Luscious Lemon Poke Cake

photo by:kraft

You'll be tempted to tell everyone how easy it is to use JELL-O Gelatin to make this Luscious Lemon Poke Cake—that's up to you. We say let ’em wonder.

time

prep:

30 min

total:

4 hr 30 min

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

round white cake layers (9 inch), cooled

cups boiling water

pkg. (6 oz.) JELL-O Lemon Flavor Gelatin

pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding

cup cold milk

cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Make It

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

ADD boiling water to gelatin mix; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Carefully pour over cake layers. Refrigerate 3 hours.

BEAT pudding mix and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min.; stir in COOL WHIP. Dip 1 cake pan in warm water 10 sec.; unmold onto plate. Spread with about 1 cup pudding mixture. Unmold second cake layer; carefully place on first cake layer. Frost top and side of cake with remaining pudding mixture. Refrigerate 1 hour.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Prepare using COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

Special Extra

Garnish with lemon slices and fresh mint sprigs just before serving.

Lemon-Lime Poke Cake

Substitute 1 pkg. (3 oz.) each JELL-O Lemon Flavor Gelatin and JELL-O Lime Flavor Gelatin for the 1 pkg. (6 oz.) JELL-O Lemon Flavor Gelatin. Stir 1 cup boiling water into each flavor of gelatin mix in separate bowls. Pour lemon gelatin over 1 pierced cake layer and lime gelatin over second pierced cake layer in clean round pans. Continue as directed.

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thvickery

posted:4/20/2013

I have made 5 so far GOOD!!!!

mabrockbank

posted:3/26/2013

Awesome light dessert. I made for a birthday party and it was a hit. Everyone wanted the recipe. Thanks for sharing.

David2275

posted:3/17/2013

I found the recipe and made it for a BBQ at my friends house. I followed the recipe with the exception of the jello. I only used one box instead of two. The cake was loved by all and I will most definitely make this over and over.

cbartak

posted:7/14/2011

Awesome!

reeceg2

posted:6/20/2011

My family loves this cake! SO do I!

sullivanrc

posted:5/14/2011

I made this for easter. Since I had to travel, I made it using a 9x13 pan. This was fantastic. Very refreshing and light tasting for a dessert. Will make another time using a lemon cake mix if I can find it. The lemon was not as pronounced as I thought it would be.

a cook

posted:5/14/2011

I used lemon and lime jello. The cake was good, but bland. Maybe lemon frosting would have helped it instead of the cool whip.

aileentwilson

posted:5/6/2011

Made this for my family on Easter and it was loved by everyone, easy to make and delicious.

amandawilliams01

posted:11/9/2010

Love the recipe. The second time I made this cake I used Lemon Cake instead of the white and it was wonderful. So if you like lemon as much as I do I would suggest using the Lemon Cake mix next time.

tindew

posted:6/23/2010

Made this cake 4 times,looks just like the picture tastes even better.I am going to make a lemon -lime next time A true keeper