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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TinaMWright

posted:2/13/2007

My husband's favorite cake is lemon, and not being much of a baker I went to Kraftfoods.com for help. This recipe was simple and turned out delicious. Two thumbs up!

a cook

posted:2/1/2007

It is the best lemon cake that I have had in a long time. I used lemon slices on top to dress it up.

a cook

posted:1/23/2007

I served this cake to my quilting group yesterday, and took some to an ailing neighbor. I received rave reviews, and everyone wants the recipe. The extra prep is well worth it.

gemini2935

posted:12/25/2006

This was a big hit for my families Christmas Party Dinner!!!!! Everyone loved it!

okinawanalisa

posted:12/17/2006

I made this cake for an office Christmas party and it was a hit! I am planning to make a few more as a gift to friends and family.

a cook

posted:12/14/2006

I have made this cake several times and everyone who tastes it loves it. My husband has diabetes so I use 1 box of sugar free lemon Jello and instead of instant pudding I use the cook and serve lemon pie filling but don't add any sugar which makes it incredibly tangy. I spread a little of the pie filling between the layers and then take about half of the filling and add it to sugar free cool whip . I then frost between the layers and all over the cake. I actually won best dessert at my husbands company bring a dish and no one ever realised it was low sugar.

Beeker75

posted:12/5/2006

I make a similar version for the holidays. I make one layer with any red flavor and the other layer with any green flavor of jello. I just use plain cool whip for the topping, but it is very good. It's a nice light dessert when you don't want something too rich.

a cook

posted:12/3/2006

i have had poke cake before my grandmother used to make it.

ndpenent

posted:11/29/2006

I added just a drop or two of lemon extract to the cake batter. Once my cake was done and it was time to put the topping on it, I cut my 2 rounds into 4 rounds. It just gave me a few more layers of that great topping. I put a little lemon juice in the topping mix....My family and co-workers loved this cake.

a cook

posted:9/6/2006

Very light and refreshing with lemon taste. Easy and fun to make, too.