Cadbury Easter Poke Cake
This Easter poke cake recipe is so fun and a great Easter cake for a family gathering.
This Easter poke cake is super easy to make and is a show stopping dessert that looks wonderful on the dessert table.
You start out with boxed chocolate cake mix. You'll make a créme filling on the stove. Once the cake is done baking and is cooled, you'll poke holes with a wooden spoon and then add the créme filling you made on the stove to it. Cover the cake up with chocolate frosting and add some Cadbury créme eggs to the top and you are done!
It's easy to make and super delicious! Poke cakes are such a great dessert, with a surprise filling that seems to always taste delightful.
Bring this Cadbury creme egg cake to an Easter gathering or have it at home for your family's Easter dinner.
Alternatives
If you aren't a fan of chocolate, you can easily sub out the chocolate cake mix for white cake mix or carrot cake.
You can also change out the cake mix for your favorite homemade chocolate cake recipe.
The canned frosting can be subbed out for a delicious buttercream or cream cheese frosting.
The filling can be changed out to instant pudding. It won't have the same flavor, but it will still be delicious!
Add your favorite Easter sprinkles to the top of the cake before you add the Cadbury creme eggs.
Ingredients
boxed chocolate cake mix, prepared or homemade cake prepared
Filling Ingredients
- light corn syrup
- unsalted butter
- vanilla extract
- powdered sugar
- yellow food coloring
Decorating Ingredients
- container chocolate frosting
- Cadbury créme eggs
How to Make
Step 1: Bake the chocolate cake in a 9x13 baking dish according to the package directions.
Step 2: Allow the cake to cool completely, then use the handle of a wooden spoon to poke holes in the cooled cake.
To make the cream filling, pour the corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and salt in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium low heat until the butter is melted and the ingredients are just beginning to simmer.
Reduce the heat to low and add the powdered sugar. Whisk until the sugar is fully incorporated, then remove from heat.
Spoon half the mixture into the holes on the cake, making sure not to completely fill each hole.
Add the yellow food coloring to the remaining filling and stir to combine. If the filling begins to harden, reheat it over low heat until it melts again. Spoon the remaining filling over the top of the holes in the cake.
Let the cake rest at room temperature for at least one hour, until the filling is set.
Spread the chocolate frosting over the top of the cake.
Cut six of the Cadbury eggs in half and decorate the top of the cake with the egg halves.
Finely chop the remaining eggs and sprinkle the pieces over the top of the cake.
Enjoy!
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Cadbury Créme Easter Poke Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix prepared
Filling
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- yellow food coloring
Decorating
- 1 container chocolate frosting
- 12 Cadbury créme eggs
Instructions
- Bake the chocolate cake in a 9x13 baking dish according to package directions.
- Allow the cake to cool completely, then use the handle of a wooden spoon to poke holes in the cake.
- To make the cream filling, pour the corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and salt in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat until the butter is melted and the ingredients are just beginning to simmer.
- Reduce the heat to low and add the powdered sugar. Whisk until the sugar is fully incorporated, then remove from heat.
- Spoon half the mixture into the holes on the cake, making sure not to completely fill each hole.
- Add the yellow food coloring to the remaining filling and stir to combine. If the filling begins to harden, reheat it over
low heat until it melts again. Spoon the remaining filling over the top of the holes in the cake. - Let the cake rest at room temperature for at least one hour, until the filling is set.
- Spread the chocolate frosting over the top of the cake.
- Cut six of the Cadbury eggs in half and decorate the top of the cake with the egg halves.
- Finely chop the remaining eggs and sprinkle the pieces over the top of the cake.
Please note that the nutritional content of this recipe will vary based on the specific ingredients used. For a detailed breakdown of the nutritional values, consider using a recipe nutrition calculator with the exact brands and measurements you've used.
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