Lemon Pudding Poke Cake Food

LEMON PUDDING POKE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix as directed on package for 13x9-inch baking pan, using the egg whites, water and oil. Remove from oven. Immediately poke holes down through cake to bottom of pan with round handle of wooden spoon. (Or, poke holes with a plastic drinking straw, using turning motion to make large holes.) Holes should be at 1-inch intervals.
• Pour milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Immediately pour about half of the thin pudding mixture evenly over warm cake and into holes to make stripes. Let remaining pudding mixture stand until slightly thickened. Spoon over top of cake, swirling to "frost" cake.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve. Cut into 24 squares. Store in refrigerator.

LEMON PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix as directed on pkg. for 13x9-inch baking pan, using the egg whites, water and oil. Remove from oven. Immediately poke holes down through cake to bottom of pan with round handle of wooden spoon. (Or, poke holes with a plastic drinking straw, using turning motion to make large holes.) Holes should be at 1-inch intervals.
• Pour milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 min. Immediately pour about half of the thin pudding mixture evenly over warm cake and into holes to make stripes. Let remaining pudding mixture stand until slightly thickend. Spoon over top of cake, swirling to "frost" cake.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve. Cut into 24 squares. Store in refrigerator.

LEMON PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Finely grate 1 Tbsp zest from lemons, then squeeze 1/4 cup+ 2 Tbsp juice.
• Whisk together flour, salt, and 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp sugar in a large bowl.
• Whisk together yolks, milk, zest and juice in a small bowl and add to flour mixture, whisking just until combined.
• Beat egg whites in another bowl with an electric mixer until they hold soft peaks.
• Beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar, a little at a time, and continue to beat until whites hold stiff, glossy peaks.
• Whisk about 1/4 of whites into batter to lighten, then fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly (batter will be thin).
• Pour into buttered 1 1/2 qt ceramic gratin or other shallow baking dish and bake in a hot water bath until puffed and golden, 45-50 minutes.
• Transfer to a rack.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

LEMON PUDDING POKE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake lemon cake according to directions on the box for a 9 x 13 cake (typically 28 to 35 minutes). Remove the cake oven and poke holes into the cake with the handle of a wooden spoon or straw. Let cake cool slightly or almost cooled.
• Beat together lemon pudding mix and two cups of milk with wire whisk for two minutes. Pour into the holes of the cake.
• Beat heavy cream, vanilla, and powdered sugar until soft to medium peaks form.
• Crush lemon Oreos in blender, food processor or with rolling pin. Fold crushed cookies into whipped cream.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour or until ready to serve.
• Garnish with crushed lemon cookies, lemon zest or sliced lemons.

LEMON PUDDING POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a Bundt pan.
• Whisk together the flour, pudding mix, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat the butter, oil and granulated sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment at medium-high speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, until pale and fluffy, 4 to 6 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and add the eggs, one at a time, beating until the yellow disappears after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract, lemon zest and lemon juice just until combined.
• Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk in 3 additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat just until the ingredients are combined.
• Scrape the batter evenly into the prepared Bundt pan and bake until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean with only a couple of moist crumbs, 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the cake and invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the lemon drizzle: Whisk together the confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and vanilla until thick. (If it's too runny, add a little more confectioners' sugar.) After the cake is cooled, pour the lemon drizzle over the top.

LEMON PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter 8" square pan or baking dish.
• In mixing bowl, combine 3/4 c of the sugar, salt and flour and stir them together.
• Add melted butter, lemon juice and zest and egg yolks.
• Stir until thoroughly blended.
• Stir in milk.
• In separate bowl, beat the egg whites with remaining 1/4 c sugar until stiff, but moist.
• Fold beaten whites into lemon mixture, then pour batter into prepared baking dish.
• Set the cake pan into a larger pan and pour hot water into larger pan to come halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes until top is lightly browned.
• Serve warm or chilled, with whipped cream, if desired.

LUSCIOUS LEMON POKE CAKE WITH PUDDING FROSTING

Steps:

• Place cake layers, top sides up, in two clean 9 inch round cake pans. Pierce cakes with large fork at 1/2 inch intervals.
• Stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in a medium bowl at least 2 minutes until completely dissolved.
• Carefully pour evenly over cake layers.
• Refrigerate for 3 hours.
• Pour milk into a large bowl.
• Add dry pudding mix.
• Beat with whisk for 2 minutes or until well blended.
• Gently stir in whipped topping; set aside.
• Dip one cake pan in warm water 10 sec; unmold second cake layer; carefully place on first layer.
• Frost top and side of cake with remaining pudding mixture.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.
• Store leftover cake in refrigerator.

CREAMY LEMON "POKE" CAKE

Steps:

• Bake cake according to box directions, using two 8 inch round pans.
• While cake is baking, whip together cream cheese, lemon juice and powdered sugar into creamy frosting.
• When cake is done baking, cool for ten minutes then spread approximately 1/3 frosting on top only of the first cake round.
• Place second cake round directly on top of first and poke appx. 10-15 holes down through cakes with round handle of wooden spoon, staying at least 1/2 inch away from edge of cake at 1-inch intervals.
• Make pudding as directed.
• Using a small funnel, immediately pour about 1/2 of the thin pudding into holes.
• Let remaining pudding mixture stand to thicken slightly.
• Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.
• Spoon thickened pudding over top of cake, swirling with a toothpick to "frost" cake.
• Sprinkle grated lemon peel over top of cake to garnish.
• Refridgerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve. Store cake in refrigerator.

LEMONADE POKE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix in 13 X 9" pan according to package directions. Let cool slightly.
• Poke holes in cake at 1" intervals with a wooden spoon.
• Mix lemonade and sugar. Microwave briefly to dissolve sugar. Drizzle lemonade over cake.
• Refrigerate until cold. Spread Cool Whip over cake and refrigerate until serving.

PUDDING POKE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake as package directs in a 9x13 pan. (NOTE: Different cake mixes may require different ingredients than mine.) Remove from oven.
• Poke holes at once through the cake with a round handle of a wooden spoon. Holes should be in 1" intervals.
• After the holes are made, combine the sugar and pudding mix in a large bowl. Gradully stir in the milk. Beat at low speed for 1 minute.
• Before the pudding thickens, pour about half evenly over the warm cake and into the holes.
• Allow the remaining pudding to thicken slightly; then spoon over the top, swirling to frost the cake. Chill at least 1 hour. Store in refrigerator.
• TIP: You can use different flavors of pudding and cake for different flavors. Try adding 1/2 C peanut butter to the chocolate pudding for a Peanut Butter Poke Cake.