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    Patriotic Jello Poke Cake

    Published: May 30, 2022 · Modified: Mar 17, 2025 by Candi Elm · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Make this festive Patriotic Jello Poke Cake for your next holiday get-together. It is moist and drizzled with colorful jello, and topped with whipped cream and red, white, and blue sprinkles.

    Slice of Patriotic Poke Cake.

    Why I love this poke cake recipe

    Poke cakes are so easy to make but they have a big impact. They are so moist and they can be filled with either Jello or Pudding. You can make almost any kind of flavor you can think of and decorate for any type of holiday or occasion.

    The hardest part is the waiting time of letting it sit in the refrigerator after baking. And the best part is cutting into the cake and seeing the colors and flavors and taking your first bite.

    Ingredients

    • White cake mix with ingredients to make it.
    • 1.5 oz blue jello (half of a small box)
    • 1.5 oz red jello (half of a small box)
    • 1 cup boiling water, divided
    • 8 oz of whipped topping
    • patriotic sprinkles

    Instructions

    Prepare cake as directed on the box and bake.

    When the cake is cool, combine 1/2 cup of boiling water with blue jello in a bowl. Stir until dissolved and repeat for the red jello.

    Use the bottom of a wooden spoon to poke holes in the top of the cake.

    Spoon jello mixtures into the holes one flavor at a time. Try to alternate the colors so it makes a nice pattern when you cut into it. You don’t want to get a purple color by putting the red and blue Jello into the same hole. Place cake in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

    White baking pan of patriotic poke cake with red white, blue and gold sprinkles.

    Frost the cake with the Cool Whip and add sprinkles.

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    Items Used in this Recipe

    • Patriotic Sprinkles
    • 9 X 13 Pan
    • Wooden Spoon
    Someone holding a fork with a bite of cake on it.

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    Patriotic Jello Poke Cake

    Make this festive Patriotic Jello Poke Cake for your next holiday get-together. It is moist and drizzled with colorful jello, and topped with whipped cream and red, white, and blue sprinkles.
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Refrigeration Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 16
    Calories: 172kcal
    Author: Candi Elm

    Ingredients  

    • 1 Box White Cake Mix Box including ingredients needed
    • 1.5 ounce Jello Red
    • 1.5 ounce Jello Blue
    • 1 Cup Water Boiling and divided in two
    • 8 ounces Whipped Topping Cool Whip

    Instructions

    • Prepare the cake mix according to the box directions.
    • After Baked let cake cool on counter while making the Jello.
    • Combine 1/2 cup of boiling water with the red jellow and also the blue jello in two seperate bowls and stir until disolved.
    • Using the end of the wooden spoon poke holes into the top of the cake as shown above.
    • Carefully add the red and blue jello alternately into the holes to make a nice pattern. Try not to get both flavors into the same hole.
    • Place the cake into the refrigerator for 30 minutes to allow the cake to cool and set.
    • Frost with the whipped cream and add festive sprinkles.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 260mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Calcium: 81mg | Iron: 1mg
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    About Candi Elm

    Candi Elm is the recipe developer and food photographer at A Day In Candiland where she has been sharing Encouragement, Recipes, and Afternoon Tea Ideas since 2012. Candi currently lives in Southern California with her family and enjoying life to the fullest.

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