Chocolate Devotion Poke Cake

This Chocolate Devotion Poke Cake is a chocolate lover’s dream come true! Plus, it starts with a boxed cake mix, so it’s extremely easy to make, but it tastes completely homemade! It’s utterly divine!

It’s my birthday! I’ll spare you a conversation about how old I’m getting, but I will share a yummy dessert recipe with you!

I love birthdays, especially when they’re not mine, so I don’t have to get older! 🙂 All kidding aside, I really enjoy a good excuse to celebrate and eat chocolate cake! I always say that calories don’t count on your birthday! And you can bet I’ll be taking full advantage of that today with this cake.

I wouldn’t be true to myself if I wasn’t stuffing my face with chocolate goodness on my special day. So that’s what I’ll be doing.

This one is just oozing with goodness! Every little nook, cranny, and crevice is filled with delightful chocolate! First you make a chocolate cake. Then you poke holes in it and fill those with a sweetened condensed milk chocolate sauce! Then you proceed to slather it in chocolate buttercream frosting. And then, because that’s still not enough chocolate, you sprinkle it with mini chocolate chips or chocolate shavings.

I’m not typically a fan of cakes made from a boxed mix. But I do love doctoring the mixes up a bit to make them taste like a million bucks while still being fuss-free! I added sour cream and buttermilk to this one, plus melted butter in place of the oil. The sour cream and buttermilk really make for a moist and tender crumb and boost the flavor! It tastes just like my favorite ever homemade chocolate cake, but with a fraction of the effort!

I want to enjoy this for all of my un-birthdays, it’s so phenomenal! Quadruple the chocolate and total bliss in every bite!

Chocolate Devotion Poke Cake

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Ingredients

  

• 1 box 15.25 oz Chocolate Cake Mix (I like Duncan Hines)
• 3/4 c. full-fat sour cream
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 c. buttermilk make your own by adding just enough white vinegar to cover the bottom of the 1/2 c. measure, then filling the rest with milk. Let it sit about 5 minutes to turn sour.
• Poke filling:
• 1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips melted and stirred until smooth
• 1 can 14 oz sweetened condensed milk (make sure it's sweetened condensed)
• Frosting:
• 1/2 c. butter softened
• 3 1/2 c. powdered sugar
• 1/4 c. good baking cocoa
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 3-4 Tbsp. milk or just enough to make it nice and creamy, but not runny (add it slowly, 1 Tbsp. at a time, mixing in between

Instructions

 

• For the cake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a 9"X13" cake pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, add chocolate cake mix, sour cream, eggs, melted butter, vanilla extract, and buttermilk. Mix until incorporated, scraping down the sides with a spatula in between.
• Pour and spread evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake for approximately 25 to 30 minutes, or just until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Check it often so you don't over bake it.
• Allow the cake to cool completely on a cooling rack. Then use the round end of a wooden spoon to poke holes all over the in cake.
• Stir together the melted chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk until combined. You'll need to work quickly because the chocolate will cause the mixture to set and will become difficult to pour if you take too long. Pour the mixture into the holes. Allow that to set completely.
• Prepare the frosting by creaming together (in the bowl of an electric mixer) the butter, powdered sugar, baking cocoa, vanilla extract and just enough milk for thinning. Mix until nice and creamy and spreadable. Spread over cooled cake, sprinkle with chocolate shavings or mini chocolate chips, and serve. Let it chill in the fridge if you prefer cool cake.

I really hope you won’t wait for the next family birthday to enjoy this incredible cake! It’s chocolate heaven!

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