipped cream for Cool Whip (rather than doing it the other way around) but I have not with this recipe. And from the OP request -- it fits the bill -- easy and good!

What could be simpler than ice cream or sorbet or gelato and some bakery cookies -- really nice bakery cookies. That would be easy and there's no cake!

If I am really stressed for time....I will buy an angelfood cake, slice up some fresh strawberreis add some powdered sugar..let sit for an hour..whip some cream and cut the cake into 3 layers, add some berries and juice, whipped cream, another layer of cake, more berries and cream and put on the last layer...wrap in saran and refrigerate over night....then slice and top each slick woth more berries and whipped cream.
I did 5 of these one time for a big party...looks a little fancier than just cake with berries and whipped cream....and when it's all soaked with berries and whipped cream, who knows if the cake is store bought?

I love strawberry shortcake but I prefer the English way of making a sweet baking powder biscuit instead of the sponge. They are so quick and easy to make. The only drawback is that they don’t hold well.best eaten fresh, even warm.

How about a trifle?

Ooh, trifle! My fave!