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There’s ‘True Luv’ in this Strawberry Cream Poke Cake of passion! Can’t you feel the luv? Perfect for any time of the year, this Strawberry Creme ‘Passion’ Poke Cake is dazzling, passionate and bursting out the doors with dreamy strawberry and cream flavors! Just look at all that creamy pudding in the ‘poking’ holes!

Speaking of poke cakes, you may enjoy this Reese’s Chocolate Poke Cake too! Poke cakes are soooo delish. 🙂

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The first poke cake I ever had, was poked with orange Jello, in a white cake and topped with cool whip and it was pretty darn good and nothing like I had ever had before. Just think how many jello flavors are out there?

You can really go to town! But we are really loving this creamy strawberry pudding poke cake!

This strawberry cream poke cake recipe is so moist and delish! It has plenty of amazing strawberry flavor in the pudding and the cake to make you giddy! 🙂

Jello has a pudding flavor called ‘Strawberry Creme‘ and there’s also Sonic’s Strawberry Shake Pudding, which is what I used in this cake.

But with the strawberry cake mix, I thought it might be too over-powering with strawberry cake and strawberry pudding together. So, I added some sweetened condensed milk, milk and heavy whipping cream to the pudding mix to mellow it out with the whipped cream on top! Now, it’s “Just right Goldilocks”!

Pudding Tip: Use 1 or 2 pudding mixes in the pudding filling. By using 2 pudding mixes, it will make it strawberry filling more mousse-like. If you want more it more pudding like, use only 1 pudding mix.

Ingredients You Need

Strawberry Cake

Strawberry Creme Passion Pudding

1 or 2 – 3.3 ounce Strawberry Creme instant pudding -Using 2 pudding mixes, will make it strawberry filling more mousse-like. If you want more it more pudding like, use only 1 pudding mix.
sweetened condensed milk, I used Lowfat
milk
heavy whipping cream

Whipped Cream Layer

heavy whipping cream
vanilla extract
powdered sugar
Optional: Sprinkles

Instructions How to Make Strawberry Poke Cake!

Preheat oven @ 350 degrees. Spray 9×13 pan with non-stick spray and set aside.

Strawberry Cake

In mixing bowl, combine cake mix according to directions and bake until done.
When cooled, then poke many holes in the cake with the end of a wooden spoon.

Strawberry Creme Passion Pudding

After the cake has cooled, to make the pudding, pour 1 or 2 strawberry creme instant pudding into a medium bowl and add milk and sweetened condensed milk. Using mixer, beat for a couple of minutes. Using 2 pudding mix, will make it more mousse-like. If you want more pudding like, use only 1 pudding mix.
Then add in the ½ cup heaving whipping cream and beat for another 2 minutes and pour the pudding mixture on top of cake and fill all the holes. Mixture will thicken as it chills.
Spread it out by using the back of spoon.
Cover cake and put in refrigerator to set up.

Whipped Cream Layer

Using mixer, whip 2 cups of heavy whipping cream until whipping cream consistency.
Top the whipped cream over pudding mixture.
Set in refrigerator for 2 hours or freeze before serving. Serve cold.
Add sprinkles before serving instead of adding after strawberry pudding poke cake is done, so sprinkles don’t melt into whipped cream.

Substitutions for Strawberry Poke Cake Recipe

Cool Whip can be used in place of whipping cream, if you want a shortcut. You need 4 cups total, 1 cup for the pudding mixture and 3 cups for the whipped topping layer.
If you can’t find strawberry pudding, you can make this strawberry pudding poke cake with instant vanilla pudding and and add some seedless strawberry jam or crushed freeze-dried strawberries to give it strawberry flavor.

This strawberry poke cake recipe is perfect for Valentine’s Day, Spring & Summer and all the poke cake lovers! Enjoy!!

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Strawberry Creme Passion Poke Cake

Kim Lange

There's 'True Luv' in this poke cake of passion! Can't you feel the luv? Perfect for any time of the year, this Strawberry Creme 'Passion' Poke Cake is dazzling, passionate and bursting out the doors with dreamy strawberry and cream flavors!

4.15 from 28 votes

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Course Dessert

Servings servings

Calories

Ingredients

Strawberry Cake

1 Strawberry cake mix make cake according to cake mix directions, using eggs, oil, water.

Strawberry Creme Passion Pudding

1 or 2 3 oz boxes Strawberry instant pudding or Vanilla I used Sonic's Strawberry Shake Pudding
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup milk
1 cup whipped cream add 1 cup from whipped cream layer

Whipped Cream Layer

2 cups heavy whipping cream reserve 1/2 cup for pudding mixture - will whip up to 4 cups total or can use store-bought whipped cream - 16 ounces/4 cups
½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
⅓ cup powdered sugar add up to 1/2 cup if you want sweeter
Optional: Sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13 pan with non-stick spray.
Make Cake: Prepare cake mix as directed and bake. Once cooled, poke holes all over with the handle of a wooden spoon.
Strawberry Pudding: In a bowl, whisk 1–2 strawberry pudding mixes with milk and sweetened condensed milk for 3 minutes. Add ½ cup heavy cream, beat for 2 minutes, and pour over the cake, filling the holes. Spread evenly.
Whipped Cream Layer: Beat 2 cups heavy cream with vanilla and powdered sugar until thick. Spread over the pudding layer.
Refrigerate: Cover and chill for 2 hours. Add sprinkles before serving.