Orange Cream Cake I

Very good and cool on a hot summer day. Would be great for a carry-in.

This cake is truly a no brainer, and very yummy, a great refreshing taste for summer fun. We all loved it!

It's not often I say this, but... This cake was absolutely vile. I have no idea how it got a five-star rating. I heeded the "too sweet" comments and used home-whipped cream instead of the topping, and I still couldn't choke it down. In the words of my six-year-old son, "This tastes like medicine!" The problem here is that we're not used to such obviously artificial flavors, so I think next time I'll stick to making a nice traditional orange syrup cake, and serve it with thick or clotted cream.

I think that the topping was great, but I think the 2 cups of liquid (one hot and one cold) added to the gelatin is too much and makes the cake "wet". I think this recipe would be much better if the gelatin was only mixed with one cup of hot water.

I was worried about the "too sweet" comments, so did the following... - Couldn't get orange cake mix, so used lemon, plus 1 T. orange extract, and 1 t. grated orange rind. - Instead of using Cool Whip, (which is sweetened), I just whipped my own cream, (no-added sugar or flavoring), then folded together with the pudding/Jello mix. My husband thought it was great, and he hates things that are "too sweet"!

I was excited to find this recipe as my Aunt used to make a version of this when I was a child. However, upon making it I've found that I had to improvise a bit to get it the way I had hoped it would be. I used a vanilla cake mix as suggested by other reviewers & agree that the presentation of the jello stripes looked very nice! As for the topping, I wish I had omitted the jello packet, or maybe just used half of it, because it was way too overpowering, sweet, & artificial. I ended up mixing an extra box of pudding, an extra envelope of dream whip (which I had already substituted one envelope for the whipped topping) & when it was still too sweet, I mixed in an 8 oz block of cream cheese which seemed to do the trick in making it "dreamsicle" like. It went over well and I would make it again but next time I would go easy on the jello in the topping or omit it all together and add some orange extract.

So delicious-it tastes just like the ice cream treat!

This was gross!!! Very artificial tasting and soggy. My 5 year old cake monster wouldn't even eat it. Will definitely not make this one again. If your looking for a cake for a special occasion keep looking. Sorry.

I have used this recipe over and over....I have never had any leftovers!!! It is soooo good!

This cake is OK (at best). I have been wanting to make this for a long, long time, but just never got around to it. I wasn't totally disappointed, but not impressed either (neither were my friends - I made this for a a cook-out last weekend). The cake is easy to prepare. I like that I can make it in the AM and leave in the fridge all day while I do other things. I was surprised by the taste - this didn't remind me of a creamsicle at all (well, maybe a little...). The frosting tasted creamsicle-like, but the cake itself did not. It wasn't too sweet as many others complained about (I did use only half of the package of Jell-O called for in the topping), just bland. I didn't like the fact that the cake seemed heavy-wet (it didn't cut well). I might try this recipe with a vanilla cake mix next time as the lemon one seemed out of place. Might also pour less Jell-O liquid over cooled cake as this could solve the heaviness issue. Thanks for the recipe!