Red Velvet Christmas Poke Cake

 

INGREDIENTS

• For the cake:
• 1 box red velvet cake mix (ingredients needed to mak ; oil & water)
• For the filling:
• 2 boxes 3.4 oz Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
• 4 cup Milk
• 2 cup heavy whipping cream
• Green food coloring
• For garnish:
• Red sprinkles ; optional
• Green sprinkles ; optional
• Snowflakes and white chocolate curls ; optional

• INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-x-13” pan and sprinkle with flour.

  2. Prepare cake mix according to box instructions.

  3. Pour into prepared baking dish and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes.

  4. Remove the cake from the oven

  5. Using the back of a wooden spoon, poke holes all over the cake.

  6. Combine milk and pudding mix and whisk until well blended.

  7. Pour pudding over cake making sure it gets down into holes.

  8. Refrigerate cake for several hours to allow pudding to settle and set up

  9. To make green topping, mix heavy cream until soft peaks form, add green coloring (add a few drops at a time, to desired color)and mix to combine

  10. Spread green topping evenly over the top of cake and sprinkle with white chocolate curls and red, green sprinkles and snowflakes

  11. Refrigerate until ready to serve