Trick or Treat Cake Two Ways! (Poke Cake!)

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I loved making this pretty cake!  It was so fun to create and even more fun to cut into to see the spectacular designs!  Kind of like a snow flake, each cut had a different pretty pattern!  You can change up the stripes and colors by adding more or less to each layer you pour!

I have actually made this cake TWO WAYS!!  You can make it with just the cake and frosting… OR you can create a lovely chocolate orange poke cake!  Both were delicious and I really couldn’t decide which to post so I thought I’d post BOTH!  :)

Keep in mind, if you make the poke cake, the orange jello will turn some of the white orange so you will loose some of the marbling.

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Servings: 12 servings

Trick or Treat Cake (Two Ways!)

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

35 mins

Total Time:

50 mins

 

Author: Holly

Ingredients

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• 1 box of white cake mix plus ingredients required to prepare it
• 2 small (3oz) boxes orange jello (optional, this is for the poke cake)
• orange food coloring , (Gel color works best).
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder

Frosting

• 6 tablespoons butter (softened)
• 1 tablespoon shortening
• 2 2/3 cups powdered sugar
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup milk (room temp)
• 1 teaspoons vanilla

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Instructions

1. Prepare cake batter according to package directions. Grease & flour a 9x13 pan.
2. Divide the batter into 3 bowls, 1/2 of the batter in one bowl and 1/4 in the other two bowls.
3. Add add orange food coloring to 1/4 of the batter to reach desired color. (Gel color works best). Add the cocoa powder to the second bowl with 1/4 of the batter. Mix well.
4. Pour about 1/4 cup white batter into your pan. Alternate pouring the different colors of batter 1/4 cup at a time, one on top of the other. (I did: white, orange, white, brown). Bake according to package directions.
   
   
5. You can cool and frost with frosting below or make a poke cake:

To make Orange Poke Cake:

1. Poke holes all over the top of the cooled cake using a skewer or chopstick (or similar).
2. Dissolve Jell-O in 1 cup of boiling water. Once completely dissolved, stir in cold water. Gently pour over cake and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

Chocolate Frosting

1. Mix together icing sugar and cocoa. Set aside.
2. Combine shortening and butter in a bowl.
3. Combine milk and vanilla.
4. Beat shortening and butter until creamed.
5. Slowly alternate adding cocoa mixture and milk mixture
6. Beat until combined and fluffy (approx 3 minutes).
   
   

Nutrition Information

(Nutriton information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.)

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Holly

Holly is a wine and cheese lover, recipe creator, shopping enthusiast and self appointed foodie. Her greatest passion is creating in the kitchen and making deliciously comforting recipes for the everyday home cook!

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