In case you have never experienced poke cake, it is a vanilla cake with holes poked in and Jello drizzled over the top. I have never had poke cake myself, but this is my husband's special request for his birthday.
Wish me luck.
Check out the recipe here
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Ok, results of the Poke cake. Big learning curve here.Once upon a time I was a cake decorator at Hannaford's grocery store and typically you would flip a cake so that the flat side is on top creating a flatter cake. As I discovered last night if you do this and then pour Jello on the cake there is no seal on the bottom of the cake to keep the Jello from absorbing into the whole thing. I don't quite know why this didn't dawn on me from the start, or why I didn't read the directions carefully, but I didn't so now we don't have a Poke Cake in our fridge but a completely Jello soaked cake(reminiscent of a sponge). I threw it in the fridge after I had realized what I had done just to see what it's like, and I'll report later after a taste test.
So when I get home tonight I will attempt Poke Cake again, this time not flipping the flippin' cake.
that looks really cool steph!
ReplyDeleteohhh I'll take a piece
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