Rainbow Poke Cake Recipes

RAINBOW POKE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 9x13 inch baking pan with a light coating of cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, vegetable oil and eggs. Mix until thoroughly combined.
• Pour batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow the cake to cool, then using the handle of a wooden spoon poke holes over each inch of the cake. Set aside.
• In four small bowls, combine each jello package with 1 cup boiling water. Whisk together until fully combined.
• Use a Tablespoon to pour jello mixture into the holes in cake, alternating colors according to preference until each hole has been filled. Do not use all the jello.
• Place the cake into the refrigerator and let it cool for 2 hours.
• Spread the whipped topping over the cooled cake and top with sprinkles as desired before serving.
• Note: You will have lots of jello leftover, so be sure to prepare a glass pan for some jello jigglers!

RAINBOW JELL-O POKE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare the vanilla cake according to the package's instructions, then let it cool for at least 20 minutes before poking the top of the entire cake with the handle of a wooden spoon.
• Pour the cherry Jell-O mix into one bowl, and the blue raspberry Jell-O mix into another bowl. Add a cup of boiling water to each bowl and whisk until the Jell-O powder has dissolved. Stir a cup of cold water into each bowl.
• Immediately pour both flavors of Jell-O onto the cake, filling alternate holes and areas of the cake to create a spotted or tie-dye effect. Refrigerate for two hours.
• Top the cake with a layer of whipped topping and cover with sprinkles.

RAINBOW POKE CAKE

Steps:

• Place cake layers, top side up, in two 9" round cake pans.
• Pierce cake with skewers at 1/2" intervals.
• Stir 1/2 cup of the boiling water into each flavor gelatin in separate bowls, stir for 2 minutes or until completely dissolved.
• Start pouring each different color gelatin into the various holes in both cake layers. Only pour one color into each hole. Keep pouring until all holes are filled with color. Refrigerate 3 hours.
• Dip 1 cake pan in warm water 10 seconds; unmold onto serving plate.
• Spread with about 1 cup of the whipped topping.
• Unmold second cake layer; place on first cake layer.
• Frost with remaining whipped topping.
• Refrigerate until whipped topping is firm.
• Place egg white in a medium mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer to form soft peaks.
• Add icing sugar and lemon juice and stir with a spatula to combine.
• You want your mixture to be a thick but still running paste, if it is too thin it will run right off the cake and if it is too thick it won't mix and drip down the sides.
• Split mixture into 5 bowls and add color to each bowl (orange, red, purple, blue and green).
• Carefully drizzle small amounts of each color over the top of the cake. Start from the center and work your way out, this makes it easier to gauge when there is enough icing for it to just start over-flowing around the edge of the cake.
• Chill cake until ready to serve.