Great cake! I do have one problem with it though.....my husband ate half of it a few hours after I made it. LOL I did change just one little thing about the recipe. I used a wooden spoon handle to make the holes instead of a fork. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Play around with this recipe, its lots of fun. I made a chocolate cake mix (added a box of instant pudding and one egg) and baked in a 9x13. Then I poured raspberry gelatin over the top, chilled, cut in half and filled the middle layer with raspberry jelly, and frosted with dark chocolate frosting. Delicious!
I have made this cake for many years, but I changed things around and made it a delicious cake. I made a chocolate cake, with cherry jello, cherry pie filling and topped it with chocolate cool whip. But of course you have to like chocolate and cherry together, my family loves the two together. of course it is good also if you top it off with chopped pecans.
This great has gotten rave reviews every time I make it. I use applesauce in place of oil for the cake and then use sugar free jello and sugar free cherry pie filling (hard to find sometimes but it's out there) and sugar free Whip Topping. AS far as cake goes it makes it kind of healthy. I like to make cakes and my husaband says by far this is his most favorite!
Made this for the 4th of July using blue jello to make it more patriotic. Looked and tasted awesome. Big hit with everyone. Used less whipped topping about 3/4 of the tub or less. Not big on whipped topping myself but I think next time I will just use an extra can of cherries as topping and omit the whipped topping. Cant wait to try other flavors of jello and pie fillings.
Love it!! This cake is so light and delicious!! And the cherry pie filling is the wow factor. I think next time I might even use 2 cans of cherry pie filling. This stands above any other poke cake I've ever made. I only made one variation as tried by another reviewer. I used the handle of a wooden spoon to poke the holes. It made a huge difference. Way more of the gelatin actually gets into the cake instead of running over and along the sides and just intensifies the flavor. Very easy to make and was a big hit at the Memorial Day cookout. I will be making this for years to come.
This was so good! Nice and moist! I would not change one thing. Truned out so good!
I made this for our 4th of July cookout and it received rave reviews. It was my first Poke Cake and it was fantastic. great recipe easy to do. I used maraschino cherries and bluberries to create a flag cake sticking with the holiday theme. I also used cherry Jell-o to match the cherry pie filling. I think you could probably use any flavor Jell-o and fruit topping and it would be just as good! A nice change from a traditional cake with buttercream frosting - great summer recipe.
This is really good! I like to mix lemon pudding mix with the whip topping for added flavor. If it is too gritty add a teaspoon or two of milk while mixing:) Then spread VERY YUMMY!
I love poke cakes and this one was nice and moist...but it was bland. Won't be making it again.
