Fun, colorful and delicious this Raspberry Jello Poke Cake is the perfect summertime cake that is super easy, tasty and the whole family loves.
I love poke cakes! There are so many different flavors and kinds that you can do that it is crazy. I particularly love raspberry so this Raspberry Jello Poke Cake is one of my favorites.
Easy desserts are what I live for, with summer coming really soon I want to spend as much time outside enjoying the weather rather than inside in the kitchen.
That is why I love desserts like this Jello Poke Cake. It is made with a boxed cake mix and poked and poured with jello and topped with whipped topping.
You really can’t get too much easier with a cake recipe than this one. Plus poke cakes are just good and such classic recipes that you see them everywhere.
This cake is a perfect dish to bring to those cookouts and potlucks that you will be having this summer, it is one of the first desserts to go whenever I bring them along.
So that has to tell you something, people love simple and flavorful and that is exactly what this Raspberry Jello Poke Cake is! And I’m not ashamed for not making a full homemade cake at all.
Some of our other favorite raspberry desserts we have on our site include Raspberry Icebox Cake, No Bake White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake and Key Lime Raspberry Sandwich Cookies.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:
- Using a boxed cake mix makes this simple and fast, you can use a homemade cake if you’d like.
- You can use any kind of jello you like to create different flavors.
- You can make your own homemade whipped cream if you like instead of cool whip!
INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE BELOW):
White cake mix, + ingredients called for on the box
Raspberry jello
Boiling water
Cold water
Cool whip
Raspberries, for garnish
Sprinkles, optional
HOW TO MAKE A RASPBERRY JELLO POKE CAKE:
- Prepare and bake the cake according to the box directions of a 9×13-inch cake.
- Whisk together the boiling water and jello mix for 2 minutes, then add the cold water.
- Poke holes all over the cake with a skewer, fork, or wooden spoon handle.
- Use a measuring spoon to add the jello to the holes, it will spread, that’s okay.
- Refrigerate the cake for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.
- Top with thawed cool whip and garnish with fresh raspberries and sprinkles if desired.
WHAT IS A POKE CAKE?
A poke cake can be a few different things, you can either use jello, pudding, sweetened condensed milk among various other ingredients.
The most popular two fillings being jello and pudding. The purpose is to poke the cake and pour the jello or pudding into the holes of the cake so when you eat it you will have flavor inside the cake as well as on top.
These cakes have been around for generations and passed down in many families. You really can’t go wrong with having at least one Jello Poke Cake in your recipe box!
WHAT OTHER FLAVORS CAKE CAN I MAKE?
We love Jello Poke Cake Recipes that we make a variety of them all the time, some other flavors that we have used include:
- Lemon
- Lime
- Strawberry
- Cherry
- Blue Raspberry
Any kind of jello you find you can use for a Jello Poke Cake, you can also flavor the whipped topping to fit the flavor if you like!
HOW TO STORE:
Because it contains jello as well as whipped topping this Jello Poke Cake Recipe needs to be refrigerated. Covered with plastic wrap this should last in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- You can use homemade whipped cream instead of cool whip.
- You can use any flavor of jello you want with this recipe, see my suggestions above.
- If you want the cake to be less red or not quite as moist, you can reduce the cold water to ½ cup OR you can go as low as ½ cup boiling and ½ cup cold.
- Usually using a white cake mix is best but you can use a yellow or vanilla flavor as well.
- If you want you can make your own homemade cake as long as it fits in a 9″x13″ pan.
If you want a fun and flavorful cake that is perfect for summertime gatherings then this Raspberry Jello Poke Cake needs to be made!
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Raspberry Jello Poke Cake
Ingredients
- box white cake mix + ingredients called for on box
- 3.3 oz box raspberry jello
- 1 cup boiling water
- 3/4 cup cold water
- 8 oz container of cool whip thawed
- Raspberries for garnish
- Sprinkles optional topping
Instructions
- Prepare and bake the cake according to the box directions of a 9x13-inch cake.
- Whisk together the boiling water and jello mix for 2 minutes, then add the cold water.
- Poke holes all over the cake with a skewer, fork, or wooden spoon handle.
- Use a measuring spoon to add the jello to the holes, it will spread, that’s okay.
- Refrigerate the cake for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.
- Top with thawed cool whip and garnish with fresh raspberries and sprinkles if desired.
Notes
- You can use homemade whipped cream instead of cool whip.
- You can use any flavor of jello you want with this recipe, see my suggestions above.
- If you want the cake to be less red or not quite as moist, you can reduce the cold water to ½ cup OR you can go as low as ½ cup boiling and ½ cup cold.
- Usually using a white cake mix is best but you can use a yellow or vanilla flavored as well.
- If you want you can make your own homemade cake as long as it fits in a 9"x13" pan.
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