Jello Poke Cake With Butter Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13 x 9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray.
• Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour into baking dish. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until cake is golden and springs back when gently touched. Cool completely in baking dish, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, mix sliced strawberries and sugar; mash with fork or vegetable masher. Let stand at room temperature about 30 minutes or until berries have released their juices and sugar is dissolved.
• Add cream cheese to mashed strawberries; beat with whisk or electric mixer until smooth. Stir in milk.
• Poke holes in cooled cake with wooden dowel or end of wooden spoon. Pour strawberry mixture over cake, using spatula to encourage it down into holes in cake. Refrigerate 3 hours.
• Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs and melted butter. Spread out onto cookie sheet. Bake about 10 minutes or until golden. Cool.
• Spread whipped topping over cake; top with graham cracker crumb mixture and whole strawberries. Cut and serve.

Steps:

• In the stand of an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until well combined.
• Add JELL-O Vanilla Instant Pudding and beat on high speed until light and fluffy and pale in color, approximately 5 minutes.
• Gradually add powdered sugar and beat until fully incorporated and fluffy.
• Use immediately to frost cooled cake or cupcakes.

Steps:

• combine ingredients except the Cool Whip in a medium bowl and beat on low until well blended, about 1 minute.
• Fold in Cool Whip topping.
• Let stand for 5 minutes before frosting the jello cake.
• refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven as directed on cake mix box. Follow directions for making a 9X13 cake including all ingredients called for on the box. Bake cake as instructed.
• 2. About 5 minutes before the cake is done, in a small bowl, mix jello powder and 1 1/4 cup hot water. Stir until dissolved. NOTE: You do not use the amount of water called for to make regular jello.
• 3. When cake is done, let it cool 5 minutes. Poke the cake with a fork or a kebab pole all over the top of the cake going down to the bottom of the pan. Make sure you get the edges and corners.
• 4. Using a tablespoon, slowly drip the dissolved hot jello over the cake, taking care to get all of the holes. Cool cale completely and put in refrigerator to continue to cool and set- about 4 hours.
• 5. I use this frosting on my poke cakes. I sometimes match the flavor but you can mix it up to make it match holiday colors, shower color or birthday party colors. It's called Butter and Cream Cheese Frosting: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/dessert-cake/butter-and-cream-cheese-frosting.html?p=3 Once your cake is frosted, cover and chill it a couple more hours or overnight to let all the flavors set and frosting set up.

Steps:

• 1. Make sure that the butter and cream cheese are room temperature. If they aren't, the frosting will not be creamy.
• 2. In an electric mixer, using the whisk attachment, combine cream cheese and butter. Scrape the sides as needed. Add vanilla and milk and slowly incorporate until smooth.
• 3. Add powdered sugar by the tablespoon while the mixer is on a low speed. Once all the powdered sugar is incorporated, whip for at least 1 minutes. Scrape bowl of mixer as needed. Optional: Add the jello powder at this time, first starting on low speed and increasing speed to incorporate.
• 4. Spread on cake and refrigerate for a few hours to let the butter and cream cheese set up fully.