Piña Colada Poke Cake
A Delicious and Easy Summer Dessert Recipe
About Piña Colada Poke Cake
This Piña Colada Poke Cake is the ultimate summer treat, packed with the refreshing flavors of pineapple, coconut, and a hint of rum. It’s the perfect dessert for any occasion, from casual gatherings to special celebrations. Imagine a cake that tastes just like your favorite tropical cocktail!
Whether you’re hosting a backyard barbecue, attending a potluck, or simply craving a sweet escape, this easy dessert recipe is guaranteed to be a hit. It’s a crowd-pleaser that everyone will love.
What is a Poke Cake?
A poke cake is a simple yet brilliant dessert. It’s a cake that’s baked, poked with holes, and then filled with a flavorful liquid, creating pockets of deliciousness throughout the cake. Often, it’s finished off with a topping like whipped cream or a frosting for an extra layer of decadence.
Piña Colada Poke Cake FAQs
Recipe Tips and Variations
- Boozy Version: For a more adult treat, replace ½ cup of the milk with ½ cup of rum. Incorporate this mix into your instant pudding mix. Use this mixture to fill the holes in the cake. (For those 21+ only).
- Pineapple Cake Mix Substitute: If you have trouble finding pineapple cake mix, you can substitute with a yellow cake mix. Use pineapple juice in place of the water called for on the cake mix box.
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Piña Colada Poke Cake Recipe
Average Rating: 4.45 from 126 votes
Servings: 18 servings
By Jamie Sherman
This Piña Colada Poke Cake is full of pineapple, coconut, and rum flavor! Great for parties, reunions, potlucks, or dessert any time.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Inactive Time: 5 hrs
Total Time: 5 hrs 40 mins
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Equipment
- Silicone Pot Holder Trivet Mats
- Wooden Spoon
- Hand Mixer
- Mixing Bowl
- Fine Mesh Strainer
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Can Opener
- Baking Dish
Ingredients
- 1 can crushed pineapple, 20 oz.
- 1 box Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Pineapple Supreme cake mix, 18.25 oz.
- Ingredients listed on box to make cake
- 1 box Coconut Cream instant pudding mix, 3.4 oz.
- 2 cups milk
- 1 container Cool Whip, thawed, 8 oz.
- 1 teaspoon rum extract
- 1 bag shredded sweetened coconut flakes, 7 oz.
Instructions
- Empty the pineapple into a colander or strainer and allow it to drain while preparing and baking the cake.
- Bake the cake according to package directions using a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Mix the instant pudding mix with the 2 cups of milk in a medium bowl. Poke holes in the hot cake with the round end of a wooden spoon and slowly pour the pudding mixture over the cake, trying to fill the holes. Let the cake cool completely.
- Spread the pineapple evenly over the cooled cake. Carefully mix the Cool Whip and rum extract. Top the cake with the Cool Whip, evenly covering the cake. Sprinkle the coconut evenly over the top.
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Store the cake (covered) in the refrigerator.
Notes
- Boozy Version: Reduce milk to 1.5 cups, add 1/2 cup rum to pudding mix. (21+)
- Cake Mix Substitute: Use yellow cake mix, replace water with pineapple juice.
Nutrition Information (per serving)
Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 241 kcal
- Carbohydrates: 43 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 4 mg
- Sodium: 284 mg
- Potassium: 151 mg
- Fiber: 2 g
- Sugar: 29 g
- Vitamin A: 69 IU
- Vitamin C: 3 mg
- Calcium: 112 mg
- Iron: 1 mg
Nutrition information is an approximation only.
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