25-Minute Chocolate Poke Cake
Bake a chocolate cake mix, poke holes, flood with sweetened condensed milk and chocolate syrup, then top with whipped cream. The cake drinks up all that chocolate-y sweetness and becomes impossibly moist and fudgy in minutes.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 8
- Calories
- 412
- Protein
- 4g
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus water and oil per package)
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup chocolate syrup
- 1 container (8 oz) whipped topping
Instructions
- 1
Bake the chocolate cake mix in a 9×13 pan per package directions, then remove and cool 5 minutes.
- 2
Pierce the warm cake all over with a fork, making small holes across the entire surface.
- 3
Pour the sweetened condensed milk evenly over the cake, letting it soak into every hole.
- 4
Drizzle the chocolate syrup across the entire cake and spread gently with a spatula.
- 5
Spread whipped topping over the cake to cover, or serve dollops on individual slices.
Tools you’ll need
- 9×13 baking pan
- oven
- fork
- spatula
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