Amazing Rainbow Poke Cake (2024)

FAQs

Why is my poke cake soggy? ›

Make sure the holes aren't too close together or too far apart—if they're too close together, your cake could be too moist; if they're too far apart, there may not be enough filling throughout the cake.

First things first, make your cake batter. Then, decide how many colors you want to have. Split your batter into that many separate bowls or containers. Then, using a gel food coloring, put a little bit (literally use a toothpick) in each batter, and mix well, adding color as needed until to get your desired shades.

It's best to make the holes in the cake while it is still slightly warm, because as it cools the crust on top of the cake will crumble more easily.

Poke-and-pour cake (also called poke cake) is a cake recipe that calls for holes to be poked in it after baking, usually with the handle of a wooden spoon or a wooden skewer. Then a liquid is poured over the baked cake to soak into the cake holes.

Store the Jell-O poke cake, tightly covered with storage wrap or foil, in the refrigerator for up to three days.

I used gel food coloring to color these rainbow cake layers. Liquid food coloring can work too, but you won't be able to get the same vibrant colors. You also can throw off the consistency of the cake batter if you add too much liquid food coloring. I highly recommend using gel food coloring.

Eggs provide structure and moisture in a cake mix. Make your cake richer or fluffier with these quick options: Extra egg: To make your cake lighter, mixing in another egg will do the trick. "Adding an additional egg creates a richer, fluffier cake," says Waterson.

Baking Soda: When it comes to baking soda, when used appropriately, it does leave a distinctive taste as well as darker colour in your baked goods. It's very common to use baking soda in darker colored baked goods like chocolate cake or banana muffins.

Sweetened condensed milk can be added directly to your cake mix in moderation or used as a delicious frosting alternative. Before we look at any potential downsides to using this convenient product, let's dive into all the creative ways condensed milk can be used to elevate your next boxed cake.

A dump cake is an American dessert similar to a cobbler but with a cake-like topping. It is so named because it is prepared by "dumping" ingredients (typically canned fruit or pie filling, followed by a boxed cake mix) into a cake pan without mixing.

When did poke cakes become popular? ›

Simply, and somewhat crudely, titled, the cake is an advertising invention of the late 1970s, when Jell-O used it to re-initiate the public to its jiggly, ubiquitous resourcefulness in dessert making. Jell-O salads of the 50s and 60s were outmoded and on the wane; the poke cake was a way to bring Jell-O back.

It has remained available since, although Facebook had hidden the feature in its navigation and made it much more difficult to find in recent years. But pokes are hidden no more, and the younger generations are mostly responsible for making poking cool again, according to Facebook.

Sometimes if fruit cake has not cooled sufficiently and is wrapped up it can cause a slimy wettness. If your cake is not slimy it should be fine. Leave the cake unwrapped for a few hours, if it is fresh alcohol it will disperse.

Problem: The edges of my cake are soggy.

This happens when the cake isn't turned out onto your cooling rack soon enough and condensation has built up on the inside of the tin.

Use baking strips to avoid a wet cake

Baking strips are just strips of fabric or insulated foil that wrap around the edge of your cake tin and stop the edges of the tin from getting too hot too quickly. This stops the edges of your cake from cooking faster than the middle, therefore avoiding a wet middle.

Soggy bottoms

This normally happens when the oven is not hot enough or the pastry is not baked for long enough. However, it can also be because too much water was added to the dough.