Flavoring A Cake Mix With Koolaid

Baking By Tigz Updated 15 May 2017 , 11:13pm by kakeladi

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Tigz Posted 15 May 2017 , 1:43am
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I have several recipes that call for Jello in cakes.  (Strawberry in my strawberry cake, Lime in a lime cake...etc) 

Although the taste awesome...I just can't get past the "mouth feel".   I can choke down the strawberry cake (good thing because I am called to make it often), but my favorite, the lime...I can barely swallow.  Again, it isn't the taste...it is the consistency of the cake itself, and it is being caused by the Jello.

Sooooo...I was wondering.  Kraft makes both Jello and KoolAid.  I am wondering if I substituted the KoolAid for the Jello, if it would give me the taste and not the mouth feel.  Has anyone tried this?  (Or, can anyone point me towards some lime flavoring - not actual lime flavoring, but candy type lime flavoring similar to the taste of jello) 

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kakeladi Posted 15 May 2017 , 11:13pm
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I have often used KoolAid in icing so I would think it would work well in cake batter.  I used UNsweetened powder - just a little to flavor & color icing - don't know how much to suggest in cake batter.

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