How to Make a Jello Poke Cake
Jell-O poke cakes are delicious desserts combining the light, fluffy flavor of sponge cake with the sweet goodness of good, old-fashioned Jell-O. The trick to making your treat is to provide the cake with a way to fully absorb the Jell-O. Add fresh pieces of sliced fresh fruit -- bananas and strawberries, for example -- to boost the flavor. Jell-O poke cakes are easy to prepare and require about an hour of kitchen time, from start to finish. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- 9-inch by 13-inch cake pan
- Grease
- 2 cups flour
- 3 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 large, medium and small bowl
- Whisk
- 1 pkg. Jell-O
- Tea kettle
- 1 cup boiling water
- Fork
- 8 oz. Cool-Whip
- Spatula
- Knife
- Bananas
- Strawberries
- Oven mitts
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Lubricate the pan with grease. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Place the bowl nearby for use in later steps.
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Combine the sugar and shortening in a large bowl. Mix until the combination is thin and fluffy. Add one egg to the mixture and whisk. Continue in this manner for the remaining two eggs.
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Mix in the flour, milk and vanilla. Empty the mixture into the pan. Place the pan into the oven for 42 minutes.
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Remove the cake from the oven and turn off the stove at the end of 42 minutes. Stick the cake with a fork every 1/2-inch over the entire surface. Allow the cake 10 minutes to cool while you proceed to the next step.
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Boil 1 cup water in a tea kettle. Mix the boiling water and one package of Jell-O powder into a medium size bowl.
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Slowly pour the Jell-O mixture over the cake. Watch the Jell-O soak into the cake via the fork holes. Chill the cake in the refrigerator for 3 1/2 hours. Layer the top with Cool-Whip. Slice and layer fresh bananas and strawberries to top off the cake.
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