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Poke Me Baby, One More Time
Banana Vanilla-Rum Poke Cake
Prep Time
1
hour
hr
Refrigeration time
1
hour
hr
Total Time
2
hours
hrs
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
Banana Poke cake, Banana Rum Cake, Boozy cake, Brittany spears cake, delicious cake with pudding, Poke Cake, Pudding cake, Rum spiked cake, tipsy cake, Vanilla Rum Pudding cake
Yield:
12
Author:
Harry Balzac
Equipment
2 9 inch round baking pans
1 Cake decorating tip and bag
Mixer or whisk
Materials
Pan Preparation
Cooking Spray
¼
cup
Flour
Bananas
3
Bananas
(smashed)
1
tsp
Baking Soda
Better Crocker Super Moist Yellow Cake Recipe
1
Betty Crocker Cake Mix
1
Cup
Water
½
Cup
Vegetable Oil
3
Eggs
Pudding
1
3.4oz
Jello Vanilla Instant Pudding
1
cup
Milk
1
cup
Coconut Rum
Garnish
Nilla Wafers
Cream Cheese Frosting
1
8oz
Cream cheese
(softened)
½
cup
Butter
(softened-1 stick)
4
cups
Powdered sugar
2
tsp
Vanilla
Instructions
Get ready to Bake
Spray the bottom and sides of baking pans
Put ⅙ cup of flour in each pan, and roll it around the bottom and sides of the pans to cover. Remove excess flour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Bananas
Peel bananas and put them in a small bowl
Smash or crush the bananas with a masher tool
Add baking soda and stir
Cake- It starts with a cake mix
In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, water, oil, and eggs
Pour banana mixture into the cake mixing bowl
Mix until blended
Bake the cake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes
Test the cake rounds with a toothpick to be sure the centers are firm, and the cake does not stick to the pick
Remove the cake rounds from the oven and let them cool completely
Pudding
In a small mixing bowl, add pudding mix, milk, and dark rum
Mix and let set for 3 minutes
Assemble cake
Place one round on a cake stand, flat side up.
Cover the round with a layer of pudding
Place the second round on top of the first round, flat side down,
Use the round handle of a wooden spoon to poke holes in the cake (through the layers of the cake - about 8 holes)
Fill the holes with pudding
Jiggle the cake
Add additional pudding in the holes
Scrape any extra pudding off the top of the cake
Prepare the frosting
In a small mixing bowl, blend the softened cream cheese, and the softened butter
Add powdered sugar, and vanilla and mix until creamy
Finish the Banana Poke cake
Frost the cake
Use a cake decorating bag to make decorative frosting mounds around the edge of the cake
In between the frosting mounds make a slight cut and insert a Nilla Wafer
Refrigerate until ready to serve