Pudding Poke Carrot Cake

By srumbel

I think you are gonna love this one. It was given a 2 thumbs up by my chief taste-tester and resident 7 year old (and he is picky, so in my book, that is high praise indeed).
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Ingredients

• 1 box Carrot cake mix
• ingredients needed to make cake (eggs, oil & water)
• 2 (3.4 oz.) packages instant cheesecake pudding
• 4 cups milk
• 1 (8 oz.) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 3-4 cinnamon graham crackers, crushed (for topping)
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Preparation

Step 1

Directions:
Prepare cake mix according to package directions for a 9x13 cake. Once cake comes out of the oven, allow it to cool for just a couple of minutes. Then, with a wooden spoon handle, a spatula handle, or some other similarly-sized object, begin poking holes in the cake. You want the holes to be BIG so that the pudding has plenty of room to get down in there. Be sure to poke right down to the bottom of the cake.

In a bowl, whisk together instant pudding mix with 4 cups milk.

Stir until all the lumps are gone. I usually let the pudding sit for just a minute so it isn't
so liquid-y. But you want it to still be easily pourable. Pour pudding over cake. Taking care to pour it right into the holes as much as possible.

Spread it all out and using the back of the spoon, gently push pudding down into the holes.

Put the cake into the fridge to set and cool (about 2 hours).
Once your cake has completely cooled, spread on whipped topping.

If you haven't done so already, crush your cinnamon graham crackers. I just place mine in a ziploc bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Leave some of the pieces big. It's nice to have a bit of a crunch when you eat the cake.

And serve! Keep cake refrigerated.

Cook's Note: This cake gets even better the day after it is made. So it makes for a perfect cake to make the day before you actually need it.
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