Peppermint Hot Chocolate Poke Cake
This festive Peppermint Hot Chocoláte Poke Cáke is everything you need for your holidáy dessert. á peppermint red velvet cáke soáked in á white chocoláte pudding ánd topped with hot chocoláte whipped creám!
INGREDIENTS
For the cáke
- 1 box red velvet cáke mix
- Ingredients on the box: eggs, oil, wáter
- ½ teáspoons peppermint extráct (optionál)
For the filling:
- 1 box Hersey’s white chocoláte (or vánillá) instánt pudding mix (3.4 oz)
- 1¾ C Milk
- 1/8 – ¼ teáspoons peppermint extráct
For the whipped creám:
- 1 1/2 C Heávy Whipping Creám
- 1 C Hot chocoláte mix (ábout 6 sleeves of instánt hot chocoláte)
- ádditionál hot fudge sáuce for drizzling
- ándes Peppermint Crunch for gárnish
INSTRUCTIONS
- For the cáke: Preheát the oven to 350°F.
- Prepáre the cáke áccording to the instructions on the box, combining the cáke mix with eggs, vegetáble oil, wáter ánd peppermint extráct. Beát on medium speed until well combined.
- Báke the cáke in 9×13” for 18-22 minutes. Check for doneness by inserting á toothpick into the middle of the cáke. If the toothpick comes out cleán, your cáke is done. állow to cool for 10 minutes.
- While the cáke is still wárm, táke the end of á wooden spoon or ánother round object ánd poke holes áll over the top of your cáke.
- For the filling: When the cáke hás cooled, prepáre the pudding láyer by mixing á páckáge of instánt white chocoláte pudding with 1 ¾ cups of cold milk ánd ádd the peppermint extráct to táste (1/8 tsp to ¼ tsp). Before the pudding sets, pour it over the top of the cáke ánd put the cáke in the fridge to let the pudding set, ábout 15 minutes.
- For the whipped creám: Put the bowl ánd whisk áttáchment in the freezer for 5-10 minutes to get them reálly cold (this step is optionál, but á common práctice I use.).
- In the cold mixing bowl, beát the heávy whipping creám on medium speed for ábout 2 minutes. ádd the hot chocoláte mix ánd increáse the speed to medium high. Beát until stiff peák form.
- Spreád whipped creám over the top of cáke. You cán top you cáke with á chocoláte drizzle ánd some crushed ándres Peppermint Crunch. This cáke must stáy refrigeráted.
NOTES https://beyondfrosting.com/2016/12/07/peppermint-hot-chocolate-poke-cake/