Hooray for gelatin!! Today we have another recipe that was submitted for our Gelatin Contest, but I have to admit that this is one that I was very excited to see because I have been dying to try this recipe for ages.

These adorable little things are Glazed Tea Cakes.

And yes, they ARE covered with gelatin.

This recipe was submitted by Cat from Michigan, who also sent in the recipe for Barbecue Salad, which we ended up turning into Barbecue Cheese Cracker Pie. Both of these recipes are from the vintage classic, The Joys of Jell-O.

Since Barbecue Salad was originally supposed to be served in cubes and we ultimately ended up making the pie variation, I thought it was only fair to make these cakes for Cat since they are also supposed to be served in cubes.

Of course, what fun would that be? So, I ended up making my cake into half cubes, and half into some adorable shapes using modern and vintage cutters. 

Adorable, huh?  Well, turns out it was all a huge waste of time, because when they were finished they all ended up looking the same anyway.

Besides the fact that I lost my shapes, which wasn’t a huge deal, these things were a total pain to make. First off, they were incredibly messy.  I wish I would have taken a picture of the carnage that ensued when I did this, but at the time I was too covered with gelatin to touch my camera. I thought it would just be a matter of dipping the cake into the gelatin on a fork (like you would with chocolate) and having it coat. Wrong! You had to roll the cake around with your fingers in the gelatin to get good coverage. This led to some very, very red fingers.

In addition, the coconut refused to stick to the gelatin-covered cake squares.  I had to toast the coconut to make it dry enough to stick to the gelatin.

In the end, though, they looked pretty cute. Although I don’t think Tom was too impressed.

“Are they good?”

“Meh.”

“Are they bad?”

“Meh.”

“Well, then what are they?”

“Wet cake.”

The Verdict: Okay

From Tom’s Tasting Notes:

Tasted like wet yellow cake covered with toasted coconut.

From Ruth’s Tasting Notes:

Tasted a lot like Jell-O poke cake, which I am not too fond of, but if you like that sort of thing these might be for you. After about 24 hours in the fridge they became less “wet” and more “moist” which was nice. The one outstanding thing about this recipe was that the cake never really dried out, even a week later. Would be a good recipe if you are going to have a party for kids and you want to make the snacks WAY in advance.

Thanks, Cat, for sending in this recipe! I have been wanting to try it for ages!