Patriotic Poke Cake Semi-Homemade Recipe - The Thrifty Couple (2024)

Each year, I have shared some fun patriotic recipes as it is one of our family’s favorite holidays, filled with family, friends and food.

Ingredients needed forPatriotic Poke Cake:

• Preheat oven to 350 and spray your cake pan with pam spray, set aside
• Using a standing mixer or hand beater, combine the mix, eggs, butter, and vanilla extract. Mix on medium speed until fully mixed.
• Once mixed, pour batter into the pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

• Once the cake is baked and cooling,make your jello mixes
• Ina medium bowl, mix the redjello with 3/4 C boiling water
• Mix until dissolved and then add 1/2 C cold water
• Set aside for 2 minutes and then mix

• Repeat the jello steps for the bluejello

• Pour each jello into their own squeeze bottle

• Using the bottom of the wooden spoon, poke holes into the cake
• Take the bluejello squeeze bottle and squeeze some of the jello into the top row

• Take the redjello and repeat the process using the next row

• Alternate the jello colors until all the rows are filled
• Place cake into the fridge for at least 4 hours

Ingredients needed for Patriotic Frosting:

• 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
• 2 1/2 C powder sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
• Blue and red food coloring
• 3 bowls
• medium star tip and pastry bag
• Large cup to put the piping bag in

Directions forPatriotic Frosting:

• Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients except the food coloring into the bowl and mix on medium speed
• If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream
• Mix until you see creamy stiffed peaks
• Separate the frosting into three bowls
• Add the red food dye into one bowl and mix until you get the red color you want
• Add the blue food dye into the second bowl and mix until you get the blue color you want
• Leave the third bowl of frosting white
• Fit the star tip into the piping bag and place the bag inside the cup, pulling the bag over the cups edge
• Using a spoon, scoop some of the red icing and put it on 1/3 part of the piping bag
• Repeat with the blue and white frosting
• Twist the top of the piping bag and squeeze the frosting down
• Using the piping bag, pipe stars over the top of the cake

• Place into the fridge for 30 minutes to get a clean slice or serve right away.

*TIP: you can also use store-bought vanilla or white frosting to save time. Simply color 1/3 red and 1/3 blue and frost with the star tip to make a patriotic effect.