Jello Recipes
Jello Coconut Layer Cake
This delicious jello cake recipe is not difficult to make and the results are really good, like with lots of jello cake recipes. The orange, coconut, and raisin flavors go together really well and this is a great looking dessert as well as a great tasting one.
Soaking the raisins in brandy gives them a really rich flavor, which is delicious with this coconut layer cake. This is a great layer cake for a late afternoon snack, when you are flagging a bit. Have a slice with a cup of coffee and feel your energy rush back! Jello is fun and tasty and makes a wonderful snack at any time, whether you eat it alone or in a cake recipe, like with this coconut layer cake.
The jello is poured over the cake and allowed to set in the refrigerator and then the cake is frosted and decorated with the coconut. The sour cream adds a nice tangy flavor to the creamy frosting. For a special dessert, this is a really good jello cake recipe to try out. You could also try it with lemon cake and lemon jello or with strawberry cake and strawberry jello if you prefer.
Jello Cake Recipe with Raisins and Coconut
Ingredients -
1 pack orange supreme cake mix
12 oz prepared whipped topping
1 pack orange jello
¼ cup confectioner's sugar
16 oz sour cream
¼ cup raisins
½ cup brandy
¼ cup desiccated coconut
Preparation:
Soak the raisins in the brandy for 30 minutes. Prepare the orange cake according to the instructions, but adding the raisins to the mixture, and bake it in two round cake pans.
Cool it for 15 minutes in the pans then remove and let the cake cool completely on wax paper.
Slice each cake in half to get four round layers. Mix together the sour cream, whipped topping, and sugar with a handheld mixer.
Place the first layer of cake on a serving dish and cover with the whipped frosting. Repeat the process with the other cake layers, using the frosting on all the layers except on the top. Mix half the jello powder with boiling water as per the packet directions, poke holes into the cake (but not all the way through) with a chopstick, and gently pour the jello over the cake. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
Mix the rest of the jello powder with the rest of the frosting and use this to cover the top and sides of the cake. Sprinkle the cake with the coconut.
(Serves 6)
Photo Description:
The mouthwatering layer cake is much simpler to make than you might imagine. If you have been looking for layer coconut cake recipes, this jello cake recipe is a great one to choose. The jello adds a firm texture to an otherwise spongy and soft cake. The coconut is tasty and the sour cream gives it a nice tang, contrasting with the sweetness of the topping. The brandy soaked raisins transform this layer cake into something really special and the brandy flavor is beautiful with the coconut and orange.
A Few Facts About Jello
The next time you make strawberry jello cake recipes or a stunning, multicolored jello layer cake, why not impress your friends with some interesting jello facts?
Did you know that if you arranged the four hundred and fourteen billion packages of jello manufactured every year end to end, the chain would stretch more than three fifths of the way around the world?
Jello in Famous Movies
The horse that changes color in "The Wizard of Oz" is actually six different horses and each one was sponged down with jello to give it the color.
Jello contains a colorant and you can even use it to give your hair a new semi-permanent shade. Simply mix it with hair conditioner and leave it on for half an hour. Do not worry - it will not set!
Jello was used in the 1923 silent movie "The Ten Commandments" to give the effect of the Red Sea parting to let the Israelites flee Egypt. If you thought that making a multicolored jello layer cake or a heart-shaped jello mold were about the only things you could do with jello, now you know different!
