I have officially lost my taste for driving in the city. I can’t handle it! This past weekend I drove over to the big city of Austin, Texas for a MommyCon Mini. It’s been years since I’ve driven in a city with more than 20,000 people in it. Anything bigger than a two-lane road makes my palms sweat. I was a little freaked out when I merged into the flow of traffic as I entered Austin.
I sort of looked like Ricky Bobby making his a comeback after his big wreck.
Ricky Bobby: I’m going fast again!
Cal Naughton, Jr.: How fast is he going?
Lucius Washington: 26 miles per hour.
Ya. That was me.
No wonder people in big cities are stressed! They all have to zoom around at high speeds and whip in and out of lanes without signaling while texting on their phones! That’s not the life for me, brother. From now on if I need to attend an event in a city bigger than Abilene I’m making Mr. Coers drive. Feminists everywhere might be cringing, but I’m planting myself in the passenger seat. He can open my car door for me too while we’re at it. And since I’m going old school with my mode of transportation – I might as well go old school with this fun Jello Poke Cake recipe from the 70′s. Retro, dig it.
Cherry Jello Poke Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 box white cake mix (plus what you’ll need to make it: eggs, water, oil)
- 1 (3 ounce) package cherry Jello
- 1 container of Cool Whip
Prepare boxed cake mix according to directions.
Once baked and slightly cooled, poke holes into cake. I use a very special kitchen tool for this job. It’s a Cake Poker Stick. My husband – bless his heart – is confused. He uses it to sharpen our knives. Poor guy, but I love him anyway.
The amazing Cake Poker Stick gets the job done beautifully. But if you don’t have a Cake Poker Stick you can just use a wooden spoon handle, a pen… something. Just poke holes all in that cake.
After stabbing the heck out of the cake, prepare Jello according to package. Pour Jello onto the cake, making sure to pour directly into the holes.
Cover the entire cake with Jello. Set in the fridge for a few hours, overnight is even better. Just prior to serving frost with Cool Whip. As a food blogger I’ve vowed to start taking better pictures. This is not one of them.
Not even PicMonkey could save that horrible shot. I really need to use our nice camera and stop taking food pics with my phone. I’ll just PicMonkey the heck out of this next one. Two wrongs make a right, right?
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