Raspberry poke cake is an easy dessert that has the potential to become a summertime favorite. Fresh raspberries atop a creamy frosting over a moist cake with the flavors of raspberry in each bite.
Need more cake mix recipes? Try this easy peach cobbler.
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❤️ Why You'll Love It
- Simple dessert that looks fancy.
- Will get the oohs and ahhs with the very first slice.
- A unique versatile recipe.
- Cake with a light and airy texture.
Jello poke cakes are easy to make and such a fun versatile cake recipe. Liven up a white or yellow cake mix. Use your favorite jello flavor or cake mix to create your own flavor combination!
📝 Ingredients
🥄 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The detailed instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Prepare and bake cake in a 13x9 inch baking pan according to box directions. Let the cake cool.
- While the cake is baking, add whipping cream, powdered sugar, vanilla and pudding mix, if using and whip until mixture thickens.
- In a large bowl, mix together jello powder and boiling water until the jello dissolves. Mix in cold water.
- After the cake has cooled, poke several holes in the cake using a wooden spoon handle.
- Ladle jello mixture evenly over the cake, cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours.
- When ready to serve, spread the whipping cream mixture evenly on top of the cake to cover the entire cake and decorate with fresh raspberries, if desired.
💡 Amira's Tips
- Time saving tip: Use a container of frozen whipped topping to top the poke cake. Make sure to thaw before using.
🧺 Storage
- Cover leftover poke cake tightly or place in an airtight container and refrigerate for 5-6 days.
- For best taste, freezing is not recommended.
💬 FAQs
After pouring on the jello mixture, the poke cake should be refrigerated for at least 2 hours or even overnight.
Making holes for the poke cake can be done easily by using the handle of a wooden spoon or fork or even a chopstick can be used.
A raspberry poke cake is similar to the classic Hostess zinger cakes. A yellow cake with raspberry coconut frosting on top.
It's recommended to poke the cake when it's cool as the holes may cave in or crumble if you try to create holes while it's still hot.
⌛ Make Ahead
- You can prepare cake, pour jello over and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. When ready to serve, top with whipped cream and fresh berries.
- You can also prepare the cake, cover and refrigerate for 5-6 days.
🍽️ Serve With
- Serve with fresh whipped cream and berries.
👩🍳 Variations
- This cake is fabulous with any cake mix.
- Try this with chocolate cake mix and cherry jello.
- Orange jello, mandarin orange with white cake mix for an orange creamsicle like cake.
- Lemon cake mix, blueberry jello topped with whipped cream and blueberry pie filling.
- Make it a zingers cake and top with with coconut flakes.
- Prepare a packet of instant vanilla pudding and spread over the cake before the whipped cream layer.
- Also try mixing raspberry jello box with the whipped cream and frost the cake with it.
- Mix some fresh fruits into the whipped cream.
- You can use powdered whipping cream like dream whip and use fruit juice to make it.
📣 Related Recipes
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- Here is an easy peach cobbler made with cake mix that you can have any time of the year.
- Revani is a classic Mediterranean semolina cake drenched in lemon infused simple syrup and topped with coconut flakes.
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Raspberry Poke Cake
Equipment
- 2 mixing bowls
- 1 13x9 inch cake pan
- 1 wooden spoon
Ingredients
- 1 box super moist vanilla cake mix you will also need the ingredients to make it.
- 1 box raspberry jello 3oz
- ¾ cup boiling water
- ½ cup cold water
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 Tablespoons powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix optional
- Fresh raspberries optional
Instructions
- Prepare and bake cake in a 13x9 inch baking pan according to package directions.
- Let the cake cool down for 20-30 minutes.
While the cake is baking:
- Add whipping cream, powdered sugar, vanilla and pudding mix if using whip until mixture thickens. Cover and refrigerate.
- Mix together jello powder, boiling water until the jello dissolves. Mix in cold water.
- After the cake has cooled, poke several holies in the cake using the handle of a rounded wooden spoon or fork.
- Ladle jello mixture evenly over the cake, cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours.
- When ready to serve, spread the whipping cream mixture over the top evenly and decorate with fresh raspberries, if desired.
Notes
- Time saving tip: Use a container of frozen whipped topping to top the cake. Make sure to thaw before using.
- Cover leftover poke cake tightly or place in an airtight container and refrigerate for 5-6 days.
- For best taste, freezing is not recommended.
- This cake is fabulous with any cake mix.
- Try this with chocolate cake mix and cherry jello.
- Orange jello, mandarin orange with white cake mix for an orange creamsicle like cake.
- Lemon cake mix, blueberry jello topped with whipped cream and blueberry pie filling.
- Make it a zingers cake and top with with coconut flakes.
- Prepare a packet of instant vanilla pudding and spread over the cake before the whipped cream layer.
- Also try mixing raspberry jello box with the whipped cream and frost the cake with it.
- Mix some fresh fruits into the whipped cream.
- You can use powdered whipping cream like dream whip and use fruit juice to make it.
Myke Chapman
I love recipes like this! Easy with a cool twist. My wife saw me making jello and asked 'I thought you were making a cake.' I told her what I was doing, then she said I was crazy and I said it's not me, it's this lady on the internet. Turned out wonderful and I will now always make whipped cream with pudding mix. Off to have a piece now, thanks!