Looking for one of the best poke cake recipes? Wait until you try this recipe that is perfect for fall. If you are craving pumpkin and cream cheese, take your poke cake to a new level with Caramel Cream Cheese Pumpkin Poke Cake Recipe.
Ingredients
1 15.25ozbox Spice cake mix
1Cpumpkin puree, 15 oz can
1Cwater
3large eggs
1/2Ccanola oil
1/2Cplus 1/4 C caramel sauce
1package cream cheese, softened
2TBSPwhole milk
1Cpowdered sugar
1 - 8ozcontainer of cool whip
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x13 baking dish with pam baking spray
Using a standing mixer, mix together the cake mix, pumpkin, water, eggs, and oil until combined
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes
Poke holes into the cake with the end of a wooden spoon
Heat up a 1/2 cup of caramel sauce for about 20-30 seconds.
Pour the warm caramel sauce into the holes in the cake
Allow the cake to cool completely.
Once the cake is cooled, make the whipped topping
Using a hand beater, beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and milk just until it is smooth and creamy.
Fold in the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture.
Spread the frosting over the top of the cake. Making sure to gently press the frosting into the holes of the cake.
Using the remaining caramel sauce, pour the sauce into a squeeze bottle and pipe lines going vertical across the cake
Using a toothpick drag lines through the sauce to create a zig zag effect