Easy Fruity Halloween Poke Cake

With fruity swirls of purple and orange tucked inside a soft white cake, this Easy Fruity Halloween Poke Cake is a spooky sweet treat!

Hello and happy haunting, friends! It’s Keri … back from Shaken Together with a simple, cute Halloween cake that is perfect for those Halloween parties and get togethers!

I love Halloween! The bright colors, chubby ghosts and plump pumpkins and the creative twists on drinks and desserts … and don’t forget the candy!! From Vampire Floats to Zombie Nachos, I love Halloween treats! This Halloween poke cake is another delicious dessert that celebrates the spookiest time of the year!

And it all starts with a simple 9×13 white cake that you can bake from scratch or from your favorite box mix. Once it is completely cooled, use a straw or the handle of a wooden spoon to poke holes in the cake. This is going to allow our fruity Jell-o to soak in to the cake. It will look a little something like this:

Now, comes the ‘fruity’ part of this Fruity Halloween Poke Cake. Mix up a box of orange and grape Jell-o BUT reduce the amount of cold water used for each box by 1/2 cup. Then, alternate the flavors of Jell-o and pour it slowly over sections of the cake, making sure to get Jell-o into the holes. (Here is a picture of what it should look like – I used the same technique for a patriotic poke cake.) Cover and refrigerate the cake for at least a few hours or overnight. Then, get ready to decorate!!

Frost the cake with your favorite white frosting – again, homemade or purchased. I like no-fuss food, so I used a tub of whipped vanilla frosting. Then … BRING ON THE SPRINKLES!

I happen to have a huge, I mean completely reasonable, stash of sprinkles 😉 So, I went to town on the top of this Halloween cake:

Purple sugar
Black sugar
Orange sugar
Halloween jimmies/nonpareils mix
Halloween shaped sprinkles

Any Halloween sprinkles will look adorable, so use what you have on hand or just buy a good variety mix.

Once you cut the cake, the sprinkles and sugar will match the purple and orange swirls that you made with the Jell-o!

Poke cakes are one of my favorite types of desserts! (I’ve made 8 different types of poke cakes – and counting!) Since they are made with a 9×13 cake, they can easily feed 20-24 people, the cake can be prepared a day or so in advance and it stays soft and tender thanks to the Jell-o that soaks into the cake. This fruity version was a HUGE hit with my taste testers – i.e. my family, neighbors and co-workers.

Easy Fruity Halloween Poke Cake

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Fruity swirls of purple and orange fill a soft white cake that is topped with frosting and TONS of seasonal sprinkles!

Author: Shaken Together for The Crafting Chicks

Ingredients

One 9x13 white cake, baked and completely cooled
One 3 oz. box of grape Jell-o
One 3 oz. box of orange Jell-o
One tub of whipped vanilla frosting
Halloween sprinkles and sugar

Instructions

Using a straw or the handle of a wooden spoon, poke holes all over the surface of the baked and cooled cake.
Prepare each box of Jell-o using 1 cup of boiling water + ½ cup of cold water. (This is ½ cup less cold water than what is called for on package instructions.)
Carefully pour or spoon the grape Jell-o over a portion of the cake. Take care to get the liquid into the holes.
Carefully pour or spoon the orange Jell-o over the rest of cake. Take care to get the liquid into the holes.
Refrigerate the cake for at least 3-4 hours or overnight - this allows the Jell-o to set up within the cake.
Frost the cake with the whipped vanilla frosting.
Just prior to serving, top with Halloween sugars and sprinkles.
Cut and serve!
Refrigerate any leftover cake

What is your favorite Halloween dessert? Do you host a big Halloween party or pizza party before trick or treating? Don’t forget to pin this fun Fruity Halloween Poke Cake for this year’s frightful festivities!