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25-Minute Chocolate Poke Cake

Bake a chocolate cake mix, poke holes, flood with sweetened condensed milk and chocolate syrup, then top with whipped cream. The cake drinks up all that chocolate-y sweetness and becomes impossibly moist and fudgy in minutes.

Total time
25 min
Servings
8
Calories
412
Protein
4g
25-Minute Chocolate Poke Cake
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Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Bake the chocolate cake mix in a 9×13 pan per package directions, then remove and cool 5 minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Pierce the warm cake all over with a fork, making small holes across the entire surface.

  3. Step 3

    Pour the sweetened condensed milk evenly over the cake, letting it soak into every hole.

  4. Step 4

    Drizzle the chocolate syrup across the entire cake and spread gently with a spatula.

  5. Step 5

    Spread whipped topping over the cake to cover, or serve dollops on individual slices.

Tools you’ll need

  • 9×13 baking pan
  • oven
  • fork
  • spatula

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