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Wearing O' Green Cake Recipe

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One bite of this moist, colorful cake and you'll think you've found the pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow. It's the perfect dessert to round out your St. Patrick's Day feast. —Marge Nicol, Shannon, Illinois

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Wearing O' Green Cake Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling

Yield: 12-15 Servings

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Ingredients

1 package white cake mix (regular size)
2 packages (3 ounces each) lime gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
TOPPING:
1 cup cold milk
1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
Green sprinkles

Directions

Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in cold water and set aside.
With a meat fork or wooden skewer, poke holes about 2 in. apart into cooled cake. Slowly pour gelatin over cake. Cover and refrigerate.
In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes (mixture will be thick). Fold in whipped topping. Spread over cake. Decorate with sprinkles. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Yield: 12-15 servings.

Originally published as Wearing O' Green Cake in Taste of Home February/March 2005, p21

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Reviewed on Apr. 04, 2013 by lottsville1

This cake as excellent and perfect for St. Patricks. I am going to try it with different flavored jellos.

Reviewed on Mar. 25, 2013 by jewels2468

Not a real fan of this cake. I know I was supposed to use lime gelatin (St. Patrick's Day) but we don't care for it so I used rasberry. It tasted good. The frosting didn't seem to have much flavor. And my didn't look as good as the picture ;)

Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2013 by angel92682

Thsi was an excellent cake! I made it one night on a whim and my entire family enjoyed it-so much so that every single one of them went back for seconds! Now everyone is asking me to make it again...Next time I'm going to change it up a little and maybe do some flavors/colors that will go well with Easter :)

Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2013 by heldal

Moist, light, delicious, and easy to make.

My husband especially liked it straight from the refrigerator.

Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2013 by grniis2

I took this cake to work St. Patrick's Day and everyone loved it. I've made poke cakes before but never with the lime flavor. It was a perfect combination of tart and sweet. Thanks for the recipe.

Reviewed on Mar. 17, 2013 by jkbess

I am recovering from surgery and was looking for something easy to make to bring to our annual St. Patrick's Day neighborhood celebration ... this was not only super easy to prepare, but a deliciously BIG hit ... Thank you so much!

Reviewed on Mar. 17, 2013 by butke

This was easy and fun to make. I have yet to taste it, but it looks good. I used rainbow sprinkles because I could not for the life of me find green sprinkles.

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2013 by badkitty

Awesome, easy, delicious, moist. I make this every St. Patrick's Day! No changes, great recipe.

Reviewed on Mar. 14, 2013 by Moe0610

Added orange food coloring to the cake. Was a big hit at the party.

Reviewed on Mar. 09, 2013 by JamiePer

My Pastor's wife makes this with *lemon* cake mix, just one package of jello (dissolved in 3/4 c boiling water, then 1/2 c cold water). She cools the cake for about 30 min, then pours the jello over the slightly warm cake and refrigerates it while making topping. She uses one envelope of whipped topping mix, a package (4 serving size) of lemon instant pudding and 1 1/2 c cold milk. This cake may be frozen, too!

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