Light and refreshing, this orange dreamsicle cake is easy to make and is a crowd-please, refreshing dessert after any meal. Perfect for parties, this cake makes a great birthday cake or other celebratory cake. Best served in the summertime, this recipe can be served year-round any time you’re craving that creamy orange, creamsicle flavor.
Ingredients
1 Pkg Yellow Cake Mix
2 Pks Orange JELL-O
1 Pk Vanilla Instant Pudding
1 Cup 2% Milk
2 Tsp Vanilla
1 Tub Cool Whip
Directions
Bake the cake as directed in a 9×13″ pan. Let cake cool completely. Poke holes in cooled cake. Mix 1 package orange gelatin dessert with 1 c. boiling water and 1 c. cold water. Pour over cake. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours. Mix pudding mix with cold milk the other package of orange gelatin dessert and vanilla. Beat by hand with a whisk until thickened. Fold in the whipped topping. Frost the cake with the pudding mixture. These instructions will make a single layered amazing cake that is delicous!
PLEASE NOTE: To get the layered look as in this particular picture – make your cakes in well greased and floured pans – follow baking instructions. I then tip then out onto cooling rack and invert back onto a cookie sheet. Proceed to poke holes and do the jello thing and refrigerate (or put out on the cold enclosed back porch as we do). It is a little tricky to get the layers – but I love our pan lifters to help with this process. (most people use these to take pizza off their grills, but I use it a lot for cakes)!
