Description
This festive Christmas Red Velvet Poke Cake is a delightful holiday dessert featuring moist red velvet cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk and topped with a creamy, fluffy cream cheese frosting. Decorated with colorful sprinkles or crushed peppermint, it’s the perfect sweet treat to celebrate the season.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake
- 1 box red velvet cake mix (plus ingredients listed on the box: eggs, oil, water)
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
Topping
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (8-ounce) tub whipped topping (such as Cool Whip), thawed
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Festive sprinkles or crushed peppermint for topping
Instructions
- Preheat and Bake: Preheat your oven to 350°F. Prepare a 9×13-inch baking pan as directed on the cake mix box. Bake the red velvet cake according to the instructions on the box. Once baked, remove it from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.
- Poke and Soak: Using the handle of a wooden spoon, poke holes all over the warm cake, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Slowly pour the sweetened condensed milk over the cake, allowing it to seep into the holes. Let the cake cool completely at room temperature, then refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Prepare the Topping: In a medium bowl, beat the softened cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract, beating until the mixture is combined. Gently fold in the whipped topping until the frosting is light and fluffy.
- Frost and Decorate: Spread the cream cheese topping evenly over the chilled cake. Decorate with festive holiday sprinkles, crushed peppermint, or red and green candies. Chill the cake for another 30 minutes to set before slicing and serving.
Notes
- This cake can be made a day in advance and stored covered in the refrigerator for convenience.
- For extra flair, drizzle the top with white chocolate or add a swirl of food coloring in the frosting before spreading.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 390
- Sugar: 34g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
