Description
Rich chocolate poke cake brings moist, indulgent layers of chocolate delight to dessert tables. Creamy pudding filling and fluffy frosting complete this irresistible treat you won’t be able to resist.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box devils food chocolate cake mix
- Ingredients called for on the cake mix box
- 2 boxes (3.9 oz / 110 g) instant chocolate pudding mix
- 4 cups (950 mL) milk
- 1 tub (8 oz / 226 g) whipped topping, thawed
- Chocolate syrup, for drizzling
Instructions
- Cake Preparation: Prepare chocolate cake in a 9×13-inch pan following package directions. Cool for 10 minutes after baking.
- Creating Texture: Systematically perforate cake surface with wooden spoon handle, creating evenly spaced holes approximately one inch apart.
- Pudding Integration: Blend chocolate pudding mix with milk until smooth, creating a liquid mixture designed to infiltrate cake’s interior.
- Moisture Infusion: Pour pudding mixture across cake, ensuring complete coverage by guiding liquid into perforated channels using a spatula for uniform distribution.
- Chilling Process: Refrigerate cake, tightly covered, allowing pudding to thoroughly penetrate and set for minimum two hours.
- Finishing Touch: Apply thawed whipped topping as a delicate, cloud-like final layer, spreading gently to create an elegant surface.
- Presentation: Artfully drizzle chocolate syrup across the cake moments before serving, creating an enticing visual and flavor enhancement.
Notes
- Hole Precision: Create evenly spaced, uniform holes for consistent pudding distribution throughout the cake’s interior.
- Cooling Strategy: Allow cake to cool slightly before adding pudding to prevent excessive liquid absorption and maintain structural integrity.
- Pudding Consistency: Whisk pudding mix thoroughly to eliminate lumps and achieve a smooth liquid that easily penetrates cake layers.
- Refrigeration Technique: Cover cake completely during chilling to prevent moisture loss and ensure optimal pudding integration.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 270
- Sugar: 23 g
- Sodium: 380 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg