Patriotic Jell-O Poke Cake

By zircon50

Ingredients

• 1 - box (18 oz) white cake mix prepared (two 9-inch round), cooled
• 2 - cups boiling water, divided
• 1 - pkg. (3 oz.) strawberry or raspberry Jell-O
• 1 - pkg. (3 oz.) berry blue Jell-O
• Cream Cheese frosting (See below)

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from mommyskitchen.net

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare and bake cake according to package directions for a 2 layer cake. Place cakes, top-sides up, in clean 9-inch round pans; pierce with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.

Add 1 cup boiling water to each flavor dry gelatin mix in separate small bowls; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Pour red gelatin over 1 cake and blue gelatin over second cake layer. Cover cake pans with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 3 hours.

Dip 1 cake pan in warm water 10 seconds; unmold cake and turn upside down onto serving plate, so that the top of the cake shows a flat surface.

Spread with about 1 cup of the cream cheese frosting onto the flat surface of the first cake.

Unmold the second cake layer; carefully place upright on top of first cake layer. Frost top and side of cake with remaining cream cheese frosting.

Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Beat softened butter and cream cheese until well blended.
2. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until creamy