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Granny’s Jello Poke Cake
My Granny was a cook
extraordinaire! But every once in a while she went “slumming” [her words… not
mine!] and used fast, easy recipes that didn’t require any skill whatsoever.
This is one of those recipes.
She didn’t make this
often… but when she did, she never failed to serve it without prefacing the
serve with, “I didn’t feel like baking, so I made this,”.
Most often, Granny
made this recipe using a cake mix. Which really didn’t require much effort. But
for the most part, she made it from scratch, as the recipe below is. Simple
items that you probably have right this minute in your cupboard!
Ingredients
2 cups granulated
sugar
½ cup shortening [or
butter]
3 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla
extract
1 cup whole milk
2 cups plain flour
3 teaspoons baking
powder
1 teaspoon salt
2-packages jello
[small] of your favorite flavor
1 cup hot water
1 large tub of Cool
Whip
Preparation
Preheat oven to
350-degrees.
Prepare 9 x 13 cake
pan by greasing and flouring.
Cream together sugar,
shortening, eggs and vanilla.
Sift well flour,
baking powder and salt.
Gradually add dry
ingredients and milk to creamed ingredients. Mix slowly until batter is smooth.
Pour into prepared
pan.
Bake 45-55 minutes
[depending upon your oven]. Check for doneness with a toothpick or cake tester.
Allow cake to cool
completely before next step.
Using the handle of a
wooden spoon, press the handle into the cake at various points all over the
cake. [I usually do rows of three holes across, and about 6-7 along the length –
or 18-24 holes.]
Place the jello
powdered mix in a small glass bowl. Add the hot water [make sure it is hot
enough to dissolve the jello!] Pour the jello mixture over the top of the cake,
making sure to pour into each of the holes.
Place cake,
uncovered, in the refrigerator. This will allow the jello to get firm.
Before serving, “frost” the cake with the Cool Whip.
Depending upon the
flavor of jello used, you might want to add slices of the fruit that the jello
is flavored as. [You might add strawberries to strawberry jello, cherries to
cherry jello, orange slices to orange jello, lime slices to lime jello, etc.] Refrigerate left
over cake. You can cover this, but it isn’t necessary, as it will remain super
moist.
