Gelatin Poke Cake

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Prep: 30 min
Ready In: 5 hr 5 min

“For a festive touch, garnish this gelatin poke cake with colored sprinkles just before serving.” - by JELL-O

Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
1 cup boiling water
1 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Brand Gelatin, any flavor
1/2 cup cold water
1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

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Original recipe yields 16 servings

Directions

Prepare and bake cake in 13x9-inch baking pan as directed on package. Remove from oven. Cool cake in pan 15 minutes. Pierce cake with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.
Meanwhile, stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in small bowl at least 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Stir in cold water; carefully pour over cake. Refrigerate 3 hours.
Frost with whipped topping. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve. Cut into 16 slices. Store leftover cake in the refrigerator.

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Love2Bake

Mar. 28, 2008

"Delicious cake!!! The Jello takes the easy, ordinary cake from the box and makes it extraordinary! The cake is moist, fresh and so yummy with the whipped topping! I've made it for two parties now and ..." See moreall loved it. I make it with strawberry Jello. So good!"

Rosa

Jul. 14, 2008

"I made this cake yesterday and it is so easy to put together. I thought it could've been a little more flavorful. I used strawberry gelatin and I was really hoping to taste more of the strawberry ge..." See morelatin but I have to say it is a very moist cake and it does look pretty! I also like the fact that it's a refrigerated box cake so it's nice and cold on a hot summer day. My family enjoyed it. Next time maybe I'll reduce the water a little bit to make the gelatin flavor more concentrated. Thanks for the great and easy recipe!!"

Kaye Lynn

Jan. 9, 2008

"I love this cake, it's so refreshing and looks so pretty. I have had it with various Jello flavors, my mom made this for us when we were growing up. Red jello and the new pink strawberry Cool Whip wou..." See moreld make a beautiful dessert. Kaye"

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