Cherry lime poke cake (my 25th birthday cake)

hello reader's last Saturday, I had a birthday party, so just to wrap the birthday week up, I posted a cherry lime poke cake, and this cake is a huge hit to the crowds, it disappeared it like 10 seconds and boom! it was the delicious birthday cake that my friends loved and it is a semi homemade cake recipe using the help from the store the white cake mix and cherry Jello and use lime zest in all my preparations so I hope you enjoy the recipe, for those didn't attend it will be a hit in your block! and it was on mine, so please make it soon!

Cherry lime poke cake

From Betty Crocker recipes

Ingredients

CAKE

1

box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ white cake mix

1 1/4

cups lemon-lime soda (you can use 7-up I used sierra mist)                                            

1/3

cup vegetable oil

3

egg whites

1

tablespoon grated lime peel

1

box (4-serving size) cherry-flavored gelatin

1

cup boiling water

Frosting

1

container Betty Crocker™ Whipped fluffy white frosting

1

teaspoon grated lime peel

Maraschino cherries, if desired

Lime peel twists, if desired

method


Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with baking spray with flour.
2 In large bowl, beat cake mix, soda, oil, egg whites and 1 tablespoon grated lime peel with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.                           

3bake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 20 minutes.                           

4 Meanwhile, stir gelatin into boiling water, stirring for 2 minutes to completely dissolve gelatin. Poke cake every inch with tines of meat fork or table knife. Pour cherry mixture slowly over cake, allowing mixture to fill holes in cake. Cool completely, about 1 hour longer.                                        5 In small bowl, mix frosting and 1 teaspoon grated lime peel. Spread evenly over cake. Top each serving with a cherry and a lime twist. Store loosely covered.