Dive on in Cake
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
15
ingredients
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix (2-layer size)
- 3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 1⁄3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 1 1⁄3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 2 cups boiling water
- 2 (3 ounce) packages berry blue gelatin mix
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 (8 ounce) container whipped topping, thawed
- 56 mini chocolate sandwich style cookies
- 6 Teddy Grahams honey graham snacks, snacks (Teddy Bear shaped)
- 5 ring-shaped chewy fruit snacks
- 4 bite-size fish-shaped chewy fruit snacks
directions
- PREPARE and bake cake mix in 13x9-inch baking pan as directed on package.
- Cool completely.
- Invert cake onto large platter; remove pan.
- Using a serrated knife, cut and scoop out a shallow rectangle from center of cake, leaving a 2-inch border of cake on all sides and a thin layer of cake on the bottom.
- Reserve removed cake for snacking or other use.
- STIR boiling water into dry gelatin mix in large bowl at least 2 minute until completely dissolved.
- Stir in cold water.
- Refrigerate 1-1/4 hours or until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites). (Shortcut: For a quick-set gelatin, simply add 4 cups ice cubes to the dissolved gelatin mixture in place of the 1 cup cold water; stir 8 minute or until gelatin begins to thicken (spoon drawn through leaves a definite impression).
- Remove any unmelted ice.
- Pour thickened gelatin into center of cake.
- Refrigerate 3 hours or until set.
- FROST borders of cake with whipped topping.
- Decorate with remaining ingredients as desired to resemble a swimming pool.
- Store leftover cake in refrigerator.
- Fun Idea: Insert bite-size fish-shaped and octopus-shaped chewy fruit snacks into gelatin "pool" before refrigerating for an added treat!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
SweetSueAl
Newport News, VA
I live in southeast Virginia and am an executive secretary for the Army. I love to cook and love food. I have a picky, picky 8-yr old, but he is a true blue chocoholic and budding cook! I have two beautiful granddaughters who visit often. I am teaching them to cook too.
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