Stripe-It-Rich cake recipe: How to make a Jell-O pudding poke cake, 80s-style - Click Americana (2024)

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Then, add the wet ingredients and bake the cake as directed. It'll be so moist and the pudding will give it a big flavor boost.

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.

Both cakes called for hole-poking action long before the 1970s. Even though Jell-O isn't quite the potluck-table staple it once was, there are still plenty of home bakers poking holes in their cakes and filling them with sugary semi-liquids.

5> Sprinkle with Spices: Sprinkle a pinch of cinnamon, nutmeg, or cardamom over your pudding for a warm and aromatic flavor. 6> Mix in Crushed Cookies or Biscuits: Crushed cookies like Oreos, graham crackers, or digestive biscuits can add both flavor and texture to your pudding.

Because eggs help build the cake's structure (don't use them and you're looking at a gooey mess), adding an extra egg yolk makes the cake batter denser. Translation: you'll have a moister confection. Conversely, she suggests an extra egg white for a fluffier cake.

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.

Check the surface of the item used to poke the cake.

You will know whether or not the cake is ready by seeing: If it comes up with some wet batter, crumbs or stickiness on it, the cake needs to bake some more. If it is dry, then the cake is done.

So, what's a poke cake? True to its name, it's a cake that you poke holes in after baking. The holes are then filled with a liquid or filling — like condensed milk, pureed fruit, chocolate cream, or pudding — to infuse extra flavor into every bite. Here are our favorite ways to make one.

Insufficient creaming of sugar and eggs will also make a tight texture because there isn't enough air trapped in the mix to give it a lift. Adding too much liquid will make it dense and pudding like.

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

How to make box cake dense and moist? ›

On their own, boxed cake mixes have a structure that's loose and airy. But if you add ¼ cup flour or half a box of instant pudding mix, the texture of the cake becomes denser and tighter, ideal for a pound-cake-like consistency that will hold the shape of a Bundt pan.

You may notice the milk changing color as the powder starts to dissolve. Mix the two together with a whisk until the pudding thickens, about 2 minutes. You can also use a handheld mixer or a food processor. There should be no lumps or clumps of pudding mix by the time you are done.