Our Traditional “Jesus’ Birthday Cake” (aka Jell-o Poke Cake)

Jell-o Poke Cake 
 
Several years ago I heard about doing a “Jesus’ birthday cake” for Christmas. I thought that was a cool idea, ran it by the hubby who agreed to go along with it and well, here we are, 6 years later. It’s a tradition.  Not only the birthday cake idea itself, but *this* cake.  [...]

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Playing in the Dirt Cake

Dirt Cake
1 – 16oz bag Oreos, crushed
¼ cup butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
2 – 4 serving packages vanilla instant pudding
3 ½ cup milk
8 oz Cool Whip
Cream together butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar.
In large bowl, combine milk, pudding and Cool Whip.
Gently add in the cream cheese mixture.
Layer in pan, starting and [...]

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No Bake Butterfinger Cake

 
Butterfinger Cake
4 egg yolks
2 cups powdered sugar
½ cup butter, softened
1 – 16oz carton Cool Whip
1 angelfood cake, torn/cut into pieces (2” cubes)
4 Butterfinger candy bars, crushed
Beat eggs, sugar and butter until creamy.
Blend in Cool Whip.
Layer twice in dessert bowl/trifle or pan.
Cake/Cool Whip mix/candy bars.
Refrigerate.
 

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Dump Salad Dessert

1 can cherry pie filling (or strawberry, or ??)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can crushed pineapple, drained (tidbits work nicely too)
1 large carton Cool Whip whipped topping
Dump it all in a large bowl, mix, refrigerate.

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