HALLOWEEN POKE CAKE

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This cute cake will make your favorite trick-or-treaters smile with delight when you serve it on Halloween. The moist marble cake features a buttery frosting and fun candy pumpkins on top. Out of pumpkin candies? Add candy corn instead. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 55m

Yield 15 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

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Ingredients

1 package fudge marble cake mix (regular size)
2 packages (3 ounces each) orange gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup butter, softened
3-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12 to 15 candy pumpkins

Steps:

Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. , In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in cold water. With a meat fork or wooden skewer, poke holes in cake about 2 in. apart. Slowly pour gelatin over cake. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours. , For frosting, in a small bowl, cream butter until fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, cocoa, milk and vanilla until smooth. Spread over cake; top with candy pumpkins. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 425 calories, Fat 16g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 54mg cholesterol, Sodium 270mg sodium, Carbohydrate 69g carbohydrate (52g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.