Luscious Lemon Poke Cake

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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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cilla15

posted:7/14/2003

delicious

a cook

posted:6/25/2003

a cook

posted:5/27/2003

this is a fun way to make cakes you can also make it as a sheet cake and with diff kinds of jello. My 2 year old loves it with diff color jello she has fun helping poke holes in the cake and pouring the jello on

a cook

posted:4/28/2003

this is a very refreshing summer treat. and you can use a regular cake pan instead of a 2 layer,its great!

terry19551

posted:4/19/2003

this cake is delicious!! my family especially enjoys it made with strawberry jello in place of the lemon jello. i just make a sheet cake(9x11), and pour the jello mix over the cake in the pan. i let it cool, then top with coolwhip & sliced strawberries. this is a great Easter/ Spring cake.

a cook

posted:10/27/2002

This is a very good recipe. I made this cake years ago for an office party. It was a hit.

nancy cohrs

posted:8/23/2002

I love this recipe. Very easy to make and so refreshing.

a cook

posted:7/4/2002

Lemon is my favorite flavor and color, so I loved this cake. It was very moist any the flavor was (LEMON). I will make this cake many times.

a cook

posted:6/8/2002

Very refreshing and light, especialy on a hot summer day

a cook

posted:5/29/2002

My Mother used to make a cake like this, with a few differences. Use a lemon cake mix, poke the holes, but use raspberry gelatin *made with half the water the box says*. Then top it with lemon pudding, then cool whip. It's a whole new level of cake!