Poke cake gets its name from the holes poked in it after baking, usually using the end of a wooden spoon. In our recipe, strawberry Jello gelatin and Cool Whip topping are layered to fill these holes.

On the "old recipes" subreddit, a user shared their family's poke cake. Here's a quick look at how we made the recipe. Make a simple cake batter using self-rising flour, eggs, buttermilk ...

Most days, a simple poke cake is more my speed. So imagine my delight when I came across a recipe going viral on Reddit for a cinnamon roll poke cake. My son, who has long proclaimed cinnamon ...

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with seven perfect cake ideas, including a luxurious champagne cake, a classic chocolate cake, and a refreshing vanilla bean cake with berry compote. Delight in red ...

I have a bit of a weakness for this sort of cake, which is essentially an assembly–job number, a construction of alternate layers of a rich, boozy cream and some storebought sponge or other.

Place one layer of sponge in the base of the lined cake tin. Spoon over one-quarter of the coffee brandy mixture. Then spread one-quarter of the mascarpone frosting over the soaked sponge.

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