Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake

    You can definitely feel summer approaching here in Florida! Nothing says summer like sunshine and popsicles! If your childhood was anything like mine, you remember orange creamsicles! They are orange popsicles filled with vanilla ice cream. AKA amazing! I decided to try and recreate the deliciousness in cake form for our little barbecue this weekend. I was not disappointed with this moist, orangey, delicious cake!

Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake

Ingredients:

- 1 box of white cake mix, plus ingredients to make cake

- 1 cup of orange juice 

- 1 box of orange jello

- water to make jello

- 1 and 1/2 cup of whipping cream

- 1 cup of milk

- 1 package of vanilla pudding mix

- mandarin oranges to garnish

    Bake cake according to package directions, replacing the water with orange juice. (I used butter instead of oil as well) Once cake has baked and cooled, take a large fork and poke holes throughout the cake. Prepare the jello as instructed on package. Pour the jello over the cooled cake and make sure to let the jello soak into the holes in the cake. Pop the jello cake into the refrigerator to let chill for an hour or two. When ready to serve, whip the whipping cream to stiff peaks. In a separate bowl, mix together the pudding mix and milk. Fold the pudding mix into the whipped cream. Pipe or spread the mixture on top of cooled cake and serve! 

 

Double Chocolate Poke Cake

    Happy National Chocolate Cake Day! One of my favorite days! Last year I made my decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake, it was so fudgy! This year I was a little less ambitious, I used a box cake mix. But, it's all good! I made a poke cake!! This Double Chocolate Poke Cake is a chocolate lover's dream!

Double Chocolate Poke Cake

Ingredients:

- 1 box of cake mix , plus instructed ingredients

               or

- your favorite chocolate cake recipe

- 1 box of chocolate pudding mix

- 2 cups of milk

- 2 cups of whipping cream

- 1/2 cup of sugar

- 1/3 cup of cocoa powder

    Bake cake as directed in a 9x13 baking dish. Let cool completely and use the end of a spoon to poke holes throughout. Whip together the milk and pudding mix as directed on the box. Pour the pudding over the cake and stick in the refrigerator. In a medium sized metal bowl with an electric mixer, beat together the whipping cream, sugar, and cocoa until just combined. Refrigerate the mixture in the bowl, with the mixing blades for about 15 minutes. Once chilled, remove from the refrigerator and whip for about 3 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Spread the cream over the cake, chill, and serve.

Carrot Poke Cake

    Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there! I've been on a poke cake kick lately. It started a few weeks ago with my banana cream pudding poke cake. Then, I went on a camping trip and I made two, a reeses cup and a strawberry jello poke cake. I've yet to be disappointed! My dad likes carrot cake so I made this carrot cake version for him this weekend!

Carrot Poke Cake

Ingredients:

- 1 boxed carrot cake mix ( and ingredients to make cake) or your favorite carrot cake recipe

- 1 box of cheesecake flavored pudding

- 2 cups of milk

- 1 (8 ounce) package of cream cheese, softened

- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar

- 1 (8 ounce) tub of cool whip

- crushed graham crackers to top

    Prepare cake as directed in a 13x9 baking dish. Let it cool. With the back of a spoon, poke holes throughout the cake. Whisk together the pudding mix and milk. Pour the pudding over the cake and set in the refrigerator to chill. Meanwhile, beat together the cream cheese and powdered sugar with an electric mixer. Then, whip in the cool whip. Spread the frosting on the cake and top with crushed graham crackers! 

Banana Cream Poke Cake

    So, I've discovered an extremely easy and ridiculously good idea! It's called a "poke cake". I want to find the person who came up with the idea and shake their hand. I'm definitely going to be playing around with the concept this summer! This particular recipe is a yellow cake with creamy banana pudding! It was so good! The kids at church loved it! 

Banana Cream Poke Cake

Ingredients:

- 1 box yellow cake mix, prepared as directed in a 9x13" baking pan

- 2 boxes of banana pudding mix

- 4 cups of milk

- 1 (8 ounce) container of cool whip

- 2 cups of crushed vanilla wafers

    With the end of a spoon poke holes throughout the cooled cake, about a 1/2 inch apart. Whisk together the pudding mix and milk until it starts to thicken. Pour the pudding over the cake and set in the refrigerator to chill for at least an hour. When ready to serve, spread the cool whip on top of the pudding and top with crushed vanilla wafers.