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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Just saw this recipe and it really looks good. Is on my baking list next time I need a dessert.

CHOCOLATE POKE CAKE


1-3/4 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cups Hershey's Cocoa
1 tsp. salt
1-3/4 cups sugar
1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 container (16 oz.) dairy sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2/3 cup butter/margarine, softened
2 eggs
2 pkg. (4-serving each size) Jell-O Cook & Serve Pudding
1 tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip Whipped Topping, thawed
chocolate shavings

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
  2. Stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add butter , sour cream, vanilla and eggs. Beat on medium speed of mixer for 3 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  3. Bake 40-45 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  4. Immediately poke deep holes in cake at 1-inch intervals, using round handle of wooden spoon.
  5. Prepare pudding as directed on package. Pour it onto the cake, making sure the pudding gets into the holes. Refrigerate for about 2 hours.
  6. Spread Cool Whip onto the cake. Sprinkle chocolate shavings on top. Refrigerate 1 hour.
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Double yum.

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Registered: ‎02-27-2012

Thank you for posting..I love that this is a from scratch cake not boxed!

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Registered: ‎03-02-2015
Thank you for this!!!Sounds easy and fresh tasting,so bored right now with all my cookbooks, I I swear this long NY winter , I have made so many things from being stuck inside, I need something new! Anything else good cooking? Thanks again, Maryanne
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Oh man, now the drooling has started! Thanks for the pic Soushi!