Creamy Lemon "poke" Cake
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
- 453.59 g box lemon cake mix
- 295.73 ml water (for cake)
- 78.78 ml oil (for cake)
- 3 eggs (for cake)
- 453.59 g cream cheese, -softened
- 118.29 ml powdered sugar
- 29.57 ml lemon juice
- 2 (226.79 g) box instant lemon pudding mix (or pie filling)
- 946.36 ml cold milk (for pudding)
- 29.58 ml grated lemon peel
directions
- Bake cake according to box directions, using two 8 inch round pans.
- While cake is baking, whip together cream cheese, lemon juice and powdered sugar into creamy frosting.
- When cake is done baking, cool for ten minutes then spread approximately 1/3 frosting on top only of the first cake round.
- Place second cake round directly on top of first and poke appx. 10-15 holes down through cakes with round handle of wooden spoon, staying at least 1/2 inch away from edge of cake at 1-inch intervals.
- Make pudding as directed.
- Using a small funnel, immediately pour about 1/2 of the thin pudding into holes.
- Let remaining pudding mixture stand to thicken slightly.
- Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.
- Spoon thickened pudding over top of cake, swirling with a toothpick to "frost" cake.
- Sprinkle grated lemon peel over top of cake to garnish.
- Refridgerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve. Store cake in refrigerator.
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