Reviewed: May 6, 2009

I made this for the people in my office and it is awesome! Everyone raved over how good it was. I am a huge texture person so I only used about half of the half of bowl of pudding to top the cake. The cake was moist and not soggy, and the lemon pudding is great as icing.

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nomysterymeat

Reviewed: Jun. 20, 2009

Very good, but I did add to it which I think made it better. I used a yellow cake mix made following the directions on the box and added 1 tsp lemon extract, did the poke and pudding thing after taking it out of the oven, but with the remaining pudding I mixed half a container of cool whip in and used that to frost the cake. It was great.

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bdw1

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2010

i have made this recipe using strawberry jello and fresh strawberries. also peaches with peach jello. Layer the cool whip and top with the fresh fruit

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christirai

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Oregon, Ohio, USA

Living In: Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 21, 2010

Fast, easy and delicious recipe. Very light and refreshing end to our meal on this 95 degree day. Followed the recipe with the exception of folding 1/2 container of Cool Whip and 1 tsp of lemon extract into the top layer of pudding and garnished with fresh blackberries. We will make this again. Thanks for sharing!

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abapplez

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Annandale, Virginia, USA

Living In: Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2010

Very, very good. I started thinking of the different flavors for this cake. For the chocolate lovers out there. Chocolate cake with chocolate pudding and coolwhip frosting? Just think of the possibilities. mmmmmmmm

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D'Borah

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2010

this is an awesome recipe. Very versatile and can use any combination of cake mixes and pudding. I prefer the cooked puuding over instant and use a pastry bag with an eclair filler tip to put the pudding into the cake...very easy that way. mmmmm Tonight we had yellow cake with banana pudding with cool whip mixed into one third of the cooled pudding for the frosting. Thanks for the great ideas here

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Pattipoo31766

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2010

The possibilities are endless! I've used yellow cake mix (any brand will do!), poke the holes, then pour on orange jello made with about two-thirds the required water, cool, cover with vanilla pudding, then add mandarin oranges, then cover the whole thing with Cool Whip. You can use strawberries with strawberry jello, or peach, or a berry combination... Be creative! But the cake-jello-pudding-fruit-Cool Whip blend is hard to beat!

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LABENOIT

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Menasha, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2010

very flavorful!

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cassie

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Newberg, Oregon, USA

Living In: Lafayette, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 26, 2010

I wish I could rate this recipe better but there were a few flaws in it. First off, the recipe states the ingredients you need to make the cake, but in the instructions it says to prepare and bake the cake as directed on the box. Well the two aren't the same so that can make it confusing. Secondly, 2 pkg. pudding is WAY to much. I had to scrap some off the top. Thirdly, the recipe says to add the 1/2 the pudding to the cake immediately after taking it out of the oven. Doing so makes the cake slightly mushy. To avoid this slightly cool the cake first. And lastly, the cake needs to be refrigerated so you end up with cold cake. This may not be a problem for you, but I don't like my cake ice-cold. I won't be making this again.

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nennyz

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Vancouver, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2010

We loved this cake and so did our neighbors. It was so moist and delicious. I followed the directions to the "T" and it turned out great. I wouldn't change a thing. It's perfect for a bbq on a hot summer day!

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