Recipes Made with Cake Mixes
Poke Cake
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) box white or yellow cake mix*
- 1 small box gelatin, any flavor
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1 large container Cool Whip or desired frosting
Instructions
- Bake cake as per instructions on box for a 13 x 9-inch cake.
- Leaving cake in pan, prick cake with a large, two-pronged fork at 1/2-inch intervals.
- Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
- Add cold water and spoon over cake.
- Chill cake in the pan for 4 hours.
- Dip pan in warm water for 10 seconds; unmold onto a serving plate.
- Frost with Cool Whip or desired frosting.
- Garnish as desired, and refrigerate.
Notes
* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.