Luscious Lemon Poke Cake
- Source
- Kraft recipe card
- Serves
- 16
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 4 hr 30 min total (includes chilling)
Ingredients
- 2 round white cake layers (9 inch), cooled
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 pkg. (6 oz.) Jell-O Lemon Flavor Gelatin
- 1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) Jell-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding
- 1 cup cold milk
- 3 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
Steps
- Place cake layers, top-sides up, in 2 clean 9-inch round pans. Pierce cakes with a 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 one 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.
Notes
Kraft Kitchens tips: Substitute Cool Whip Lite Whipped Topping. Garnish with lemon slices and fresh mint sprigs just before serving.
Lemon-Lime Poke Cake variation: 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 one pierced cake layer and lime gelatin over the second pierced cake layer in clean round pans. Continue as directed.