Jell-O King Cake
Ingredients
- 6-cup ring mold
- 3 pkgs. (4-serving size) Jell-O brand gelatin dessert, 1 each in lime, lemon and grape flavor
- Water
- 1 cup sour cream
Directions
Serves 12.
1. Stir 1 1/4 cups boiling water into 1 flavor of gelatin in small bowl. Stir for about 2 minutes to completely dissolve the gelatin.
2. Pour 3/4 cup of the dissolved gelatin into a greased 6-cup ring mold. Refrigerate about 15 minutes until set but not firm, gelatin should stick to finger when touched and should mound.
3. Refrigerate remaining gelatin in bowl about 5 minutes until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites). Gradually stir in 3 tablespoons of the sour cream.
4. Spoon over gelatin in mold. Refrigerate about 15 minutes or until set but not firm, gelatin should stick to finger when touched and should mound.
5. Meanwhile, repeat process with each remaining gelatin flavor. Be sure to cool dissolved gelatin to room temperature before pouring into mold on top of the other gelatin layers.
6. Refrigerate gelatin as directed to create a layered ring of clear and creamy gelatin layers in the Mardi Gras colors of yellow (lemon), purple (grape) and green (lime).
7. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until firm. Overnight is best. Unmold. Garnish as desired.
Adapted from a Rainbow Ribbon Mold recipe from a Jell-O recipe booklet
Source: The Advocate – Baton Rouge, La
