This Red Velvet Poke Cake is the original poke cake recipe! Red velvet cake poked with pudding, topped with Cool Whip and Oreos!
RED VELVET POKE CAKE
Red Velvet Poke Cake is made with red velvet cake mix with a creamy cheesecake filling and topped with whipped topping and crushed Oreos. The idea for this Red Velvet Poke Cake came when I was at Wal-Mart. I managed to drag my little guy and husband along to the store on this occasion. Y'all have no idea how rare that is to have both of them along.
CAKE MIX, PUDDING AND WHIPPED TOPPING
We were on the baking aisle and I looked at Gene and said, "What do you think of a Red Velvet Poke Cake?" He shrugged his shoulders and casually said, "Sounds good I suppose." He obviously was not catching on quickly enough to my small moment of brilliance here. I expected a "Well dang - that's the best darn idea I ever heard of for a cake!" He and I are always on different levels of excitement at different times. Then he asks, "What kind of pudding?" You gotta give the man credit for at least understanding what a poke cake is.
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CAN I USE HOMEMADE WHIPPED CREAM?
Of course! If you prefer homemade whipped cream, then by all means, make your own whipped cream. Homemade whipped cream often doesn't stay stabilized for long though so it won't hold up as well as Cool Whip.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
red velvet cake mix
ingredients needed to make cake (eggs, oil & water)
instant cheesecake pudding
milk
whipped topping (COOL WHIP),
Oreo cookies
HOW TO MAKE RED VELVET POKE CAKE:
Prepare cake 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 warm 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 medium bowl, whisk together dry pudding mix with 4 cups of milk. Whisk until all the lumps are gone. Pour pudding over cake. Taking care to get right 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). If you have anything hanging out in your fridge that is stinky, be sure to cover your cake. Once your cake has completely cooled, spread on whipped topping. Spread it out evenly over the pudding layer. If you haven't done so already, crush your Oreo cookies. 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.
Enjoy!IF YOU LIKE THIS RECIPE, THEN YOU MUST TRY THESE!
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Ingredients
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- (ingredients needed to make cake - eggs, oil & water)
- 2 (3.4 oz) boxes instant Cheesecake-flavored pudding
- 4 cups milk
- 1 (8 oz) tub frozen whipped topping (COOL WHIP) thawed
- 10 Oreo cookies, crushed (optional)
Instructions
- 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, a spatula handle, or some other similarly-sized object, begin poking holes in the warm cake. You want the holes to be 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 medium bowl, whisk together pudding mix with 4 cups of milk. Whisk until all the lumps are gone.
- Pour pudding over cake. Taking care to pour it right 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. Spread it out evenly over the pudding layer.
- Spread crushed Oreos onto the top of the cake.
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Originally published: July 2012
Updated and republished: May 2019
This looks absolutely delicious. A recipe to bookmark for sure.
UGH... girl you're killing me with all these scrumptious poke cake pictures. I wish I ate cake!
Hmmm...me thinks my neighbors would like some poke cake...
I just love your cakes ideas.ilk be trying them out next week when I cook for 80 men at a football official meeting. They will love them.thanks
Just when I thought Red Velvet Cake couldn't be any better! This looks so good!!!
Bran, you've done it again!! I already knew you're a pure genius when it comes to these poke cakes.. but Red Velvet poke cake!!? 🙂 I am IN LOVE!!!! I cannot wait to try this!
this will be made this weekend! Can't wait to taste it.. Amanda
Yum! I love poke cakes, too. This Memorial Day, I did yellow cake with cheesecake pudding, with strawberries and blueberries on top. It was so refreshing and good! 🙂 So I'm sure your red velvet will be great too.
What a wonderful idea - I absolutely LOVE it! Can't wait to give it a whirl. Thank you for sharing. Rgds Marilene
You and your poke cakes are epic on Pinterest - congrats on another fabulous looking cake that I know I'll be seeing everywhere 🙂
I'm drooling all over my keyboard! 🙂
Pat
Making this as we speak! Hubby loved red velvet cake!
Hi! Sounds like a great idea! Don't get me wrong, I love Oreo cookies, but I was thinking if I reserved a little of the batter to make say, 2 cupcakes, then I could make crumbs from the cupcakes and use that as a topping instead. I think that would look really nice. What do you think?
I think this is my new favorite website! All those cakes sound amazing!!
I love the idea of the poke cake and anything with Oreo's has got to be good!
That looks amazing! We love red velvet cake so I'm definitely going to be making this.
I just made a chocolate poke cake for my husbands birthday and it's too bad that I didn't see this earlier because his favorite cake is Red Velvet Cake.I will definitely will be making this sometime in the future.
Thanks for another great recipe.
I made the red velvet poke cake and it was heaven in every bite!!!
Brilliance!!!! MUST.MAKE.SOON! I will def remember this for my son in love's b-day...his favorite cake. Thanks for making us smile...again.:-)
That looks way too good!! I would love to make this for my family BBQ next week 🙂
I love your Boston Creme Poke Cake and this Red Velvet one looks like a winner too. Can't wait to try it.
Looks and sounds perfect. You have the best desserts!
Where do I find cream cheese pudding? I've looked everywhere. I'm in Canada
i'm canadian too and pudding can only be bought in the states...i'm stocking up on my next visit.
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I made these today as cupcakes, because I found some fun Olympics themed cupcake liners and we are having spme friemds pver tp watch the opening ceremony tonight. I love the recipe and the cupcakes are yummy, but very messy! I would suggest sticking to a cake with this one! Thanks for sharing the great recipe!
I made this for our out of town company!They loved it. So moist and and there was a fight over the last piece:) thank you????yummy!
Seriously going to be making this!I featured your recipe on my blog, all credits to you! Love your recipes!