So Pretty! Patriotic, red-white-blue Jello Poke Cake is quick and easy to make with fun red and blue gelatin streaks and whipped white chocolate topping. Perfect for all your summer parties.
Poke holes in cooled cake at ½-inch intervals, poking about halfway through the cake and twisting gently with a small dowel.
Put the red Jell-O in one bowl and the blue in another.
Pour ½ cup of boiling water in each and stir until gelatin dissolves.
Pour the red Jell-O in some of the holes in the cake randomly and finish filling the other holes with the blue Jell-O.
Chill overnight.
Frosting
Add the heavy cream, pudding mix, and Confectioner's sugar to the bowl of a mixer.
Using the whisk attachment beat until light and fluffy - with the texture of thick whipped cream.
Cover the chilled cake thickly with the topping.
Add the fruit in any design you prefer.
White Chocolate Stars
Melt white chocolate and either fill star shaped candy molds or create stars freehand on waxed paper.
Chill until firm.
Use to decorate cake.
Store in the refrigerator
Notes
Storage:You can make this red, white, and blue poke cake 2 days ahead of time if you don't frost it until the day you want to serve it OR you can make it a day ahead of time and go ahead and frost it.Once frosted keep it in the refrigerator. Be sure to cover it tightly because the whipped frosting will take on refrigerator odors and weird flavors.Store leftover poke cake, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. After that it will tend to get soggy and have a weird texture.Tips:Expert Tip: You can make this even quicker and easier by buying an unfrosted white cake at the bakery or bakery section of your store.
Be sure not to go all the way through the cake but vary the depth of the holes from about half way to about ¾ths of the way down.
Twisting the dowel a little will help the cake hold more of the filling.
Make the holes when the cake is still a little warm.
Make sure the holes aren't too close together - keep them even all over the cake.
Be sure to allow plenty of time for the cake to chill or it will be soggy. Give it at least 3 to 4 hours.