I love a good, easy, stunning dessert recipe, and this Raspberry Poke Cake is definitely one of them! I used fresh raspberries in my recipe, but you could always use frozen if they aren’t in season or if you’d like to save some money. Raspberries can be expensive!
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Do we ever really need a reason to make a delicious cake? I don’t think so! But incase you do you can make this cake for a birthday, Valentine’s Day, 4th of July, Christmas. Anytime really. I love a good poke cake during the summer because the frosting is so light it doesn’t’ seem to weight you down like a thick buttercream.
Raspberry Poke Cake Dessert Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box white or vanilla cake mix, and ingredients it calls for
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 3 cups raspberries
- 3/4 cup cold water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 large box INSTANT vanilla pudding
- 2 cups milk
- 8 ounces cool whip, thawed to room temperature
Instructions
- Prepare and bake your cake according to instructions on the box. While your cake is baking make the raspberry sauce
- In medium saucepan combine raspberries, water, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. Over medium heat, bring to a boil stirring constantly. Cook until your mixture has thickened {about 5-7 minutes}. Cool for 10 minutes
- When cake is done baking, remove it from the oven and take a wooden spoon and poke holes into the cake
- Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over the cake making sure to get some into each hole
- Pour the raspberry sauce evenly over cake and sweetened condensed milk
- Let the cake cool completely
- Combine pudding and milk and beat for 3 minutes. Set in the fridge for 5 minutes
- Stir in cool whip and spread evenly over cooled cake
Recipe inspired by Chef-in-Training
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This Raspberry Poke Cake looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday and have a great week!
Miz Helen
Your cake looks amazing and wonderful for picnics this summer!!
Thank you for sharing on #omhgww last week, your post is being featured this week and has been shared on Pinterest and Facebook!!
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Looks so delicious, raspberries make is so elegant. Sharing :). I have a NEW blog party starting Wednesday, would love for you to join us. The Classy Flamingos at poinsettiadr.com
Poke cake is one of my youngest son’s favorite birthday cakes, but I like the looks of your recipe better than mine! Pinning for future reference!
Seems delicious!
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This looks so amazing! Will feature in this week’s Family Fun Friday.
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You’re right, no excuses needed to bake desserts❤️ And yours looks perfect any day of the week, especially when it’s so easy by using a cake mix! Just a reminder, don’t forget to add links to this week’s Fiesta Friday post, as well as Petra’s blog and my blog so you can be considered for features next week!😉 Thanks for sharing! Happy Fiesta Friday!!🎉
Such a pretty cake! Thanks for sharing!
Wow!! This cake looks so pretty and scrumptious!!! Never tried a poke cake before.. bookmarked this to make with strawberries 🙂
That looks so good. We love anything raspberry.
Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday!
WOWZERS. This looks amazing! Your photos are gorgeous and the food looks screen licking good 🙂 Thanks for linking up to #homemattersparty
This cake looks to die for! I love raspberry and have always wanted to try making a poke cake. Thanks for joining the Family Joy Link Up Party!
MMMM yummy! This looks amazing! Thanks for linking up with us at Family Joy Blog Link Up Party this week!
Such a beautiful cake! Thank you for sharing it with us! #Funtastic Friday
Hi Hilary, What a beautiful cake! Sounds delicious, too! Thanks for sharing the recipe! Well done! Blessings, Janet
Thanks for linking up at The Pretty Pintastic Party! We loved this recipe, and we’re featuring it at the party this weekend!
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I love this idea. The cake is so pretty. I have some blackberries I need to use, and I might try something like this! Thanks for sharing!
Your Raspberry Poke Cake is just beautiful and looks delicious. Hope you are enjoying your day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday!
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I can’t wait to try this. Looks so good and I love raspberry. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Me Monday. I wanted to let you know that you are one of my Featured picks this week. Check it out at http://www.farmhouse40.com/inspire-me-monday-116
Oh, yum! This cake looks both gorgeous and delicious! I can’t wait to try this one! Pinned and sharing. Thank you for joining us at Family Joy Blog Link-Up Party. I hope you will join our next party starting Sunday at noon EST.
Such a pretty cake and perfect for Valentine’s Day!
This recipe looks yummy. You can’t go wrong with a good white cake & raspberry. Sharing on my FB page. Thanks for the recipe.
I love a good poke cake! This one looks yummy! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
Yum!! Hilary, this cake looks fantastic. I love the simplicity of strawberry and sponge, that’s just delicious. I’m glad to have found your blog. Will be saving this for later for sure 🙂 Have a great day!
Anja
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Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!
My mouth is watering over this recipe! My sister-in-law’s favorite cake flavor is vanilla and raspberry. I think this may be the perfect cake to make for her birthday this year!