Cherry-Vanilla Poke Cake

Ingredients

• 6 oz jell-o cherry flavor gelatin 
• 2  baked 9-inch round cake layers white cooled
• 16 oz ready-to-spread vanilla frosting 
• 2 cups water boiling
• 1 cup cool whip whipped topping thawed

Equipment

• bowl
• whisk

Directions

1. Place cakes, top sides up, in clean 9-inch round pans; pierce with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.
2. Add boiling water to gelatin mixes in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved.
3. Pour over cakes. Refrigerate 3 hours.
4. Dip bottoms of pans in warm water 10 sec.; remove cakes from pans. Spoon frosting into medium bowl.
5. Add COOL WHIP; whisk until blended. Stack cakes on plate, filling and frosting with COOL WHIP mixture.