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Simple Boston Cream Pie recipes

Boston Cream Poke Cake

Ingredients
  

  • 1 15.25 ounce yellow cake mix, mixed and baked according to package directions
  • 2 3.4 ounce boxes vanilla pudding mix
  • 3 ½ cups cold milk
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cups heavy cream
  • 12 ounces high quality semi-sweet chocolate or chocolate chips

Instructions
 

Cake Directions:

  • Grease 13 x 9 cake pan, and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In bowl of stand mixer, mix cake according to package directions.
  • Pour batter into prepared cake pan, and bake as instructed on package.
  • Allow to cool completely. Then using the handle of a wooden spoon, poke holes half-way through the cake spaced about 1 ½ inches apart.

Filling Directions

  • In large mixing bowl, combine pudding mixes, 3 cups cold milk, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla, and beat for two minutes, frequently scraping sides of bowl.
  • Don’t wait for it to thicken, but immediately pour over top of cooled cake, and spread around so that it goes into all of the holes you made.
  • Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.

Chocolate Ganache Directions

  • On high power, heat heavy cream in the microwave for 1-2 minutes, until very hot and simmering, but not boiling.
  • While cream is heating, break chocolate into pieces, and put in a mixing bowl.
  • Pour hot cream over chocolate in bowl, and allow to stand for 5 minutes. Then stir until all pieces are melted and ganache is smooth. Allow to cool to room temperature.
  • Pour cooled ganache over pudding layer of cake, and spread, using an offset spatula.
  • Refrigerate entire cake at least 2 hours or, preferably, overnight, and serve cake cold.