The best! Easy, easy, easy and delicious, yummy, delicious.
| Servings: | 14 |
| Yield: | 1 -13×9 inch cake |
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
- 1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 (3 ounce) package fruit flavored Jell-O® mix
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup ice water
- 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9×13 inch baking pan.
- Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, 1 cup water and the vegetable oil and blend well. Beat at the medium speed of an electric mixer for 4 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 50 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly touched. Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water, then add the cold water.
- Poke holes in the warm cake with a fork at 1/2 inch intervals. Pour gelatin over cake. Chill cake for 3 to 4 hours then frost with whipped topping. Keep cake refrigerated.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 336 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 46 g |
| Cholesterol | 53 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 386 mg |
| Sugars | 31 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I cook for about 30 so I had to adjust the recipe. Everyone enjoyed. Topped with whipped topping and mandarin slice.
I have been making this cake (or variations thereof) for about 45 years. Instead of Cool Whip topping, I use one package of Dream Whip, 1 1/3 cups of milk (preferably not skim) plus a 4 oz. box of instant pudding to complement the cake flavor. This whips up to a yummy frosting with very little effort. Our favorite combination is lemon cake made with lemon pudding and lime gelatin and lemon pudding in the frosting.
made it sugar free as much as i could and it was great,used lime sugar free jello and real whipped cream…yummmm
Really good. Everyone loved it. I used homemade whipped cream for the topping, though.
I chose a lemon cake mix and lime jello to make this. I was trying to recreate my mom’s poke cake. I somehow left the pudding out when making the cake, so I ended up mixing it with the Cool Whip for an awesome frosting! I will be definitely be making this again.
Made this sugar free with yellow cake mix
I love this cake! I make a frosting using cool whip and vanilla instant pudding. just be sure to mix well so the pudding mixes well.
Used 1/2C water for jello. Used yellow cake. Was delicious!
No changes where made, everyone loved it! It didn’t last the night lol it was gone by morning ?? I will be making this again. Thank you??
Excellent. It was super moist. I used a different frosting I found for “Sunshine Cake” here on Allrecipes. The frosting is very simple; 1 tub Cool Whip, 1 can crushed pineapple w/ juices, 1 package instant vanilla pudding. It went wonderfully on this cake, very light and creamy. Perfect for this Memorial Day day. I could not be happier with the result of this cake.
Pretty good
My husband & I are not big cake and frosting fans. When I saw this cake had pudding and jello with cool-whip on top on it, I couldn’t wait to make it. This cake was so easy and fun to make with my 10 year old daughter. I made this with both white cake and chocolate cake. Both taste are great. With the darker cakes you see a tint of the color of the jello. You can use any kind of jello or pudding. This cake goes fast make sure you save a piece for yourself.
Love this! I use a different frosting.
This was sooooo good! Everyone commented on how moist it was.
I’m glad I came across this recipe. Had it years ago but it was a lemon cake with lime jello and lemon icing and I absolutely loved it!!!! Will defnitely try this with those flavours.
I am not one to use box cakes but I needed a quick and easy recipe. This one was awesome!!! I chose cherry gelatin, vanilla pudding and I made an easy buttercream frosting with lemon extract. Everyone loved this cake. It was light and moist and perfect!
Great recipe! Lost this one but it is just like the recipe that we used to use.
easy, kid-friendly dessert! i chose lemon pudding and strawberry jello for our flavor combo, but you could do anything you wanted to. makes a pretty presentation when cutting the cake with the jello inside. thanks!
This was delightful! Light, cool and refreshing! I used a little less water when making the gelatin to keep the flavor from seeming watered down. I used the stem of one of my mixer beaters to poke the holes and tried to not poke all the way through to the bottom. I used cherry gelatin and it was perfect. The hardest part was waiting long enough for the cake to chill in the fridge! I’m not a fan of Cool Whip so I used a little Redi Whip instead. Thank you for this recipe! I’ll be making this a lot!
The only difference I did was that when I did the topping, I didn’t use fruit–I added sprinkles for a birthday cake. The only real issue I had was the jello liquid was more on the sides than in the middle of the cake, so my suggestion is to really poke some serious holes in the cake and make sure to get the liquid in it! I guess I just didn’t poke it enough! HAHA.
Made this on St. Patrick’s day using lime jell-o and have made a rainbow cake using 3 different flavors…strawberry, orange and lime in horizontal stripes and it always gets rave reviews! I made the cake and when it had set I used half on the bottom then inside was a pint of good vanilla ice-cream then put the other half on top and frosted the whole thing with Cool Whip. Put it in the freezer for an hour…ice-cream cake just special enough for a child’s birthday!