• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to header navigation
  • Skip to footer navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Yellow Bliss Road

Easy, approachable and family friendly recipes for any home cook.

  • About Me
    • Meet the Team
    • My Favorite Tools
  • Contact
    • FAQs
    • Disclosure
    • Sharing Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Accessibility
  • Collaborate
  • Signup >
Display Search Bar
  • Recipes
    • View ALL Recipes
    • Appetizers and Snacks
    • Asian
    • Beverages
    • Bread
    • Breakfast Recipes
      • Casseroles
      • Egg Recipes
      • Muffins
      • Pancakes
    • Desserts
      • Brownies and Bars
      • Cake and Cupcakes
      • Cookies
      • Fruit Desserts
      • No Bake Desserts
    • Dinner
      • Casseroles
      • Easy Weeknight Dinners
      • One Pot Meals
      • Pasta
      • Pork
      • Chicken
      • Beef
      • Seafood
    • Lunch
      • Easy Weekday Lunches
      • School Lunches
    • Cooking Method
      • Air Fryer
      • On the Grill
      • Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker
      • Slow Cooker
    • Dips and Sauces
    • Mexican
    • Sandwiches
    • Salads
    • Side Dishes
      • Vegetables
    • Slow Cooker
    • Soups and Stews
  • Holiday Recipes
    • Valentine’s Day
    • Halloween
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Fourth of July
    • Seasonal Recipes
    • Easter
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
    • Seasonal Recipes
      • Fall
      • Spring
      • Summer
  • Free Printables
    • Christmas
    • Thanksgiving
    • Halloween
    • Easter
    • Valentine’s Day
    • Fourth of July
    • School
    • Birthdays
  • Home/Crafts/DIY
    • Crafts and DIY
    • Gift Ideas
    • Home Decor
    • Photography Tips
  • Family
    • Adoption
      • My Adoption Story
    • Birthdays
    • Travel
Follow me on Facebook! Follow me on Pinterest! Follow me on Instagram!

Home » Recipes » Lemon Lime Poke Cake

Lemon Lime Poke Cake

Published on April 6, 2017, Updated November 6, 2018 by Miranda | Leave a Comment

3401shares
  • 5
  • 3393
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

This lemon lime poke cake is packed full of flavor and so simple to make! Need a quick recipe to throw together for your next Cinco de Mayo party? This is it! It’s perfect for kids too!

This lemon lime poke cake is packed full of flavor and a super simple dessert to make.

Are you thinking, this is a vibrant cake? Well friends, you are absolutely right. You can thank a pack of lime jello for that color. It not only gives the cake an intense flavor, but color too. BONUS!

This lemon lime poke cake is packed full of flavor and a super simple dessert to make.

Lime jello helps rock the flavor, but I think the next two additions are what brings the party. After you bake the cake, poke some big ol’ holes in the cake using the handle of a wooden spoon. The cake is a little sticky, but twisting the spoon handle as you pull it out helps prevent the cake from clinging too much.

This lemon lime poke cake is packed full of flavor and a super simple dessert to make.

Squeeze the life out of a lime or two depending on how juicy they are and make a little glaze with powdered sugar. Pour that on top of the cake and in the holes. Then we’re going to make some lemon pudding and add some lime juice in it. Now pour that all over the cake and into the holes. Spread it out and give it a few taps. Voila! I’ve shared all of my secrets.

If you really want to make this and you can’t find a lime in the store, I highly recommend using Nellie & Joes Key West lime juice. I swear by it. It’s also great for key lime pie or blackberry key lime pie if you want to get crazy. You could even substitute the lemon juice for lime juice in this blackberry cheesecake and have a blackberry key lime cheesecake!

This lemon lime poke cake is packed full of flavor and a super simple dessert to make.

If you’re into poke cakes, but fruity might not be your thing, try a chocolate poke cake. They are so gooey and decadent.

This lemon lime poke cake is packed full of flavor and a super simple dessert to make.

Lemon Lime Poke Cake

Lemon Lime Poke Cake

Miranda
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Course Dessert
Servings 9 x13 cake

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1 3 oz. package lime jello
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup water

Glaze

  • 2 T. lime juice
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Pudding

  • 1 3.4 oz. box lemon pudding
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1/2 T. lime juice

Topping

  • 8 oz. container whipped topping thawed
  • zest from 1 lime
  • 4 slices of lime optional

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add in the box cake mix and the dry jello mix. Stir to combine.
  • Add in the eggs and water and beat until incorporated.
  • Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan.
  • Place into oven and bake for 35 minutes or until done. Insert a tooth pick into the center of the cake and if it comes out clean or with moist crumbs, it's done. The top will be browned a little.
  • Using the handle of a wooden spoon or something similar in size, poke holes into the warm cake. You want them to be rather large. I think I did between 6 or 7 holes for each row. If you missed the note in the post, twist the wooden spoon to help prevent the cake from sticking to it.

Glaze

  • In a small bowl, add in the powdered sugar and then the lime juice. Stir until the glaze is smooth.
  • Pour the glaze on top of the cake and into the holes.

Pudding

  • In a medium bowl, add in the pudding mix and milk. Whisk by hand for 2 minutes until smooth and slightly thickened.
  • Add in the lime juice and whisk until incorporated.
  • Pour the pudding on top of the cake and into the holes. Spread it out to coats everything. There will be some that just sits on top of the cake.

Topping

  • Add dollops of the whipped topping all over the top of the cake. Carefully spread it out without mixing it into the pudding. The dollops being spread out will help with that.
  • Zest the lime directly on top of the whipped topping.
  • Cut the slices of lime on one side and twist them. Place them on top of the cake like that.
  • Store in the fridge.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

For more delicious cakes, try these:

Orange Creamsicle Icebox Cake

This Orange Creamsicle Icebox Cake taste just like your favorite creamy, dreamy popsicle!

Citrus Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Citrus Cake 5

Chocolate Coconut Cream Poke Cake

Chocolate Coconut Cream Poke Cake - Rich chocolate cake, coconut cream filling and fluffy, creamy frosting. A rich and decadent dessert!

  For all desserts go HERE and for all recipes go HERE.

This lemon lime poke cake is packed full of flavor and a super simple dessert to make.

 

Previous Post
Next Post

5 Secrets to Dinnertime Sanity

free email bonus
Tested, Tasted & Terrific!

Reader Interactions

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Hi, I’m KRISTIN!

I'm a busy wife and mom who loves to cook, bake and create. All of the recipes and tips you will find here are created with your busy family (and mine!) in mind.

Read More »
Follow me on Facebook! Follow me on Pinterest! Follow me on Twitter! Follow me on Instagram! Email me!

5 Secrets to Dinnertime Sanity

free email bonus
Tested, Tasted & Terrific!

POPULAR TODAY

  • Oven Baked Chicken Breasts
  • Healthy Ground Turkey Teriyaki Rice Bowl
  • Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta
  • Loaded Baked Potato Soup
  • Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage & Spinach
  • Bacon Avocado Chicken Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
  • Mexican Chicken Casserole
  • Ground Turkey Recipes
  • Baked Pork Chops

ALL-TIME FAVORITES

  • Oven Baked Chicken Breasts
  • Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes (Au Gratin)
  • How to Make Authentic Mexican Rice
  • Cheesecake Cookies
  • All-Natural Mattress Cleaner – How to Clean Odors and Stains from Your Mattress
  • Healthy Ground Turkey Teriyaki Rice Bowl
  • Crispy Baked Chicken Wings
  • How to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey
  • Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage & Spinach

Yellow Bliss Road, Inc. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Browse Around

  • Chicken
  • On the Grill
  • Pasta
  • Dinner
  • Soups
  • Sides
  • Salads
  • Desserts
Follow me on Facebook! Follow me on Pinterest! Follow me on Instagram!
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Collaborate
  • Privacy & Copyright
  • Recipes by Category
Copyright © 2021 Yellow Bliss RoadTheme by Once Coupled