Saturday, December 21, 2013

Camden's 2nd Birthday Cake- Jell-O 1-2-3 Cherry Poke Cake


Happy Birthday to Camden! 

Our little grandson, Camden, turned 2 years old on December 9th.
We had a special cake and ice cream day to celebrate 
at our house on December 21st.
It was a special day of playing and eating lots of birthday cake and ice cream.

2 Years old!

Ingredients:
  • Cool Whip Non-Dairy Topping, thawed
  • 1 pound cake
  • 3/4 cup boiling water
  • 1 pkg. (3 oz.) Jell-O Cherry Flavor Gelatin
  • 1/4 cup cold water
  • 1-can cherry pie filling
Recipe modified from Taste of Home magazine, December 2013.


 Poke holes with a skewer at 1/2 inch intervals through cake to bottom of pan.
Add boiling water to gelatin mix in a small bowl.  
Stir 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Stir in cold water, spoon over cake.
Refrigerate 1 hour.

Invert cake onto a platter.  Cut cake horizontally in half .
Recruit a cute little sous chef to help.

 Spread bottom half of cake with 1/3 cup of Cool Whip, 
or enough to cover the cake.

 Aiden loves to cook.  
He is spreading half of the cherry pie filling onto the Cool Whip topping.


 Spread the cherries evenly to the edge of the cake.

 Camden is trying on his Christmas stocking while waiting for his cake.

Put the top layer onto the cake.  
Frost the outside of the cake with the remaining Cool Whip.
Garnish with the remaining pie filling.  Add chocolate pieces.

 Brother, Duncan, Dad, Brother, Aiden, and Camden.

 Mom and Camden.

 Grandpa and Grandma and grandsons.

 Happy Birthday, Camden!

Camden with his peppermint ice cream treat.

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