Patriotic Poke Cake

photo by:kraft

We pledge allegiance to a cake that shows its colors this deliciously. Serve with fresh blueberries and red strawberries and you'll cause even more revelry.

time

prep:

30 min

total:

4 hr 30 min

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

baked 9-inch round white cake layers, cooled

cups boiling water, divided

pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin, or any other red flavor

pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Berry Blue Flavor Gelatin

tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

Make It

PLACE cakes, top-sides up, in clean 9-inch round pans; pierce with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.

ADD 1 cup boiling water to each flavor dry gelatin mix in separate small bowls; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Pour red gelatin over 1 cake and blue gelatin over remaining cake. Refrigerate 3 hours.

DIP bottoms of cake pans in warm water 10 sec.; unmold. Fill and frost cake layers with COOL WHIP. Refrigerate 1 hour.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Special Extra

Serve with colorful fresh berries, such as blueberries, strawberries and raspberries.

Substitute

Prepare using COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

Variation - Patriotic Poke Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pour gelatin over cakes and refrigerate as directed. Beat 2 pkg. (8 oz. each) softened PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese and 2 cups powdered sugar in large bowl with mixer or whisk until blended. Gently stir in COOL WHIP until blended. Unmold cakes as directed. Fill and frost cake layers with cream cheese frosting.

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spwmemorex

posted:2/21/2005

This cake is sooooo good - cool and light. Very tasty.

karen_cone18

posted:11/10/2004

This was the best cake I've ever had! I recommend everyone try it!

a cook

posted:7/5/2004

This cake was loved by all at a Forth of July party I went to. I think it's because it seems nice and light on a hot summer night.

cooltravisfan

posted:1/31/2004

JSadowski

posted:7/19/2003

This cake was a huge success at our friends 4th of July party. The host liked it so well he told us to take whatever leftovers we wanted except the cake. The little bit that was left was his!

a cook

posted:7/6/2003

I made 2 8' round layers. I put the first layer into the bottom of a clear trifle dish and made holes 2' apart around the outside with a wooden spoon handle. Next, I poured the red Jello over this layer and covered with Cool Whip. I repeated this process with the blue Jello. EVERYONE loved this! It looked and tasted great!

a cook

posted:7/4/2003

a cook

posted:5/21/2003

a cook

posted:5/21/2003

I made this cake and called it a 'Spider Cake' for a halloween cake walk. I used a yellow cake, red jello and colored the whip cream black. I asembled the cake as directed, and gave it black licorice legs and large purple gumdrop eyes. It was the favorite cake prize of the game. (You know kids!)

a cook

posted:5/20/2003

Make It with a twist. I used a 9x13 pan. Poked it with a wooden spoon handle. Poured jello over cake sporatically so the colors are different throughout. after frosting, I placed berries on top to make it look like a flag. I've also used red and green for Christmas time. YUM