Patriotic Poke Cake

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 (9 inch) baked round cake layers, cooled
• 2 cups boiling water, divided
• 1 (3 ounce) package jell-o brand strawberry gelatin
• 1 (3 ounce) package jell-o brand berry blue gelatin mix
• 1 (8 ounce) container cool whip topping, thawed, divided
• 2 (8 ounce) packages softened philadelphia cream cheese
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 place cake layers, top-sides up, in two clean 9-inch round cake pans. pierce cakes with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.
• 2 stir 1 cup of the boiling water into each flavor dry gelatin mix in separate small bowls 2 minute until completely dissolved.
• 3 carefully pour red gelatin over 1 cake layer and blue gelatin over remaining cake layer. refrigerate 3 hours.
• 4 beat 2 pkg. (8 oz. each) softened philadelphia cream cheese and 2 cups powdered sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed or wire whisk until well blended. gently stir in whipped topping until well blended.
• 5 dip one cake pan in warm water 10 sec.; unmold 1 of the layers onto serving plate. spread with about 1 cup of the frosting mixture onto cake layer on plate. unmold second cake layer; carefully place on first cake layer. frost top and side of cake. refrigerate 1 hour or until ready to serve. cut into 16 slices to serve. store leftover cake in refrigerator.