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Indulge in This Irresistible Strawberry Crunch Poke Cake
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 285 min
- Serves
- 12
- Calories
- 300 kcal
- Carbs
- 45.00 g
Ingredients
- —One (15.25 box white cake mix, plus ingredients on back of box to prepare white cake)
- 3 ozbox strawberry gelatin
- 1 cupboiling water
- 1 cupcold water
- 8 ozOne package cream cheese, softened
- 1½ cupsheavy whipping cream
- 1 cupconfectioners' sugar
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- 18-20Golden Oreos (coarsely crushed)
- ¼ cupunsalted butter (melted)
- 3 ozbox strawberry gelatin powder
- —Fresh strawberries for garnish (optional but recommended)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare cake according to package directions and bake until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely and poke holes in the cake.
- 2
Combine first box of strawberry gelatin with boiling water until dissolved, then mix with cold water and pour over the cake. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
- 3
Beat cream cheese until smooth. Whip heavy cream with sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form and fold in cream cheese. Frost the chilled cake.
- 4
Mix crushed Oreos, melted butter, and second box of strawberry gelatin powder for topping. Spread over frosted cake and optionally top with fresh strawberries.