Valentine Stripes: Jello Cake
February 10th, 2009 | 
Ok, I know this is really treading a thin line between “gourmet” and “mix it”, but this cake is delicious. Trust me. You have to try it to see. Or you could ask my husband who, as soon as I put the plate down after photographing it, gobbled up not one, not two but all FOUR pieces of cake and then proceeded to grab more from the fridge.
I`m going to be glad when Valentine`s Day is over . . . hubby is going to weigh about 50 lbs more!
Striped Jello Cake
Step One
You`ll need a basic white sheet cake. Any cake recipe will do, here`s the one I used:
2 cups sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine
2 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups flour
1 1/4 cup milk
Preheat oven to 350ยบ. Grease a 9×13″ pan.
Blend the sugar and margarine together and beat in the eggs and vanilla.
Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl and add to the sugar mixture. Beat in the milk until smooth. Pour into the pan and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
Step Two
Mix up a package of red Jello according to the instructions.
Take a wooden spoon and use the handle to poke holes in your cake.
Now pour the Jello over the entire cake, making sure some gets into each hole. (sorry about the blurry photo, I was pouring and shooting at the same time)
Put the entire cake in the fridge and leave it overnight to chill. Cut through the holes you poked and you`ll end up with pieces like this.
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Sheesh! Here I am reading all these awesome recipes, and suddenly I look at who is writing them! Who knew you and your sister were so creative with food (and not too shabby at photographing it either)! I am totally making this cake this weekend. It sounds yummy!
Let us know how it turns out, Jessica! I realized after posting the link on Expat that it wasn`t clear this was my blog (and Cherith`s), but decided to leave it and see what happened.
I make this cake all the time too! I use whipped cream as frosting and shredded coconut to top it.
For some reason my kids have named it “Clown Cake”. LOL
Wow this looks deelish! I am going to make it once we live in a house with an oven!
Wow, this looks like a fun recipe. Kudos.
another awesome recipe! we already ate half of this thing in just a couple of hours, lol
Yeah, this cake never lasts long around our house, either!
i loved it i am gonna try it isa