Dive On In Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix (2-layer size)
• 3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1/3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 1/3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 (3 ounce) packages berry blue gelatin mix
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 (8 ounce) container whipped topping, thawed
• 56 mini chocolate sandwich style cookies
• 6 teddy grahams honey graham snacks, snacks (teddy bear shaped)
• 5 ring-shaped chewy fruit snacks
• 4 bite-size fish-shaped chewy fruit snacks

Recipe

• 1 prepare and bake cake mix in 13x9-inch baking pan as directed on package.
• 2 cool completely.
• 3 invert cake large platter; remove pan.
• 4 using a serrated knife, cut and scoop out a shallow rectangle from center of cake, leaving a 2-inch border of cake on all sides and a thin layer of cake on the bottom.
• 5 reserve removed cake for snacking or other use.
• 6 stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in large bowl at least 2 minute until completely dissolved.
• 7 stir in cold water.
• 8 refrigerate 1-1/4 hours or until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites). (shortcut: for a quick-set gelatin, simply add 4 cups ice cubes to the dissolved gelatin mixture in place of the 1 cup cold water; stir 8 minute or until gelatin begins to thicken (spoon drawn through leaves a definite impression).
• 9 remove any unmelted ice.
• 10 pour thickened gelatin into center of cake.
• 11 refrigerate 3 hours or until set.
• 12 frost borders of cake with whipped topping.
• 13 decorate with remaining ingredients as desired to resemble a swimming pool.
• 14 store leftover cake in refrigerator.
• 15 fun idea: insert bite-size fish-shaped and octopus-shaped chewy fruit snacks into gelatin "pool" before refrigerating for an added treat!