Old Fashioned Pudding Poke Cake
This yellow poke cake recipe combines boxed cake mix and Jello pudding to make a decadent and easy dessert you're going to love.
Pudding poke cake recipes are great for potlucks and for holiday parties where guests can sink their teeth into something that is truly delicious. Our Old Fashioned Pudding Poke Cake is baked like any other cake but is then "poked" to create holes that absorb the pudding, creating what may be one of the best chocolate cake recipes around. Moist and fluffy, you'll have to stop yourself from having seconds or even thirds of this easy cake recipe. You'll want to skip dinner and go straight to dessert when you know this decadent cake is sitting in the fridge.
This is also the easiest cake recipe you'll ever make. Yellow cake mix and instant chocolate pudding are the two main ingredients used in this recipe, creating a super moist and delicious cake that you can whip up for any special occasion that requires a sweet treat.
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NotesOur recipe is created using a yellow cake mix, creating a yellow cake mix recipe. You could easily switch it up and use chocolate, vanilla, or even funfetti if you're looking for more options.
Serves12
Preparation Time15 min
Chilling Time1 hr
Cooking Time30 min
Cooking Vessel Size9 x 13
Ingredients
- 1 box y(2-layer size) ellow cake mix or pudding-included cake mix
- 2 box (9.3 oz) chocolate instant pudding mix
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 cup cold milk
Instructions
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Preheat oven and prepared cake in a 9 x 13-inch baking pan per package instructions.
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When cake is done, remove to a cooling rack and immediately poke holes in it at 1-inch intervals using the handle of a wooden spoon.
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After holes are made but while cake is still warm, combine pudding mix and powdered sugar in a large bowl. Gradually add milk with electric mixer running on low speed for just 1 minute. Scrape down and stir only until all of the pudding mix is incorporated.
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Pour half of the pudding mixture over the cake, filling the holes, setting aside the remainder for about 5 minutes until it thickens slightly. Spoon over the top of the cake, using an offset frosting spatula or a rubber scraper to smooth the top.
- Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour or longer to chill before cutting to serve. Store cake in the refrigerator.