Jello Poke Cake
Poke cakes made from a box mix — Reese's poke cake, chocolate poke cake, carrot poke cake, lemon blueberry — for potlucks, birthdays and Sunday dinner.
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dessertIngredients
- 1 box Devils food cake mix
- 1 jar Peanut Butter
- 1 box Vanilla instant pudding
- 1 jar Chocolate frosting
- 1 bag Reese’s
- Milk
Instructions
- 1Mix and bake cake according to back of box at 350.
- 2Let cake cool completely.
- 3Poke holes all over cake.
- 4Prepare vanilla pudding according to back of box.
- 5Mix peanut butter with vanilla pudding.
- 6Slather pudding and peanut butter mixture all over cake.
- 7Melt chocolate frosting.
- 8Pour melted frosting all over cake.
- 9Chop up Reese’s cups.
- 10Sprinkle over cake.
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Open in Pepper →A Cake Mix And A Fork
A poke cake is the easiest dessert trick there is. You bake a box mix, poke holes all over the top while it's still warm, and pour something sweet down into them so every bite stays soft and wet.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these when they need to feed a crowd and don't have time to fuss — church potlucks, birthdays, a Tuesday when the kids want something sweet.
Every recipe here starts with a box mix and ends up better than it should. Reese's poke cake with peanut butter and vanilla pudding, German chocolate poke cake with caramel sauce, carrot poke cake with cheesecake pudding, lemon blueberry with pie filling, and a cannoli poke cake made from French vanilla.
Quick Tips
- 1
Poke while still warm
Wait about 10 minutes after the cake comes out, then poke. A warm cake soaks up the filling; a cold one lets it sit on top.
- 2
Use the wooden spoon handle
A fork makes shallow slits, but the round end of a wooden spoon makes holes about a half inch wide that hold real pudding.
- 3
Thin the condensed milk
Warm the sweetened condensed milk or caramel sauce for 20 seconds so it runs down into the holes instead of pooling.
- 4
Chill four hours
Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours, or overnight, before you frost and cut. The filling needs time to set.
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