When I hear the words “Jello poke cake,” I’m instantly reminded of potlucks and family gatherings from my childhood. This retro dessert, with its jiggly, fruity center and fluffy cake base, was a ...

For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 13-by-9-inch cake pan with cooking spray. Place the cake mix in a large mixing bowl. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together 1 cup of cold water, oil, ...

Getting back to Betty Joe Brown’s request for a certain gelatin cake, three Forum cooks share very similar, yet totally different, lemon variations on the theme. Everett cook Darlene Gregg starts us ...

I usually cringed when my friend Gary Stubblefield would post a social media picture for me. Many times it was a picture from “Dirty Dancing” with our faces replacing Baby and Johnny’s. He was ...

If you think creating a moist cake requires a lot of skill and takes a lot of time, we’re about to poke holes in your theory. Since 1976, even amateur bakers have had the ability to do so. That’s when ...

(13- to 16-ounce) box yellow cake mix, plus necessary ingredients (3-ounce) package strawberry gelatin boiling water, plus 1 cup cold water cold heavy cream powdered sugar Preheat the oven to 350˚F.

Cake is a carbolicious creation of flour, sugar, butter and eggs, with a top layer of extra calories in the form of sweet, creamy frosting. There’s nothing not to love about the whole ensemble. But if ...

Tip: Lightly sweetened whipped cream or even Cool Whip also work well as a topping. If ever a dessert could be described as retro-cool, it’s this jello cake. The company behind Jell-O invented a ...