My second son turned two this week. He has a St. Patrick's Day birthday. I made a jello cake to celebrate with my family last weekend. I thought about using lime jello, so it would be green, but I just hate lime flavoring. :)
I didn't get a good picture of just a slice of the cake so this one with sweet Lincoln will have to do.
I wanted this to be a cake I could eat while still attempting weight watchers so I tried to lighten it up. It's about 4 points a piece if it serves 16. And because I was sort of playing with the proportions of things - I'll give you the recipe the way I would do it next time.
The recipe:
yellow cake mix
10 oz. diet uncola (like Sprite Zero or diet 7UP)
Mix the cake mix and soda together. Pour into a lightly greased and floured bundt pan.
Bake as directed for a bundt shaped cake on the cake mix box. Allow cake to cool. Use a toothpick to poke holes all over the cake.
1 small package of sugar free strawberry gelatin
1 c. boiling water
1/2 c. cold water
Dissolve gelatin in the hot water and then add the cold. Pour over the baked and cooled and poked cake. Refrigerate overnight or at least 4 hours.
Frost with:
1 large package of sugar free vanilla pudding
1/4 c. confectioner sugar
1 c. cold milk
8 oz. lite cool whip
I can never remember - check the pudding box, but if you add the milk/pudding mix in the wrong order it will get lumpy. I think you need to add the milk than the pudding. Beat on low speed until combined. Add the confectioner sugar until combined. Then fold the pudding mixture into the cool whip. This actually was a little bit too much frosting for my diet soda cake. It is just the right amount for the cake mix prepared in the usual way. Have fun eating the extra. It's yummy. :)
Refrigerate until serving. Serves 16.
yellow cake mix
10 oz. diet uncola (like Sprite Zero or diet 7UP)
Mix the cake mix and soda together. Pour into a lightly greased and floured bundt pan.
Bake as directed for a bundt shaped cake on the cake mix box. Allow cake to cool. Use a toothpick to poke holes all over the cake.
1 small package of sugar free strawberry gelatin
1 c. boiling water
1/2 c. cold water
Dissolve gelatin in the hot water and then add the cold. Pour over the baked and cooled and poked cake. Refrigerate overnight or at least 4 hours.
Frost with:
1 large package of sugar free vanilla pudding
1/4 c. confectioner sugar
1 c. cold milk
8 oz. lite cool whip
I can never remember - check the pudding box, but if you add the milk/pudding mix in the wrong order it will get lumpy. I think you need to add the milk than the pudding. Beat on low speed until combined. Add the confectioner sugar until combined. Then fold the pudding mixture into the cool whip. This actually was a little bit too much frosting for my diet soda cake. It is just the right amount for the cake mix prepared in the usual way. Have fun eating the extra. It's yummy. :)
Refrigerate until serving. Serves 16.
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And on Linc's birthday we had homemade mint shakes - instead of more cake. I just thought this was a fun picture, so I had to share. They were really yummy too!
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