Delicious Cherry Poke Cake Recipe
Do you love easy desserts? Then you'll adore this Delicious Cherry Poke Cake Recipe! It's sweet, moist, and full of cherry flavor.
Equipment
- 9x13 inch baking pan
- Electric mixer or whisk
- Mixing bowls (2 large ones)
- Wooden spoon or fork for poking
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Spatula for spreading
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 can cherry pie filling
- 1 box instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 container whipped topping 8 oz
- Fresh cherries for decoration optional
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F first.
- Grease your baking pan with butter or spray.
- Mix cake mix, eggs, water, and oil together.
- Beat everything for two minutes until smooth.
- Pour the batter into your prepared pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
- Let the cake cool for 15 minutes.
- Use a wooden spoon handle to poke holes.
- Make holes all over the entire cake.
- Space them about one inch apart.
- The holes should go halfway through the cake.
- Open your can of cherry pie filling.
- Spread it evenly over the warm cake.
- Use a spatula to push filling into holes.
- Make sure cherries get into every hole.
- Let the cake cool completely in the fridge.
- Whisk pudding mix with cold milk together.
- Beat for two minutes until it thickens.
- Pour pudding over the cherry layer carefully.
- Spread it evenly with your spatula.
- Refrigerate for another 30 minutes to set.
- Spread whipped topping over the pudding layer.
- Cover the entire cake completely and evenly.
- Add fresh cherries on top if you want.
- Keep refrigerated until you're ready to serve.
Notes
- Always let the cake cool before adding pudding.
- This prevents the pudding from melting completely.
- Use a thick wooden spoon for making holes.
- Fresh cherries make the cake look more beautiful.
- You can use chocolate cake mix instead.
- Refrigerate for at least two hours before serving.
- This helps all layers set properly together.
- Cover leftovers with plastic wrap tightly.
- The cake stays fresh for five days.
- Make it one day ahead for better flavor.
- The ingredients for Cherry Poke Cake are very affordable.