When I hear the words “Jello poke cake,” I’m instantly reminded of potlucks and family gatherings from my childhood. This retro dessert, with its jiggly, fruity center and fluffy cake base, was a ...

For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 13-by-9-inch cake pan with cooking spray. Place the cake mix in a large mixing bowl. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together 1 cup of cold water, oil, ...

If my mom doesn’t beat me to it, I bake a strawberry Jell-O poke cake for my birthday every year. It just so happens that today’s my birthday, so I’m sharing the recipe. It’s one of the prettiest Jell ...

Getting back to Betty Joe Brown’s request for a certain gelatin cake, three Forum cooks share very similar, yet totally different, lemon variations on the theme. Everett cook Darlene Gregg starts us ...

Prepare and bake cake according to directions in a 13 x 9 x 11 pan spraying and flouring pan to facilitate removal. Prepare gelatin mixes according to package instructions. Once cake has cooled ...

This lemon poke cake is the perfect easy recipe for lemon lovers. We start with a prepared lemon boxed cake mix and lemon gelatin, then top with a perfectly light and sweet lemon glaze. This cake is ...

Poke cakes are some of the most-loved desserts on my site, and my Christmas Poke Cake shows exactly why. It’s moist, colorful, and perfectly sweet with swirls of strawberry and lime Jell-O under a ...

I usually cringed when my friend Gary Stubblefield would post a social media picture for me. Many times it was a picture from “Dirty Dancing” with our faces replacing Baby and Johnny’s. He was ...

Here’s a jazzy cake that could not be easier: Bake a white cake. Poke holes in it. Pour warm gelatin mix over it. Chill, unmold and frost. The great American poke cake may have been born as a gimmick ...