Description
This Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake features moist vanilla cake soaked with orange gelatin and topped with fluffy mandarin orange frosting for the perfect chilled dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 15.25 ounces vanilla cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk or vanilla almond milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 3.4 ounces orange gelatin mix
- 1 1/4 cups boiling water
- 1/3 cup fresh orange juice
- 15 ounces mandarin oranges
- 3.5 ounces vanilla instant pudding mix
- 8 ounces whipped topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven and prepare a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Mix cake mix, eggs, milk, vegetable oil, and orange zest until smooth.
- Bake according to package directions until fully cooked.
- Cool the cake for 10 minutes and poke holes across the top.
- Whisk orange gelatin with boiling water until dissolved.
- Stir in fresh orange juice and pour mixture over the cake.
- Refrigerate the cake for at least 3 hours.
- Beat mandarin oranges with pudding mix until smooth.
- Fold whipped topping into the orange mixture.
- Spread frosting over the chilled cake.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Serve chilled for the best flavor and texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 28 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 172
- Sugar: 18
- Sodium: 198
- Fat: 6
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 1
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 27
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 22