Andrew's birthday Poke Cake turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. Especially since I had no idea what the hell I was doing. Basically you make a cake and the stab it with a knife when it comes out of the oven. Then you mix up some jello with cold water only and pour it over the cake. I could swear that most of my jello was running off the side of the cake and not getting into the cake but when I cut it I realized that some had sank in after all! After you pour the jello over it you put it in the fridge for an hour or so and voila! Poke cake. I decorated Andrew's with cool whip at his request which I colored pink since it's still Valentines day month. I tried to write "happy birthday Andrew" but I quickly realized I was running low on gel so he got "happy b-day A" instead. He didn't care. Here's the finished product. Keep in mind I'm nowhere near a professional cake decorator:
You can see here how the jello that ran off the cake formed around the cakes on the plate. Luckily on the big cake I used a pretty red plate and you can't see it :)
Here's what a poke cake looks like when you cut into it. You can see the jello!
And here's Andrew - filthy because he insisted on doing a side job on his birthday with Gidget trying to see what all the commotion is about.
4 comments:
Some ladies I used to work with would make the cake and then pour strawberry soda in it and put it in the refrigerator. It was great.
gidget wants to eat the cake. :p That looks like a good cake! yummy.
MMMMmmm that looks yummy dammit i want cake!
I love poke cake, especially with lemon jello!
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