Along with dump cake, poke cakes have become a Pinterest-wide obsession. Jell-O invented this retro dessert to increase its sales back in 1969, and the love for it continues.

After about 10 minutes of cooling, use the handle of a wooden spoon to poke round holes into your cake. (Aim for 2-3 dozen holes spaced as evenly as you can manage, but don’t sweat trying to ...

This poke cake is the ultimate dessert—light, fluffy, and filled with sweet, colorful goodness in every bite. So easy and ...

“The cake’s colorfulness has an almost tie dye affect,” said Anne Byrn, author of “The Cake Mix Doctor” series of cookbooks, and most recently, “American Cake” (Rodale, September ...

Bakers have been poking cakes so that sweet liquids can seep into them for as long as we’ve had modern-day ovens, but in the 1970s, “poke cakes” were big, thanks to a recipe from Jell-O that ...

Bake a white, yellow or chocolate cake according to directions in a 9-by-13-inch pan, using either a from-scratch recipe or a boxed mix, whatever suits you. After the cake has cooled, poke a hole ...

I poked the cake a little too excessively on top, because I really wanted to let that jel dessert seep into the cake, even though Kraft recommends 1/2-inch intervals. Unlike Jell-O, which sets in ...