Strawberry Cheesecake Poke Cake
How to make a delicious creamy strawberry cheesecake poke cake recipe. Perfect make ahead dessert for Valentine's Day or other holidays.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 15.25 oz box strawberry cake mix
- ¼ C vanilla yogurt
- ¼ C all-purpose flour
- 1 C water
- ½ C vegetable oil
- 1 3.4 oz Jell-O cheesecake instant pudding
- 2 C whole milk cold
- 8 oz Cool Whip thawed
- Strawberries washed and dried - diced
- Egg replacement: ¼ C yogurt and ¼ C flour or if using eggs, 3 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 13x9 in a baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl add cake mix, water, oil, yogurt, and flour. Using a handheld mixer beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the sides as needed.
- Pour batter into the prepared baking pan. Place in oven for 25-28 minutes.
- Checking cake after 25 minutes by inserting a toothpick into the center of the cake. If the toothpick does not come out clean add 2-3 additional minutes to the cooking time.
- Allow the cake to cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Using the end of a round spoon poke holes 1-1 ½ inches apart. Let the cake cool completely.
- In a medium size bowl add cold milk and Jell-O cheesecake together and whisk for 2 minutes. Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes to allow the pudding mixture to set up.
- Once the cake is cool add the pudding to a piping bag. Insert the open tip into the holes that were poked into the cake and fill with the cheesecake pudding filling.
- Use an offset spatula to spread the remaining pudding over the cake.
- Top with the thawed cool whip and spread over the whole cake using an offset spatula.
- Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
- When it is time to serve add diced strawberries onto the top of the cake.
Notes
Yogurt can be plain or vanilla
Eggs can be used according to box directions, usually 3 eggs. Omit the ¼ C yogurt and ¼ C flour.
Eggs can be used according to box directions, usually 3 eggs. Omit the ¼ C yogurt and ¼ C flour.