Ruby Slipper Jello Bundt cake recipe, plus how to make an orange jello pound cake (1978)

Name: Ruby Slipper Bundt cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 1 package (2-layer size) yellow cake mix or pudding-included cake mix; 1 cup sour cream; 1/4 cup water; 2 eggs; 3 ounces raspberry jello gelatin

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The Ruby Slipper Bundt cake recipe

This cake has red marbled stripes of flavorful, fruity gelatin baked right in.

Ruby Slipper Bundt cake

Yield: 20

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Additional Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 package (2-layer size) yellow cake mix or pudding-included cake mix
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup water
2 eggs
3 ounces raspberry jello gelatin

Instructions

Combine cake mix, sour cream, water and eggs in large bowl.
Blend, then beat at medium speed 2 minutes until creamy.
Spoon 1/3 of batter into well-greased and floured 10-inch fluted tube pan.
Sprinkle with half the gelatin.
Repeat layers.
Spread remaining batter over gelatin to cover.
Bake at 350 (F) for 45-50 minutes, until cake springs back when lightly pressed.
Cool in pan 5 minutes.
Remove from pan; cool on rack.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.

Notes

High altitude areas: Add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour and increase water to 1/2 cup. Bake at 375 (F) for 45-50 minutes.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 20 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 239Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 405mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 1gSugar: 25gProtein: 3g

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Bonus recipe: Orange jello pound cake

Bake someone happy with a delightful Orange jello pound cake. This recipe comes highly recommended by a Newport News gentleman. One day he was bragging about the delicious pound cake his wife makes for him. The next day, he arrived with the recipe in hand.

“Here,” he said, “try this cake. It will melt in your mouth.” So I tried it…and he was right.

It is simple to prepare, but hard to keep in the house.

Orange jello pound cake

Yield: 20

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour

Ingredients

1 package yellow cake mix
3 ounces package orange jello
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup orange juice

Instructions

Mix sugar, juice of 1 lemon and orange juice.
Let stand while cake bakes.
Put cake mix, dry jello, oil, water and eggs in a bowl and beat for 3 minutes.
Put in greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or fluted tube pan.
Bake at 325 (F) for 55 to 60 minutes. Leave cake in pan and pierce with a fork.
Pour glaze over cake.
Leave cake in pan overnight or several hours before removing.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 20 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 222Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 37mgSodium: 209mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 0gSugar: 23gProtein: 2g

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Comments on this story

3 Responses

Katy says:

December 21, 2016 at 2:51 pm

I’ve been making this cake since I saw it in 1978. It was my go-to cake for my daughter (it’s her favorite!) and to any potlucks I went to. After losing the recipe a couple of months ago, I was desperate to find it again. Thank you, Thank You!

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Linda Griese says:

January 20, 2020 at 7:52 am

Thank you so much! My mom always used to make this for my birthday. She’s been gone for over 30 years and I was thinking of how she would make this for me. My birthday is this month and I’ll be baking it and thinking of her!!

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Rose Mary Magliocco says:

April 2, 2022 at 6:15 pm

This cake is so easy to make and it’s absolutely delicious

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