This simple rainbow poke cake is easy to make using a boxed cake mix. Moist, delicious, and so pretty, you can serve this cake for many occasions.
The colors make it perfect for spring and summer, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, and so much more. When you serve this, your friends and family are going to love the surprise of pudding inside!
Be sure to check out this yummy Spring Cake Roll too!
Rainbox Poke Cake
Makes 12 servings
Prep time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 25 minutes
Cooling time: 10 minutes
Chilling time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
- 1 box, 15.25 oz) French Vanilla cake mix
- 1⁄2 C vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 C water
- Neon Blue gel food coloring, Lime Green gel food coloring, Dark Pink gel food coloring, Orange gel food coloring
- 1 – 3.4 oz French vanilla instant pudding
- 3 C whole milk
- 1 container – 16 oz Cool Whip
- 1 container of sprinkles (I used pastel Easter sprinkles)
You’ll also need: 1 large piping bag with a star tip
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 13×9 baking dish with baking spray (like Pam).
Mix together the cake mix, eggs, oil, and water until combined and smooth
Divide the batter between 4 small bowls
Mix in a few drops of each color into their own bowls
Spoon drops of each colored batter into the baking dish
Once done, using a butterknife or bamboo skewer, lightly swirl the batter a few times to create colorful swirls
Bake for approximately 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven when fully baked, and set aside to cool for 10 minutes
Using the bottom of a wooden spoon handle, poke several holes all throughout the cake
Pour the pudding over the cake and spread the pudding into the holes. You may need to lightly press the pudding down using a rubber spatula to ensure that the pudding actually goes into the holes
Place the cake into the fridge for an hour to allow it to completely cool before piping dollops of whipped cream on top
Once the cake is cooled, spoon Cool Whip into the piping bag.
Pipe Cool Whip onto the entire cake and sprinkle the sprinkles all over the top of the cake
Enjoy!
Easter Poke Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box (15.25 oz) French Vanilla cake mix
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 C water
- Gel Food Coloring: Neon Blue, Lime Green, Dark Pink, Orange
- 1 package 3.4 oz. French vanilla instant pudding
- 1 tub 16 oz. Cool Whip whipped topping
- 1 container of pastel Easter sprinkles
- 3 cups whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 13×9 baking dish with pam baking spray
- Mix together the cake mix, eggs, oil and water until combined and smooth
- Divide the batter between 4 small bowls
- Mix in a few drops of each color into their own bowls
- Spoon drops of each colored batter into baking dish
- Once done, using butterknife or bamboo skewer, lightly swirl the batter a few times to create colorful swirls
- Bake for approximately 25 minutes. Remove from the oven when fully baked, set aside to cool for 10 minutes
- Using the bottom of a wooden spoon handle, poke several holes all throughout the cake
- Pour the pudding over the cake and spread the pudding into the holes. You may need to lightly press the pudding down using a rubber spatula to insure that pudding actually goes into the holes
- Place the cake into the fridge for an hour to allow it to completely cool before piping dollops of whipped cream on top
- Once cake is cooled, spoon Cool Whip into the piping bag
- Pipe Cool Whip onto the entire cake and sprinkle Easter sprinkles all around the top of the cake Enjoy!
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