Box-Mix Jello Cake

Submitted by Rita1652

"Thanks to Jello, Cool Whip,Box instant pudding, &box cake this is so easy. Great for pot luck!"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 18 ounces white cake mix (Duncan Hines brand preferred)
• 3 egg whites (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1⁄3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 1⁄3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 (3 ounce) box strawberry Jell-O gelatin dessert (or any flavor)
• 1 3⁄4 cups boiling water
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
• 1 Cool Whip
• fresh strawberry, garnish

directions

1. Bake cake according to package directions in 13 x 9 pan (use all egg whites).
2. Cool awhile.
3. Dissolve jello in boiling water.
4. Poke holes all over cake with large utility fork.
5. Spoon jello evenly over cake.
6. Refrigerate at least a couple of hours.
7. Prepare pudding as directed on package for pudding.
8. Chill awhile.
9. Spread pudding evenly over cake.
10. Chill.
11. Spread Cool Whip over top of cake and garnish with strawberries.

Reviews

[haverman]

This is a family favorite and a popular dessert at pot-lucks. To save a step I decided to try mixing the vanilla pudding and Cool Whip together before spreading on the top of the cake. I got so many compliments after making this change it is the only way I make this now. Additional note - the vanilla/Cool Whip mixture is what I put in my cream puffs.

 

[purrpurrkoshkamb]

This recipe brings back a lot of childhood memories. Although we never used pudding but that sounds very tasty. We also made it slightly different. We would use 3/4 cup boiling water to dissolve the Jell-O then we would use a 1 cup of a complimentary flavor soda pop (ice cold) to cool down the Jell-O. Such as orange crush with orange Jell-o or Squirt with Pineapple Jell-O. If you want to be fancy I sometimes make 2 flavors of Jell-O(Orange and Pineapple for instance) and use 1/2 of each flavor alternating flavors to spoon into every other it looks really pretty when sliced.

 

[Hannah Petertil]

Surprisingly good and out-of-control easy, I made this cake after one of my co-workers couldn't stop raving about how amazing Jell-O cake is. Naturally, I took it upon myself to try. He swore pudding shouldn't be used, so I left it out, but other users seemed to love that addition. I also used a whipped cream cheese frosting for the topping (recipe # 187817) and they went together SO well. I'd make this cake again and I'd definitely recommend cherry Jell-O.

 

[jimjam63]

I made this with some modifications: Used a bigger pan, 15x10; and instead of two separate toppings of pudding and cool whip I followed the directions on the pudding box to make "Angel Lush". And then spead that on top of the cake. Simple and DELICIOUS!!!

 

[Gingerbear]

This was delicious! I added too much jello though which is not your fault at all just because i didn't read the directions right. It would have been better with less jello like you have posted in the recipe but it was still very very good. I used cherry jello instead of strawberry. I will be making this again but next time I will follow the directions. Thank you for a great recipe!