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

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

You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
--
jinx the minx

On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 4:08:04 PM UTC-6, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>
> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
> pudding or jello.
>
> jinx the minx
>
>
Hahahaaaaaaa, we were thinking the same thing!

On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:12:28 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 4:08:04 PM UTC-6, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>
>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>> pudding or jello.
>>
>> jinx the minx
>>
>>
>Hahahaaaaaaa, we were thinking the same thing!

If you didn't have a recipe then you should have not posted. We get
it, if some here don't have a recipe then they won't contribute to
this thread

On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:07:22 +0000 (UTC), jinx the minx
> wrote:

>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
>
>You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
>Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
Yeah! You're thinking right!
thanks
Janet US

"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
...
> 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
>
> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.

Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed cake
mix
but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with it.


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On 2/16/2015 12:36 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> 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
>>
>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
>
> Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed
> cake mix
> but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with
> it.
>
>

Some time ago, somebody got the idea of adding a box of pudding to a box
of cake mix - it could have been during the 70s. Typically you added a
bunch of oil to the mixes too which gave you a richer, moister, cake.
The practice got to be so popular that some mixes will claim to have
pudding already in the mix.

"Poke" cake refers to the practice of poking holes in the warm cake and
pouring Jello on the top. The holes make the cake accept the liquid more
easily and gives it some interesting striations. I have not heard of
pouring pudding onto a poke cake but it appears that some people do.

My feeling on the subject is that well heck, if you're gonna poke holes
in a cake and pour stuff on it, you might as well make tres leches cake.
This is pretty much instant death to lactose intolerant folks like me
but what a way to go!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/t...ke-recipe.html

On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 6:36:43 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
>
> "Poke" cake refers to the practice of poking holes in the warm cake and
> pouring Jello on the top. The holes make the cake accept the liquid more
> easily and gives it some interesting striations. I have not heard of
> pouring pudding onto a poke cake but it appears that some people do.
>
Yes, the cake is rather interesting looking when cut into.
>
> My feeling on the subject is that well heck, if you're gonna poke holes
> in a cake and pour stuff on it, you might as well make tres leches cake.
> This is pretty much instant death to lactose intolerant folks like me
> but what a way to go!
>
> http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/t...ke-recipe.html
>
>
I've not eaten one of those but would like to try it. It is my understanding the milk takes about 24 hours to completely soak into the cake. Looks like another cake that will splatter when dropped. :-))

On 2/16/2015 2:48 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 6:36:43 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> "Poke" cake refers to the practice of poking holes in the warm cake and
>> pouring Jello on the top. The holes make the cake accept the liquid more
>> easily and gives it some interesting striations. I have not heard of
>> pouring pudding onto a poke cake but it appears that some people do.
>>
> Yes, the cake is rather interesting looking when cut into.
>>
>> My feeling on the subject is that well heck, if you're gonna poke holes
>> in a cake and pour stuff on it, you might as well make tres leches cake.
>> This is pretty much instant death to lactose intolerant folks like me
>> but what a way to go!
>>
>> http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/t...ke-recipe.html
>>
>>
> I've not eaten one of those but would like to try it. It is my understanding the milk takes about 24 hours to completely soak into the cake. Looks like another cake that will splatter when dropped. :-))
>

I think you're right about this. A tres leches cake is better when made
with a sponge rather than a box mix. The sponge cake has a firmer
structure which will hold up better to the milks.

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/16/2015 12:36 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
>>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
>>
>> Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed
>> cake mix
>> but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with
>> it.
>>
>>
>
> Some time ago, somebody got the idea of adding a box of pudding to a box
> of cake mix - it could have been during the 70s. Typically you added a
> bunch of oil to the mixes too which gave you a richer, moister, cake. The
> practice got to be so popular that some mixes will claim to have pudding
> already in the mix.
>
> "Poke" cake refers to the practice of poking holes in the warm cake and
> pouring Jello on the top. The holes make the cake accept the liquid more
> easily and gives it some interesting striations. I have not heard of
> pouring pudding onto a poke cake but it appears that some people do.
>
> My feeling on the subject is that well heck, if you're gonna poke holes in
> a cake and pour stuff on it, you might as well make tres leches cake. This
> is pretty much instant death to lactose intolerant folks like me but what
> a way to go!
>
> http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/t...ke-recipe.html

Thanks Mr D I am surprised that mixing cake mix and pudding together
would allow a cake to bake propely.

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On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:09:12 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

> Thanks Mr D I am surprised that mixing cake mix and pudding together
> would allow a cake to bake propely.

People mixed boxed pudding with boxed cake mixes long before pudding
cakes came in a box. They're like a moist pound cake, not bad at all.


--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 3:09:11 AM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
>
> I am surprised that mixing cake mix and pudding together
> would allow a cake to bake propely.
>
>
Believe it or not, the cake comes out great and the dry pudding mix has no adverse effects.

On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 11:09:11 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 2/16/2015 12:36 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
> >>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
> >>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
> >>
> >> Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed
> >> cake mix
> >> but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with
> >> it.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Some time ago, somebody got the idea of adding a box of pudding to a box
> > of cake mix - it could have been during the 70s. Typically you added a
> > bunch of oil to the mixes too which gave you a richer, moister, cake. The
> > practice got to be so popular that some mixes will claim to have pudding
> > already in the mix.
> >
> > "Poke" cake refers to the practice of poking holes in the warm cake and
> > pouring Jello on the top. The holes make the cake accept the liquid more
> > easily and gives it some interesting striations. I have not heard of
> > pouring pudding onto a poke cake but it appears that some people do.
> >
> > My feeling on the subject is that well heck, if you're gonna poke holes in
> > a cake and pour stuff on it, you might as well make tres leches cake. This
> > is pretty much instant death to lactose intolerant folks like me but what
> > a way to go!
> >
> > http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/t...ke-recipe.html
>
> Thanks Mr D I am surprised that mixing cake mix and pudding together
> would allow a cake to bake propely.

It's a goofy idea alright. OTOH, you're mostly adding starch and sugar to starch and sugar. My guess is that the important part is, in reality, the third of a cup of oil that's added and the added sugar boost.

>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/16/2015 12:36 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
>>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
>>
>> Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed
>> cake mix
>> but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with
>> it.
>>
>>
>
> Some time ago, somebody got the idea of adding a box of pudding to a box
> of cake mix - it could have been during the 70s. Typically you added a
> bunch of oil to the mixes too which gave you a richer, moister, cake. The
> practice got to be so popular that some mixes will claim to have pudding
> already in the mix.

I do remember those pudding in the mix cakes. What I don't remember is
anyone poking holes in the cake and pouring pudding in. That almost sounds
like a *******ized Tres Leches cake.
>
> "Poke" cake refers to the practice of poking holes in the warm cake and
> pouring Jello on the top. The holes make the cake accept the liquid more
> easily and gives it some interesting striations. I have not heard of
> pouring pudding onto a poke cake but it appears that some people do.
>
> My feeling on the subject is that well heck, if you're gonna poke holes in
> a cake and pour stuff on it, you might as well make tres leches cake. This
> is pretty much instant death to lactose intolerant folks like me but what
> a way to go!
>
> http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/t...ke-recipe.html

I have never tried one. They actually served that at a Mexican place that
we used to eat at. We were very ambivalent about that place. We'd love the
food and eat there a lot, then one day the food would come with seemingly no
seasoning to it. The rice would be barely pink so they clearly added
something to it but certainly not enough of anything. So we'd quit going.

Then we'd think about it and decide to try it again the food would be good
for a while. Repeat.

Then just when I thought about going again, it was no longer there. I did
ask around because most of the Mexican restaurant owners around here know
the owners of the other places. But nobody knew what happened to this
place. We also used to run into the owner at Costco now and then but
haven't seen him since.

On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 01:11:43 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> I do remember those pudding in the mix cakes. What I don't remember is
> anyone poking holes in the cake and pouring pudding in.

Me either. Jello Poke Cakes got the holes.
http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/...ake-53184.aspx

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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
>>
>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
>
> Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed
> cake mix
> but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with
> it.

I don't think I've seen it made with pudding but with gelatin. And you
could use a scratch cake although I can't imagine making it with any cake.
You simply bake your cake as one big layer, then use something like the
handle of a wooden spoon to poke holes in the baked and cooled cake and pour
the Jell-O into the holes. With the gelatine, you get all the drama of the
two different colors.

Actually this recipe says to use a fork and cover it with Coolwhip which is
(IMO) a disgusting, faux whipped cream made with things that you don't want
to put in your body.

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/...ake-53184.aspx

On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:36:45 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
>"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
...
>> 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
>>
>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
>
>Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed cake
>mix
>but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with it.

Oh no Ophelia...you're going to be totally "ruined" as a "from
scratch" baker if you keep listening to these "semi-homemade"
bakers over in "the colonies"!

William

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 7:32:44 AM UTC-6, BigC300 wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:36:45 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> 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
> >>
> >> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
> >> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
> >> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
> >
> >Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed cake
> >mix
> >but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with it.
>
> Oh no Ophelia...you're going to be totally "ruined" as a "from
> scratch" baker if you keep listening to these "semi-homemade"
> bakers over in "the colonies"!
>
True. How much trashier can you get than slopping Jello, boxed pudding,
and/or canned milk (all of which are garbage ingredients) onto a cake?
With all the jokes about British food, the average USA cook is far worse.
>
> William

--Bryan

Bryan, generalize much? The "average" American cook probably doesn't even make the
recipe you are criticizing. I certainly don't, and I am pretty average.

N.

"William" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:36:45 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
...
>>> 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
>>>
>>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
>>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
>>
>>Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed
>>cake
>>mix
>>but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with
>>it.
>
> Oh no Ophelia...you're going to be totally "ruined" as a "from
> scratch" baker if you keep listening to these "semi-homemade"
> bakers over in "the colonies"!

Well I am not saying I will make one, but it is something new and I am
interested in how they did it

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On 2/17/2015 5:33 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "William" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:36:45 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>>>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla
>>>> pudding.
>>>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
>>>
>>> Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a
>>> boxed cake
>>> mix
>>> but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works
>>> with it.
>>
>> Oh no Ophelia...you're going to be totally "ruined" as a "from
>> scratch" baker if you keep listening to these "semi-homemade"
>> bakers over in "the colonies"!
>
> Well I am not saying I will make one, but it is something new and I am
> interested in how they did it
>
I don't know about pudding cakes. Jell-O poke cakes, you baked a cake
in a triangular pan (13X9) poked holes in it and poured Jell-O over the
top. Then you refrigerated the cake and the Jell-O set. I don't know
about adding any sort of whipped topping. I was under the impression
this sort of thing was for a kids party or something similar.

Jill

"Ophelia" > wrote:
> "William" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:36:45 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
>>>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
>>>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
>>>
>>> Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed >>cake
>>> mix
>>> but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with >>it.
>>
>> Oh no Ophelia...you're going to be totally "ruined" as a "from
>> scratch" baker if you keep listening to these "semi-homemade"
>> bakers over in "the colonies"!
>
> Well I am not saying I will make one, but it is something new and I am
> interested in how they did it


You don't need to use boxed cake/jello/pudding mixes! My mom used to make
the pudding ones with homemade cake and pudding. Google for Kraft brand
recipes to get the gist.
--
jinx the minx

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 12:36:01 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "William" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:36:45 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>> You could always make a Midwestern friendly poke cake with any flavor
> >>> pudding or jello. As a kid I liked them with banana or vanilla pudding.
> >>> Just make sure to use a boiled pudding and not instant.
> >>
> >>Please would you explain that more fully? I have never bought a boxed
> >>cake
> >>mix
> >>but I would be willing to try it if you explain how the jello works with
> >>it.
> >
> > Oh no Ophelia...you're going to be totally "ruined" as a "from
> > scratch" baker if you keep listening to these "semi-homemade"
> > bakers over in "the colonies"!
>
> Well I am not saying I will make one, but it is something new and I am
> interested in how they did it
>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

Knowledge is a good thing. Just because you have a hunger for knowledge, it doesn't mean you want to make it and eat it. Take, for example, haggis... please... :-)

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.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:11:02 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>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.

I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
cake. It sounds good too. It calls for a can of fruit. Do you think
I could make it with frozen mango? Or fresh apple? I am wondering if
the mango would be too juicy and the apple not enough.
I'm definitely going to try the dump cake.
surprisingly, when I found recipes for fruit cocktail cake, they were
made from scratch not a mix.
Thanks for the ideas.
Another Dump Cake

1 can fruit*
1 Jiffy Cake Mix -- (or 1/2 of a normal
-- cake mix)
1/4 cup butter

* (pie filling, canned fruit, or enough fresh fruit to cover the
bottom of the
pan nicely) Pour fruit into the bottom of and 8x8? pan. Sprinkle cake
mix on to
p of fruit (I usually use a small spoon to cover all the corners
well) and then
cut and place small pats of butter over the top of the cake mix.
Bake at 350 u
ntil golden brown. For a 13 x 9 pan I just double the recipe. Notes:
I have fou
nd if you leave a small amount of juice from the canned fruit in the
pan, it he
lps make a nicer crust and juicer fil
ling.
Janet US

On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 4:34:50 PM UTC-6, Janet B wrote:
>
> I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
> cake. It sounds good too. It calls for a can of fruit. Do you think
> I could make it with frozen mango? Or fresh apple? I am wondering if
> the mango would be too juicy and the apple not enough.
> I'm definitely going to try the dump cake.
> surprisingly, when I found recipes for fruit cocktail cake, they were
> made from scratch not a mix.
> Thanks for the ideas.
>
> Janet US
>
>
A co-worker from a hundred years ago would make the fruit cocktail cake and it was sooooooooooo good! I don't remember how she prepared it but it was so moist than I accidently dropped a piece and it splattered everywhere. Yep, that's moist alright!

A friend's mother would make the dump cakes and if I remember correctly she would use canned pie filling and some sort of pudding. The only part I liked was the pudding and the cake. I don't remember any fresh fruit except with the occasional addition of strawberries she's sliced and added sugar to them to make them syrupy.

> wrote in message
...
On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 4:34:50 PM UTC-6, Janet B wrote:
>
> I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
> cake. It sounds good too. It calls for a can of fruit. Do you think
> I could make it with frozen mango? Or fresh apple? I am wondering if
> the mango would be too juicy and the apple not enough.
> I'm definitely going to try the dump cake.
> surprisingly, when I found recipes for fruit cocktail cake, they were
> made from scratch not a mix.
> Thanks for the ideas.
>
> Janet US
>
>
A co-worker from a hundred years ago would make the fruit cocktail cake and
it was sooooooooooo good! I don't remember how she prepared it but it was
so moist than I accidently dropped a piece and it splattered everywhere.
Yep, that's moist alright!

A friend's mother would make the dump cakes and if I remember correctly she
would use canned pie filling and some sort of pudding. The only part I
liked was the pudding and the cake. I don't remember any fresh fruit except
with the occasional addition of strawberries she's sliced and added sugar to
them to make them syrupy.

---

I had a coworker who made a fruit cocktail cake. It was a dump cake but
hers had nuts and coconut in it.

"Janet B" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:11:02 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
> cake. It sounds good too. It calls for a can of fruit. Do you think
> I could make it with frozen mango? Or fresh apple? I am wondering if
> the mango would be too juicy and the apple not enough.
> I'm definitely going to try the dump cake.
> surprisingly, when I found recipes for fruit cocktail cake, they were
> made from scratch not a mix.
> Thanks for the ideas.
> Another Dump Cake
>
> 1 can fruit*
> 1 Jiffy Cake Mix -- (or 1/2 of a normal
> -- cake mix)
> 1/4 cup butter
>
> * (pie filling, canned fruit, or enough fresh fruit to cover the
> bottom of the
> pan nicely) Pour fruit into the bottom of and 8x8? pan. Sprinkle cake
> mix on to
> p of fruit (I usually use a small spoon to cover all the corners
> well) and then
> cut and place small pats of butter over the top of the cake mix.
> Bake at 350 u
> ntil golden brown. For a 13 x 9 pan I just double the recipe. Notes:
> I have fou
> nd if you leave a small amount of juice from the canned fruit in the
> pan, it he
> lps make a nicer crust and juicer fil
> ling.
> Janet US

I don't know about mango but I hate mango! You could use the apples but I
would cook them first with some cinnamon and brown sugar. And hmmm... I
may have given you the wrong proportions on the butter. Perhaps I used half
a stick for the single layer cake and the whole one for a double layer. I
haven't made it for many years. I did like it but nobody else in the house
did. It's really pretty sweet and rich.

Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:34:43 -0700, Janet B wrote:
>
>> I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
>> cake.
>
> Shoot. I was too late! As soon as you said can of fruit I remembered
> the infamous TV Infomercial for the dump cake cookbook.
>
> -sw

I saw that dump cake cookbook at Target tonight. In case anyone is
interested.
--
jinx the minx

"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
...
> Sqwertz > wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:34:43 -0700, Janet B wrote:
>>
>>> I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
>>> cake.
>>
>> Shoot. I was too late! As soon as you said can of fruit I remembered
>> the infamous TV Infomercial for the dump cake cookbook.
>>
>> -sw
>
> I saw that dump cake cookbook at Target tonight. In case anyone is
> interested.


What did it cost? I think pretty much all of those recipes are on the
Internet for free now.

My mom used to have a Duncan Hines cookbook. Not sure where she got it or
why. This was it right here. It was a dessert book.

http://www.bonanza.com/listings/The-...FciGfgodYkAAjQ

I think it may have had a few black and white photos in the middle of it but
overall no pics. I do remember making a few things out of it and they
weren't cakes. Back in the 60's there were a lot of recipes going around
that used cake mix to make cookies and frosting mix to make candy. I tried
both. Cookies were not hard to make from scratch though and one recipe
usually gave you somewhere around 100 cookies. That was a big thing when I
was a kid too. How many cookies did you actually get from that recipe?
Using a cake mix only gave you maybe two dozen. Hardly worth the effort in
my book.

I did rather like the candy from frosting mix thing though. The end result
was nowhere as good as made from scratch candy but it was super quick.

"Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Sqwertz > wrote:
>>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:34:43 -0700, Janet B wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
>>>> cake.
>>>
>>> Shoot. I was too late! As soon as you said can of fruit I remembered
>>> the infamous TV Infomercial for the dump cake cookbook.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> I saw that dump cake cookbook at Target tonight. In case anyone is
>> interested.
>
>
> What did it cost? I think pretty much all of those recipes are on the
> Internet for free now.
>
> My mom used to have a Duncan Hines cookbook. Not sure where she got it
> or why. This was it right here. It was a dessert book.
>
> http://www.bonanza.com/listings/The-...FciGfgodYkAAjQ
>
> I think it may have had a few black and white photos in the middle of it
> but overall no pics. I do remember making a few things out of it and
> they weren't cakes. Back in the 60's there were a lot of recipes going
> around that used cake mix to make cookies and frosting mix to make candy.
> I tried both. Cookies were not hard to make from scratch though and one
> recipe usually gave you somewhere around 100 cookies. That was a big
> thing when I was a kid too. How many cookies did you actually get from
> that recipe? Using a cake mix only gave you maybe two dozen. Hardly
> worth the effort in my book.
>
> I did rather like the candy from frosting mix thing though. The end
> result was nowhere as good as made from scratch candy but it was super quick.

I didn't look at the price. I wasn't interested.
--
jinx the minx

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 05:04:22 +0000 (UTC), jinx the minx wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz > wrote:
>>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:34:43 -0700, Janet B wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
>>>> cake.
>>>
>>> Shoot. I was too late! As soon as you said can of fruit I remembered
>>> the infamous TV Infomercial for the dump cake cookbook.
>>
>> I saw that dump cake cookbook at Target tonight. In case anyone is
>> interested.
>
> You can probably get "barely opened" copies at the used bookstore for
> $2 rather than paying the $10 list price (probably about $7 at
> Target).

Indeed. Damn! I just looked up the Dump Dinners book. The pic on the front
appears to be stew. But it only got two stars from the 33 reviewers. From
the looks of it, they should have called it "Crappy Crock-Pot Cuisine"!

Here's a cookie recipe from cake mix if anyone's interested. Calls for
white cake but I find that yellow subs in nicely for white and I usually
prefer it.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cake-mix-cookies-iv/

This one is the same. Says you can use any flavor.

http://www.food.com/recipe/heloises-...ix-cookies-822

But as I said prior, you only get 24 cookies. Do you know how long 24
freshly baked cookies last? When I was a kid, not long at all. Especially
if baked when the windows were open and one of the neighborhood kids got a
whiff of them. Word got around fast!

Now that I think about it, much of my childhood was spent cooking or baking
stuff and comparing it with the neighbor kids. I had a crush on a high
school boy when we first moved here. I was only 7 then and had an Easy Bake
oven. Every day I would bake him something and take it down there after
school. The mailman got quite a kick out of that one! He always had me come
up to the truck and show him what I had made. Usually it was a lone cookie
or soft pretzel. But when I learned that he was moving away, I baked every
yellow cake mix I could get my hands on and stacked them up with chocolate
frosting in between. Alas, I only had those stupid Easy Bake mixes so there
wasn't enough frosting to do the outside part. I wound up with what looked
like a weird stack of pancakes.

Imagine my surprise when I took it down there and he had baked me a cake
too! Only he said he couldn't give it to me because it didn't come out
right. It was a chocolate cake and there were two round layers that had
seemingly come out of the pan and remained intact. But they were so intact
they were sort of like rubber. Sort of like rubbery sponges. The whole
thing was sort of stretchy. He said he hadn't bothered to try to frost it
because he knew that something wasn't right with it but he wasn't sure what.
So we wound up having a baking discussion. Ha! At that point the only
thing I had really ever baked were the Easy Bake mixes and I think they only
called for water. Perhaps a little oil. But I was trying to help him fix
his cake.

I thought somehow that it was some sort of joke cake that he bought
somewhere but he showed me the pans, the box that the mix came from and the
cooling racks. We also broke off pieces (with some effort) and attempted to
eat them. The flavor was there but the cake was extremely hard to chew. To
this day I have no clue what could have gone wrong.

I also remember the day when Bobby Norman ran around the block announcing
that he had gotten 125 cookies from a Tollhouse (chocolate chip) recipe. He
claimed he had made it as written. And the cookies were not overly small.
So that was a stumper. I would always try to add extra nuts and chips to my
cookies and of course that would yield more cookies. I could usually manage
the extra nuts without being caught. But using more chips involved needing
a second bag. So pulling that off was tough unless I managed to find a
super good sale or convince my mom that no, we had no chocolate chips at
home, when I knew we really did.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I also remember the day when Bobby Norman ran around the block announcing
> that he had gotten 125 cookies from a Tollhouse (chocolate chip) recipe. He
> claimed he had made it as written. And the cookies were not overly small.
> So that was a stumper.

About a month ago, I made a batch of the Tollhouse cc cookies. I used
their recipe printed on the bag of chocolate chips. I got about 50-60
normal sized cookies. I used some of them to make a crust for a
cheesecake and it worked very well.

Sqwertz wrote:
>minx wrote:
>>Sqwertz wrote:
>>>Janet B wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like the idea of the poke cake. I also found a recipe for a dump
>>>> cake.
>>>
>>> Shoot. I was too late! As soon as you said can of fruit I remembered
>>> the infamous TV Infomercial for the dump cake cookbook.
>>
>> I saw that dump cake cookbook at Target tonight. In case anyone is
>> interested.
>
>You can probably get "barely opened" copies at the used bookstore for
>$2 rather than paying the $10 list price (probably about $7 at
>Target).

Every Dump/Poke Cake recipe ever devised is on the net for free.

> 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!!


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"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.
--
jinx the minx

"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
...
> "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.

Well it sounds as though it is still popular I am still trying to get my
head round it

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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "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.
>
> 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.

On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 6:18:55 PM UTC-6, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>
> 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.
> --
> jinx the minx
>
>
It's been about that long since I've eaten one, too. It was very, very good and not sure why this simple recipe fell out of favor.

> wrote in message
...
> On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 6:18:55 PM UTC-6, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>> --
>> jinx the minx
>>
>>
> It's been about that long since I've eaten one, too. It was very, very
> good and not sure why this simple recipe fell out of favor.

I don't think people bake cakes like they used to. When I was a kid, I made
at least one cake every week. Nobody in *my* house actually liked cake. I
just liked baking them. And if we had a cake, my mom always had something
to offer the people who came to the door. In those days we sometimes had
religious people who came by, a lot more salesmen than there are now, and
for a few years we were product testers.

The woman who gave us the products to test was referred to by us as the
"woman who looked like a man". She did wear a skirt and blazer but very
sturdy, mannish looking shoes and had a very masculine looking hair cut.
She wore no makeup and had a deep voice. In those days, women and girls
mostly wore dresses or skirts whether they wanted to or not. When we did
wear pants it was only for casual things and I'm sure they would never be
acceptable for work, unless the person was doing something for a living to
where pants would be the better option. Anyway, she came by each week and
we always served her cake.

I wasn't the only one who made cakes. My friends or their moms also seemed
to make at least one cake per week. Another reason to have cake was that
the women on our street did not work and some did not have a vehicle to use
during the day so they'd get together for coffee and the cake would be
served then.

Now you mostly see cake posts on Facebook when it is someone's birthday.
And the only people who seem to make them are those who have kids and not a
lot of money.

Most of the stores here now sell cake by the slice. If someone in this
house wants cake, that's what they get! Even when we were still buying
desserts for birthday celebrations, that's what we'd get. Those who did eat
any, would only eat a bite or two so one piece of cake would be split many
ways. We'd usually buy two different kinds and maybe some strawberries to
go with.