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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

25 30 55

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 Mar. 09, 2013 by ckat

If you wanted to try and use pistachio pudding, you would just need to make the holes bigger by using a straw (like any other pudding poke cake). Then, when you make the pudding, stop mixing it before it becomes too thickened. Pour the thinner pudding immediately onto the cake. The pudding will still thicken in the holes while chilling.

Reviewed on Mar. 08, 2013 by dollargirl

I will certainly try this cake next week for St. Pat's Day. I've made your Halloween poke cake and it looked and tasted absolutely delicious - so moist.

Reviewed on Mar. 07, 2013 by lindagriffin

Has anyone tried to use Pistachio Pudding in place of the lime jello?

I would love to make this cake for St. Patrick's Day but am concerned the lime jello may make it too tart. I'm not sure if pudding would work down into the cake or just pool on top. Has anyone tried this or have alternate suggestions or input?

Reviewed on Feb. 24, 2013 by lschumacher

Make this every year for Christmas. Baked in two round pans and use one pkg of green and red jello. So good and very festive and never had left overs!

Reviewed on Feb. 19, 2013 by mkoston

I didn't make it -yet. But I bet it would be good 1 pkg of pistachio pudding on top.

Reviewed on Mar. 15, 2011 by emrh1

I have made this a couple times. First time I followed the recipe exactly and it was great. The most recent time I wanted to cut some calories out and it still turned out just as great. I used sugar free Jello, sugar free Pudding, and reduced fat cool whip. Also when I made the cake I substituted apple sauce for the vegetable oil and used egg beater egg whites. I didn't tell anyone that I did this and everyone gobbled it down without saying anything about it tasting different.

Reviewed on Apr. 23, 2010 by Johanna Coursey

I almost doubt I would make it again. It's good but not great. I mean i think it would of been better with starwberries.

Reviewed on Mar. 22, 2010 by firecrackermango

Though "poke cakes" are great - tasty, colorful, and moist, the lime jello made it taste tart. I love the topping though. I used sugar free jello and pudding, and low-fat whipped topping. I will make more poke cakes, but not w/lime jello.

Reviewed on Mar. 15, 2010 by kkutz

I MADE TWO OF THESE CAKES OVER THE WEEKEND ONE FOR HOME AND ONE FOR MY CHILDREN TO TAKE TO THERE GRANDPARENTS HOUSE THIS CAKE WAS A HIT VERY MOIST MY HUSBAND SAYS ITS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS RECIPE

Reviewed on Mar. 06, 2010 by NvLadyslipper

Back in the "old days", this was known as a Jello Poke Cake. Enjoyed it then and enjoy it now! Easy to make--I will do it again with my grandkids for Memorial day. We will use blue and red Jello and be a VERY patriotic red, white and blue dessert with sparklers on top!

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