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This patriotic poke cake will be the hit of your barbeque or party. Poke cakes are super easy to make and are a fun way to combine colors and flavors.
Poke cakes are super easy to make. They’re a fun way to combine colors and flavors. This patriotic poke cake will be the hit of your barbeque or party. The cake itself is simple to make. It takes a little bit of effort to frost the cake, but the effort will be worth it when you see the finished cake. Here’s instructions for how to make it.
Patriotic Poke Cake
Makes 24 cupcakes
Equipment Needed
- cake pan
- stand mixer OR hand mixer and large mixing bowl
- 2 squeeze bottles
- 3 bowls
- medium star tip and pastry bag
- large cup
- wooden spoon
Hamilton Beach 6-Speed Classic Stand Mixer, Stainless SteelHamilton Beach Hand Mixer with Snap-On Case
Pyrex Smart Essentials 4-Quart Glass Mixing Bowl
Wilton Recipe Right 8 Inch Square Pan
Houseables 8 ounce Squirt Bottle, 6 pack
Anchor Hocking Set of 4 Custard Cups with Lids, 6 ounces
18-Inch Wooden Cooking Spoon, Set of 2
Wilton 12-Piece Cupcake Decorating Set
Wilton Icing Bag Ties, 12 count bag
Ingredients
Poke Cake Ingredients
- 1 box of french vanilla cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) of softened unsalted sweet cream butter
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla bean paste
- 1x 8 oz package cherry jello
- 1x 8 oz package blueberry or blue raspberry jello
Frosting Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 2 1/2 cups powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- blue and red food coloring
Instructions
Poke Cake Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 f. and spray your cake pan with
Spray the cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Using a stand or hand mixer on medium speed to combine the mix, eggs, butter, milk and vanilla bean paste until fully mixed.
Once mixed, pour the batter into the pan .
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
Once the cake is finished, make the jello mixes.
In one bowl, mix the cherry jello with 3/4 cup of boiling water. Mix until dissolved and then add 1/2 cup cold water. Set aside for 2 minutes and then mix
Repeat the jello steps for the blue jello.
Pour each jello into their own squeeze bottle.
Use the bottom of a wooden spoon to poke holes into the cake.
Take the blueberry jello squeeze bottle and squeeze some of the jello into the top row.
Take the Cherry jello and repeat the process in the next row
Continue, alternating the jello colors until all the rows are filled.
Place the cake into the fridge for anywhere from 4 hours to over night.
Frosting instructions
Use a mixer on medium speed to combine all of the frosting ingredients except the food coloring.
If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream.
Mix until you see creamy stiff peaks.
Separate the frosting into three bowls.
Add the red food dye into one bowl.
Add the blue food dye into the second bowl.
Leave the third bowl white.
Fit the star tip onto the piping bag and place the bag inside the cup, pulling the bag over the cups edge.
Use a spoon to scoop some of the red icing and put it on 1/3 part of the piping bag.
Repeat with the blue and white frosting.
Twist the top of the piping bag and squeeze the frosting down.
Using the piping bag, pipe stars over the top of the cake.
Place the cake into the fridge for 30 minutes to get a clean slice or serve right away.
Patriotic Poke Cake
Ingredients
- Poke Cake Ingredients
- 1 box of french vanilla cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) of softened unsalted sweet cream butter
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla bean paste
- 1x 8 oz package cherry jello
- 1x 8 oz package blueberry or blue raspberry jello
- Frosting Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 2 1/2 cups powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- blue and red food coloring
Instructions
Poke Cake Instructions - Preheat oven to 350 f. and spray your cake pan with Spray the cake pan with nonstick cooking spray. Using a stand or hand mixer on medium speed to combine the mix, eggs, butter, milk and vanilla bean paste until fully mixed. Once mixed, pour the batter into the pan . Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean. Once the cake is finished, make the jello mixes. In one bowl, mix the cherry jello with 3/4 cup of boiling water. Mix until dissolved and then add 1/2 cup cold water. Set aside for 2 minutes and then mix Repeat the jello steps for the blue jello. Pour each jello into their own squeeze bottle. Use the bottom of a wooden spoon to poke holes into the cake. Take the blueberry jello squeeze bottle and squeeze some of the jello into the top row. Take the Cherry jello and repeat the process in the next row Continue, alternating the jello colors until all the rows are filled. Place the cake into the fridge for anywhere from 4 hours to over night.
Frosting Instructions - Use a mixer on medium speed to combine all of the frosting ingredients except the food coloring. If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream. Mix until you see creamy stiff peaks. Separate the frosting into three bowls. Add the red food dye into one bowl. Add the blue food dye into the second bowl. Leave the third bowl white. Fit the star tip onto the piping bag and place the bag inside the cup, pulling the bag over the cups edge. Use a spoon to scoop some of the red icing and put it on 1/3 part of the piping bag. Repeat with the blue and white frosting. Twist the top of the piping bag and squeeze the frosting down. Using the piping bag, pipe stars over the top of the cake. Place the cake into the fridge for 30 minutes to get a clean slice or serve right away.
20 comments
That cake sounds delicious. I needed a great dessert for my 4th of July cookout, so this is perfect.
That is so cool! I would love to do that kind of coloring in the top of my cake. It looks delicious and with Fourth of July coming up I think I might attempt this.
OK now that is one cool looking cake, I thought the icing was amazing then I saw the inside of the cake WOW!
This would be a perfect fourth of July cake coming in a few days. It really takes the red, white and blue to such a patriotic and delicious level.
That looks so delicious and not too sweet. That would make a great Canada 150th birthday cake!
Looks so yummy and colorful. I just love the red, white and blue themed desserts around 4th of July.
I love poke cake. It’s so easy to make, tastes good, and looks way cooler than a plain sheet cake, too.
What a neat creation! This would be fun to make, although I am a little intimidated by all the frosting colors! This would be so fun to serve on the 4th.
Such a wonderul design for the fourth of July. I just can imagine its delicious taste. Thanks for the recipe.
This looks delicious! I’ve been searching for a dessert to serve at my 4th of July picnic. This is perfect, thank you!
I love this cake, I have tried to make or even eaten a poke cake before but this looks absolutely delicious
What a great ending the perfect BBQ on the holiday!
Jello Cake — which is what I grew up calling this recipe as my mom made it all the time when we were kids — is one of my favorite deserts. It has been awhile since I’ve had it though. I want a slice now!
I’d never heard of a poke cake until now. How patriotic!
Beautiful cake! I love how it turned out and it didn’t seem too difficult at all!
I am loving this cake. It looks so yummmm and also colorful. The icing is really attractive. This is definitely a very nice creation and I am definitely going to try this out soon.
Thanks for the recipe. The cake looks delicious! I love how you used patriotic colors for the icing! I may have to make this for our 4th of July cookout/get together with my family. I am sure the kids (and adults) would want to have a slice. ๐
This looks so delicious and you made it sounds like it is so easy to make that even a rookie like me might be able to pull this one off ๐
Wow these are amazing. Definitely a standout cake for the 4th.
It looks super easy to make and I love that the icing almost looks tie-dye red, white and blue . Thanks for sharing.