Easy Boston Cream Poke Cake Recipe
Looking for a YUMMY and EASY dessert everyone will love?
Then you should try this creamy Boston Cream Poke cake. It’s super simple to make, and would also make an excellent addition to your next potluck or party because you cannot ever go wrong with cake and pudding topped with rich chocolate ganache!
This is also great way to upgrade a basic yellow cake mix in your pantry, but feel free to use the same idea with a from scratch cake and pudding mixture, if desired.
Recipe adapted from delish.com
Boston Cream Poke Cake
yield: 12 SERVINGS
prep time: 10 MINUTES
cook time: 2 HOURS
total time: 2 HOURS 10 MINUTES
Make this cream filled Boston Cream Poke Cake that is always a dessert hit!
Ingredients
- Yellow Cake Mix {Plus Ingredients to Bake Mix}
- 2 (3.4 oz.) Packages Vanilla Instant Pudding
- 4 Cups Cold Milk
- 2 Cups Chocolate Chips
- 1 Cup Heavy Cream
Directions
1
Grease a 9×13 baking dish and bake cake according to package instructions.
2
Once cool, poke the cake with end of a wooden spoon around entire surface.
3
Whisk together milk and pudding.
4
Pour pudding over the top of cake and spread evenly.
5
Refrigerate for 2 hours.
6
To make ganache frosting, heat cream and simmer in a small saucepan on the stove until bubbles form.
7
Place chocolate chips in a mixing bowl, pour hot cream over chocolate, and whisk together until smooth.
8
Pour chocolate over pudding mixture and spread evenly with the back of a spoon, and serve.
I’ve made Boston Poke Cake a few times and it’s always a big hit!
This is the kind of dessert that gets even better the next day! So YUMMY. Also, it’s so simple the kids can easily help make it and help ya lick the spoon! 😜
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Looks delicious Lina! Can’t wait to make it 😋😋
Enjoy!! 🍰🍫
Oh goodness!!! I want to make this right now! Thank you Lina 😘
It’s dangerously good! 😁
Hi Lina, did you use milk chocolate chips or semi sweet? Thanks!
Oh I just used what I had on hand – semi sweet 😀
It looks like the idea for Sunday dessert has now been settled. 😊
Like the peach cobbler, it will be make one batch a week….
Ooohhh, this looks perfect for my dad’s birthday next month! He loves Boston cream and my daughter can make it by herself for him!
Very similar to a dessert I’ve made but it’s made with Graham cracker instead of cake, very yummy!!
We make this pretty and use the Jello Simply Good Vanilla Bean pudding.
Great! Thanks for the suggestion 👍
We make this, but we put a can of chocolate frosting in the microwave for twenty seconds, stir it then pour it over the cake. It makes the same sort of chocolate tat is on top of a donut. SO GOOD.
Yum! Thanks for sharing 👍
Do you have to refrigerate again after the chocolate to set it? And do you have to keep it in the fridge due to the pudding and frosting?
You don’t have to but can. Just personal preference on that. It’s great either way. Yes keep leftovers refrigerated.
If I made this on a Friday night, would it be good for Sunday afternoon? I’m thinking Easter!
Yes – good idea!
Sorry one more question! I made this last night and the package on the pudding says to add 3 cups per package but your recipe says 2 cups of milk per package. I just did the 4 cups and the pudding turned out really thick. Maybe I beat it too much? I was wondering if I was supposed to have put in the 6 cups of milk or if you always make it with the 4?
I just followed recipe as is I believe –but next time feel free to add a little more milk to desired thickness 👍
It’s the 3.4 oz. box (small box) of pudding that calls for 2 cups of milk. The big boxes need 6 cups. I think it must have been made with 2 small boxes.
Hi there, sorry for the confusion. I updated the oz. size to 3.4 for the pudding.
As far as the refrigerator action can I make chocolate frosting and add on top of pudding and refrigerator? Or i have to wait till pudding is hard…the reason I ask is bc I had guest coming over and didn’t want to wait last minute to mix up a batch of Ganache
Oh ya I would think you could make it that way also! It’s been awhile, but that’s what I would do too. Thanks!