Description
Lemon lovers will be thrilled with this Lemon Poke Cake recipe. It’s super-moist with a creamy lemon pudding layer and creamy whipped topping, garnished with a slice of lemon.
This easy dessert recipe is made with a boxed cake mix and it just doesn’t get any easier than this! Perfect for family gatherings and potlucks.
Ingredients
1 box (15.25 oz.) lemon cake mix
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup water, room temperature
1/2 cup (118ml) vegetable oil
Zest from 1/2 lemon
Lemon Pudding
2 (3.4ounce each) instant lemon pudding mix
3 cups cold milk
1 (8 ounce) tub cool whip topping
Optional sliced lemons for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray or a light coat of butter.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, water and lemon cake mix until well combined.
- Stir in the lemon zest until combined.
- Transfer cake batter to prepared baking dish. Bake in 350°F oven for 23 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
- Cool cake for one hour.
- Use the end of a wooden spoon or skewer to poke holes in the cake.
- Make the lemon pudding: Whisk both boxes of lemon pudding mix with milk unti smooth and well combined and thickened.
- Spread some of the lemon pudding across the top of the cake. Use a spatula to spread out the pudding in a thin coat, first ensuring that some of the pudding goes into each of the poke holes. Top the cake with the remaining pudding.
- Cover the cake with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour (up to overnight).
- After chill time, spread the whipped topping over the chilled lemon poke cake.
- Serve and top with lemon slices if using and enjoy!
Notes
Store leftover poke cake in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Chil Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 186
- Sugar: 7.2 g
- Sodium: 183.2 mg
- Fat: 11.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 8.6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18.2 g
- Fiber: 0.1 g
- Protein: 4.1 g
- Cholesterol: 47.9 mg
