"Ophelia" > wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 3:58:48 PM UTC-6, Janet B wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a dessert recipe that uses a boxed yellow cake mix
>>> and no nuts or chocolate? I got the cake last fall to do some recipe
>>> and then my husband got his kidney stone. After that no nuts and no
>>> chocolate. It can be as hokey as you please. We're both from the
>>> mid-west and have probably seen it all before. Wasn't there a cake
>>> mix recipe at one time that used canned fruit?
>>> Janet US
>>>
>>>
>> I've had the one with the canned fruit cocktail and for the life of me I
>> > can't remember the exact steps or what it's called (fruit cocktail
>>> cake?). > I'm a lot of help, aren't I?
>>
>> Then there's the old recipe from the 60's-70's called a 'poke cake.' >
>> Holes are poked into a 9 x 13 prepared cake with the handle of a wooden
>> > spoon. Prepared Jell-O, flavor of your choice, is poured over the cake
>>> and > refrigerated until the Jell-O is set. Frost with Dream Whip or
>>> if you're > brave, Cool Whip.
>
> Blimey!!
>


There you have it! I don't think I've eaten a poke cake in 35+ years, but
they were quite common during my mid 70's elementary school years.
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