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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a cook

posted:11/2/2007

I made this cake for Easter and my father and siblings usually only have Ice cream cake. Well they loved this cake and so did everyone else the Jello really makes the cake so moist I used regular vanilla cake with the lemon jello and frosting PERFECT!

a cook

posted:10/7/2007

Delicious! I substituted real whipped cream, lighty sweetened, for the Cool Whip. It was so light and lucious I will be making this again and also try it with other flavors.

a cook

posted:9/23/2007

very very good i also use strawberry jello and thats very good too

Lancenat

posted:8/13/2007

I made this cake for my Grandmother's 92 birthday and she loved it! Easy, Easy and Yummy!

Melba89

posted:7/20/2007

I made this lemon cake for a graduation party and it turned out great.It is a pretty dessert and it is also delicious! Guests loved the light, refreshing taste for the summer months. Printed recipe for some of ladies at party. Will be a dessert at future gatherings of friends and family.

a cook

posted:7/2/2007

We loved that this cake was so light and fluffy. It was a little time consuming, but well worth it!

Bluepika

posted:6/26/2007

I made this cake last year and it was ok. I expected it to come out fluffier.

Catbru8

posted:6/21/2007

I enjoyed every step of this recipe... from making it to eating it !! It made a LOVELY presentation. However, I didn't have any problem with the layers, the cake stayed together beautifully.

aiyah30

posted:6/20/2007

I LOVE poke cakes! I topped the cake with mandarin oranges and used orange jello like another reviewer suggested. the only problem with this cake is that the frosting (which is SO delicious) makes the layers kind of slippery. Maybe adding something else in between the layers along with the frosting would keep them together. Watch the video along with this recipe. Mine turned out exactly like the picture! I'm eager to experiment with other cake and jello flavors!

1gr8momma

posted:6/18/2007

I made this for a backyard picnic w/ our neighbors and everyone liked it. If I make it again I will do it as a 13x9 instead; my layers slide apart from the topping in the middle. I also did not use all of the frosting on my cake.