Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake

    You can definitely feel summer approaching here in Florida! Nothing says summer like sunshine and popsicles! If your childhood was anything like mine, you remember orange creamsicles! They are orange popsicles filled with vanilla ice cream. AKA amazing! I decided to try and recreate the deliciousness in cake form for our little barbecue this weekend. I was not disappointed with this moist, orangey, delicious cake!

Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake

Ingredients:

- 1 box of white cake mix, plus ingredients to make cake

- 1 cup of orange juice 

- 1 box of orange jello

- water to make jello

- 1 and 1/2 cup of whipping cream

- 1 cup of milk

- 1 package of vanilla pudding mix

- mandarin oranges to garnish

    Bake cake according to package directions, replacing the water with orange juice. (I used butter instead of oil as well) Once cake has baked and cooled, take a large fork and poke holes throughout the cake. Prepare the jello as instructed on package. Pour the jello over the cooled cake and make sure to let the jello soak into the holes in the cake. Pop the jello cake into the refrigerator to let chill for an hour or two. When ready to serve, whip the whipping cream to stiff peaks. In a separate bowl, mix together the pudding mix and milk. Fold the pudding mix into the whipped cream. Pipe or spread the mixture on top of cooled cake and serve!