This Boston Cream Poke Cake is so easy and scrumptious! Everyone will be raving over the delicious combination of yellow cake, vanilla pudding custard and chocolate glaze. Plan to take this one-pan dessert to your next gathering!
Boston Cream Poke Cake
When I was a young child I was enamored with any and all desserts containing custard.
I was particularly captivated by Boston Cream Pie because it wasn’t a pie at all, it was a custard filled cake. And that layer of glorious, shiny chocolate—yum!
I learned to bake at a young age, but mastering egg-based sweets like custard and flan de queso wouldn’t come until I was older.
If only I had known about this Boston Cream Poke Cake, I could have eaten it anytime the fancy struck! It’s seriously that simple to cook with boxed cake mix and instant pudding.
While I am now an avid baker, I’m not above using boxed mixes and hacks. If they make life easier and taste just as yummy, I’m all for it.
My cute Lemon Sandwich Cookies start with a cake mix and they fly off the plate every time.
If you have one component that’s completely from scratch, it gives the whole thing a homemade flavor (the cookies have cream cheese frosting).
With that in mind, I decided to make the chocolate glaze from scratch since I’m a bit of a chocoholic.
You could certainly use canned chocolate frosting if you want, but the chocolate ganache is simple enough that it doesn’t take much more than melting a few ingredients together.
The rest of the cake is equally quick and easy. Bake a cake according to the package instructions, then poke holes in it.
Mix up some pudding and pour it over the cake. Do this before the pudding has completely set so the custard can drip all the way down into the pockets.
It all gets topped with that chocolate glaze and then sets up in fridge.
This Boston cream poke cake definitely tastes better if you let it sit overnight.
I’m an impatient person, so I usually can’t wait to dig in before something is done, but trust me the flavors come together in an amazing way!!
pin this to your cake board!
Boston Cream Poke Cake
This Boston Cream Poke Cake is so easy and scrumptious! Everyone will be raving over the delicious combination of yellow cake, vanilla pudding custard and chocolate glaze.
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix (plus ingredients to prepare)
- 2 small boxes (3.4oz) vanilla pudding
- 4 cups milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/3 cups (8oz) chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions
Notes
Time does not include time needed for chilling.
This recipe first appeared on Amanda’s Cookin’ as a guest contribution by Kitchen Gidget.
Maggie
Saturday 21st of October 2023
Hi There, had to adjust midway through the recipe because I accidentally bought cook and serve pudding- figured out I should have bought instant. Otherwise the recipe tasted great. Thank you!
Gwen
Tuesday 28th of November 2017
Hi. I will make my own vanilla pudding but do we pour it over the cake while its still hot or does it have to cool off first? Also, what can I substitute with the corn syrup because I don't have any? Or can I just omit it? Thanks!
Rebekah
Wednesday 29th of November 2017
Hi Gwen! I pour the pudding on while it's still slightly warm so it soaks a little more, but completely cool is fine too. If you don't have corn syrup I would just omit it. The glaze may be a little more firm and less shiny, but it will still be delicious!