Patriotic Poke Cake

By Danielle-2

Ingredients

• 1 - box (18 oz) white cake mix prepared (two 9-inch round), cooled
• 2 - cups boiling water, divided
• 1 - pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin, or any other red flavor
• 1 - pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Berry Blue Flavor Gelatin
• 1 - tub 16 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

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. Refrigerate 3 hours.

Remove from refrigerator and dip bottoms of cake pans in warm water for 10 sec.; unmold. Fill and frost cake layers with Cool Whip or cream cheese frosting. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

Frosting Variation {Cream Cheese Frosting}
Beat two 8 oz packages softened cream cheese and 2 cups powdered sugar in large bowl with mixer or wire whisk until well blended. Gently stir in one 8 - oz cool whip until well blended. Frost cake layers with cream cheese frosting.