Banana Pudding Poke Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Whisk cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs together in a bowl until smooth; pour into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 23 to 28 minutes.
• Whisk cold milk and pudding mix together in a bowl until pudding is soft and thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Poke holes into the cake using the handle of a clean wooden spoon. Pour pudding over cake, spreading evenly. Spread whipped topping over pudding layer and sprinkle vanilla wafers over whipped topping.

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix according to package directions for a 9x13 cake. Once cake comes out of the oven, allow it to cool for just a couple of minutes.
• Then, with a wooden spoon handle or some other similarly-sized object, begin poking holes in the cake. You want the holes to be fairly big so that the pudding has plenty of room to get down in there. Be sure to poke right down to the bottom of the cake.
• In a bowl, prepare pudding. Whisk together instant pudding mix with 4 cups milk. Stir until all the lumps are gone.
• Let pudding sit for just about 2 minutes so it has just slightly begun to thicken but not fully set, it should still be easily pourable.
• Pour pudding over cake. Taking care to get it into the holes as much as possible. Spread it all out and using the back of the spoon, gently push pudding down into the holes.
• Put the cake into the fridge to set and cool (about 2 hours).
• Once your cake has completely cooled, spread on whipped topping.
• If you haven't done so already, crush your vanilla wafers. I just place mine in a ziploc bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Leave some of the pieces big. It's nice to have a bit of a crunch when you eat the cake.
• Spread crushed wafers onto the top of the cake. You can do this part immediately before serving the cake if you like. This will ensure the wafers are crunchy when you serve it.
• Serve with freshly sliced bananas on top of each piece of cake. Keep refrigerated.

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake as package directs in a 9x13 pan. (NOTE: Different cake mixes may require different ingredients than mine.) Remove from oven.
• Poke holes at once through the cake with a round handle of a wooden spoon. Holes should be in 1" intervals.
• After the holes are made, combine the sugar and pudding mix in a large bowl. Gradully stir in the milk. Beat at low speed for 1 minute.
• Before the pudding thickens, pour about half evenly over the warm cake and into the holes.
• Allow the remaining pudding to thicken slightly; then spoon over the top, swirling to frost the cake. Chill at least 1 hour. Store in refrigerator.
• TIP: You can use different flavors of pudding and cake for different flavors. Try adding 1/2 C peanut butter to the chocolate pudding for a Peanut Butter Poke Cake.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan; cool in pan on rack 5 minutes.
• With handle of wooden spoon (1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter), poke holes almost to bottom of cake every 1/2 inch, wiping spoon handle occasionally to reduce sticking.
• In medium bowl, stir together Filling ingredients. Pour over cake immediately; spread evenly over surface, working back and forth to fill holes. (Some filling should remain on top of cake.) Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Spread whipped topping evenly over cake. Just before serving, top with bananas and cookies. Cut into 5 rows by 3 rows.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 13x9-inch pan. Immediately poke deep holes in cake at 1-inch intervals, using handle of wooden spoon.
• Beat pudding mixes and 1 qt. milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Immediately pour half the pudding over warm cake; gently shake pan to let pudding seep into holes in cake. Pour remaining pudding over cake; spread to completely cover top of cake. Top with bananas. Spread COOL WHIP over cake, completely covering bananas.
• Microwave caramels and remaining milk in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 to 2 min. or until caramels are completely melted and sauce is smooth when stirred. Cool 5 min.
• Drizzle caramel sauce over cake. Refrigerate 2 hours. Sprinkle with crumbled wafers just before serving.