Halloween Poke Cake

I'm passing along the perfect cake for your Halloween Party, Halloween Poke Cake. I found this version on the Kraft website (http://www.kraftrecipes.com/). Check the Kraft website out for any recipe that you may be looking for! Happy Halloween!

Halloween Poke Cake

What You Need
1 pkg. (2-layer size) white cake mix

1 cup boiling water
1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Orange Flavor Gelatin
1/2 cup cold water

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
1/2 tsp. yellow food coloring
1/4 tsp. red food coloring
3 Tbsp. Halloween sprinkles

Make It
1 - Prepare cake batter and bake in 13x9-inch pan as directed on package. Cool cake in pan 15 min. Pierce cake with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.
2 - Add boiling water to gelatin mix in small bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in cold water; pour over cake. Refrigerate 3 hours.
3 - Tint COOL WHIP with food colorings; spread onto cake. Refrigerate 1 hour. Decorate with sprinkles just before serving.

Kitchen Hints
How to Thaw COOL WHIP
* Place unopened 8-oz. tub of whipped topping in refrigerator for 4 hours. Do not thaw in microwave.
Substitute
* Prepare using COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.
Substitute
* If orange food coloring is available, use that instead of the yellow and red food colorings. Add enough drops of food coloring until frosting is of desired shade.


Nutritional Information
Serving Size 16 servings
AMOUNT PER SERVING
Calories 220
Total fat 8g
Saturated fat 4g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 230mg
Carbohydrate 34g
Dietary fiber 0g
Sugars 22g
Protein 2
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