This Strawberry JELLO Poke Cake recipe is one of those retro recipes that will never go out of style.
Fun to make and impressive to serve for any occasion.
A dessert recipe that will have everyone excited to bite into a piece of strawberry flavored cake smothered in a layer of Cool Whip Topping.
If you poke around on my site you will see how much I love old vintage recipes.
I even have a Vintage Recipe Project where I remake old family recipes from my collection of recipe cards and cookbooks that my mother-in-law has passed down to me.
If you'd like to check out the vintage recipes you can click on the Vintage Recipes category for a full list of all the vintage recipes I have updated or made in the past.
We all have recipes that bring back fond childhood memories. Jello played a big part in my childhood.
I can remember how excited I would get when my mom made jello. Sometimes it would be plain jello and whipped cream.
Other times it might be a beautiful jello dessert with fruit cocktail mixed in and I would dig around in my bowl hoping I got a cherry half.
What a disappointment it was when there was no cherry to be found in my bowl!
What fun Jello dessert did you eat as a child?
Ingredients
- 1 box of white cake mix or your favorite homemade white cake recipe
- ingredients to make cake
- 2 - 3 oz. boxes of Strawberry Jello
- 2½ cups of water, divided
- 1 tub Vanilla Kraft Cool Whip Frosting
Poke Cake Directions
- Bake the white cake mix as directed.
- Cool for 1 hour.
- Using a wooden spoon poke holes all around the top of the cake.
Jello
- After the cake has cooled boil 2 cups of water.
- Stir in the two boxes of jello.
- Stir until Jello has dissolved.
- Add the remaining ½ cup of cold water and stir.
- Pour the jello over the cooled cake.
- Chill at least 3 hours or overnight.
Frosting the cake
- Frost the poke cake with Vanilla Cool Whip Frosting or vanilla cake frosting.
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Strawberry Jello Poke Cake Retro Recipes
Ingredients
Ingredients to make boxed white cake
- 4 whole egg whites
- 1 box Pillsbury Cake Mix Moist Supreme Classic White cake mix or your favorite homemade white cake recipe
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 ¼ cups water
Ingredients needed to make JELLO Poke Cake
- 2 3 oz. boxes of Strawberry Jello
- 2 ½ cups water divided
Ingredients to make Cool Whip Frosting
- 1 cup Cool Whip
- 16 oz. can Vanilla frosting
Instructions
Make the Cake
- Make the cake mix as directed on the box.
- Bake in two 8 inch round cake pans following the directions on the box.
- Cool for 1 hour.
- Using the handle of a wooden spoon poke holes all around the top of the cake.
Jello Portion of recipe
- After the cake has cooled boil 2 cups of water.
- Stir in the two boxes of jello.
- Stir until Jello has disolved.
- Add the remaining ½ cup of cold water and stir.
- Pour the jello over the cooled cake.
- Chill at least 3 hours or overnight.
Cool Whip Frosting
- Scoop the can of frosting into a bowl.
- Add the Cool Whip to the bowl and whisk or mix together until combined.
Frosting the cake
- Unmold one cake layer and place it on a plate or cake stand.
- Spread a thick layer of frosting over the top of the cake.
- Unmold the second cake layer and place it on top of the bottom cake layer on the plate.
- Spread a thick layer of frosting over the top of the cake and on the sides of the cake.
- Chill the cake until ready to serve.
- Cut the cake and serve.
- 10 to 12 servings.
Notes
- Nutritional values do not include the boxed cake mix.
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