The Perfect Pumpkin Poke Cake

Another Pumpkin dessert for the win! I apologize for my current obsession with all things Pumpkin, but I just can’t help myself. I love this time of year and all the yummy treats that accompany it.  Last week I vowed that I was done making pumpkin foods til next season. Then my sister-in-law made a Pumpkin Poke Cake for my mother-in-law’s birthday celebration, and it was so amazing that I could not resist. I went home and googled all the Pumpkin Poke Cake recipes I could possibly find until I came up with this Perfect Pumpkin Poke Cake recipe.

An Easy Recipe for Delicious Pumpkin Poke Cake!

Unfortunately, this Perfect Pumpkin Poke Cake was so perfect, that my family could not keep their hands off of it. It was all gone the very same night I made it, and sadly, I only got one solitary piece of my masterpiece. However, you better believe that I savored every single bite of this moist, gooey deliciousness.

Now my question for all of you is….How have you guys let me miss out on this amazingness for all these years? I am tempted to curse all of you who knew that such a thing as Pumpkin Poke Cake existed, yet never shared in the wealth. However, I don’t like to curse ….so I will refrain…but in all seriousness, my life could have been a million times better with Pumpkin Poke Cake in it. When you know something this delicious exists, you’ve just gotta share it.

And to all those who have not had the privilege to partake of the yumminess….do not waste another minute! Your life will not be complete til you have tried this. 😉

Pumpkin Poke Cake Cooking Tools/Utensils You Will Need

Medium-to-Large Mixing Bowl

• 👉 BUY – OXO Good Grips 5-Quart Plastic Mixing Bowl

Measuring Cups (both cups and spoons)

• 👉 BUY – 22-Piece Stainless Steel Measuring Cups and Spoons Set

Hand Mixer (I like the portable ones!)

• 👉 BUY – Portable 5-Speed Electric Hand Mixer

9 X 13 Cake Pan

• 👉 BUY – Nonstick Cake Pan

Rubber Spatula

• 👉 BUY – Rubbermaid 13.5 inch rubber spatula

Try This Pumpkin Poke Cake Recipe Today!

The Perfect Pumpkin Poke Cake

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

45 mins

 

Author: Sugar n' Spice Gals

Recipe type: dessert, cake

Serves: 12 servings

Ingredients

• Cake
• 1 Yellow cake mix
• 1 egg
• ⅓ cup sour cream
• 15 oz can of pumpkin puree
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ¾ can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz can)
• ¼ cup caramel topping
• Frosting
• 8 oz tub Cool Whip
• ½ cube cream cheese softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• Topping
• ¼ cup caramel sundae topping
• ½ bag Heath bits (find by chocolate chips in the grocery store)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In a bowl mix 1 box of yellow cake mix, 1 egg, ⅓ cup sour cream, 1 can pumpkin puree, and 1 tsp cinnamon
3. Cook for 30-40 minutes or until you can stick a toothpick in the middle and have it come out clean (30 was perfect for me but it may cook slower at lower elevations)
4. Allow cake to cool for about 30 minutes
5. Poke holes throughout cake with the end of a wooden spoon (or something else about the size of a dime)
6. Drizzle sweetened condensed milk evenly over cake so that is seeps into the holes in the cake
7. Then do the same thing with ¼ cup of caramel topping
8. Allow to cool in fridge for about an hour
9. Whip up Cool whip, vanilla, softened cream cheese, and powdered sugar in a bowl to make frosting
10. Spread evenly over top of cake with a rubber spatula
11. Top with Heath bits and drizzle ¼ c caramel topping over the top
12. Allow to sit in fridge for 2-3 hours
13. Serve!

Notes

The longer this sits in the fridge the better....so you may want to make the cake the night before so the finished product can sit in the fridge overnight

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