Cherry Poke Cake is an easy poke cake with a patriotic look. Made with a box of white cake mix, cherry gelatin, and canned cherry pie filling, this gorgeous red dessert is a breeze to make.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword 4th of July, cherry cake, poke cake
Prep Time 40 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Refrigerate 2 hourshours
Servings 15
Ingredients
1regular-sized boxwhite cake mix
ingredients needed to make the cake
1(3-ounce) packagecherry gelatin
1 1/2cupsboiling water
8 ouncescream cheese, softened
1/3cupsugar
2cupsCool Whip or fresh whipped cream
2(21-ounce) canscherry pie filling
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13-inch pan. Bake cake according to package directions. Cool cake for 5 minutes.
Dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water. Poke holes all over the top of the cake with a wooden skewer or end of a wooden spoon.
Slowly pour the gelatin over the cake so that it seeps down into the holes.
Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in sugar. Fold in Cool Whip or whipped cream.
Sread cream cheese mixture over top of cake.
Spread cherries over cream cheese mixture. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.