This Lemon Poke Cake is perfect for a spring dessert or summer dessert! As we head into spring and summer (okay, in Arizona we are probably doing that a little earlier than some), all I can think about baking these days are lemon and lime desserts. Just great refreshing flavors that are perfect for special occasions such as Mother’s Day, graduations, Memorial Day, Father’s Day (you know, all of those events that are sneaking up on us). Today I am sharing a fabulous lemon poke cake that would be great for your Mother’s Day table.
This delicious lemon poke cake recipe is just one of the many great recipes over on Kraft Foods. This cake is made in a few steps, but they are all very simple.
To kick up the lemon flavor in this lemon poke cake, I started with a lemon cake mix. Being a poke cake, you’ll be adding some additional lemon flavor with Lemon JELL-O after baking your cake.
But wait, there is more lemon flavor! After letting your cake chill for three hours, you whip up a wonderful lemony frosting using Lemon JELL-O Pudding and COOL WHIP.
Combine all these elements and you end up with a Delicious Lemon Poke Cake. Care for a slice?
LEMON POKE CAKE
Lemon Poke Cake
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
Instructions
Make It
- PLACE cake layers, top-sides up, in 2 clean 9-inch round pans. Pierce cakes with 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 1 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.
Looking for more cool desserts that are perfect for summer? Check out some of these great recipes that are great for the warmer months where you want something a little lighter and are perfect if you are looking for potluck desserts.
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Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I am a member of the Kraft Tastemakers Program, and as such am
compensated for sharing some of my favorite Kraft Recipes with you.
All opinions however are, as always, mine and mine alone.
Freda cato says
Can you make the lemon in 9 by 13 pan
Christi Johnstone says
Freda, I haven’t tried doing so, so I can’t speak to the temperature or baking time.
Caryn says
So yummy!! I used a strawberry cake with the lemon gelatin and pudding and topped with strawberries.
Tash @ The Velvet Moon Baker says
O my this looks Divine!!!
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen says
MMM Lemon is one of the best flavors, here in so cal I am ready for it as well! IT feels like summer time already-love it!!
michelle says
i love the lemon jello pudding, use it all the time for lemon cakes (its the kids fav!). The poke cake sounds totally awesome! happy early mothers day!
sally @ sally's baking addiction says
I love ANY kind of lemon dessert, Christi!! And poke cakes, too. I’ve never made one actually. Happy early Mother’s Day 🙂
Taylor @ greens & chocolate says
This looks absolutely perfect for Mother’s Day. Actually I could go for a big slice right now!
Heather says
I love lemon! Looks yummy and cutie than other “poke” cakes I’ve seen.