"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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>> "Ophelia" > wrote:
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>>>> On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 3:58:48 PM UTC-6, Janet B wrote:
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>>>>> 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
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>>>> 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?
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>>>> 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.
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>>> Blimey!!
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>> 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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> Well it sounds as though it is still popular I am still trying to get
> my head round it

I don't think it's popular in most places. I only ever saw one once. It
was at a potluck. My friend ate a piece and said that it was good but she
was a real sweets lover. She said that her kids liked to make them because
they liked poking the holes in the cake.