Coconut Poke Cake

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Coconut poke cake is a soft and moist white cake soaked in a creamy mixture of sweetened condensed milk and cream of coconut. Top the cake with whipped cream and shredded coconut.

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Preheat the oven to 350 F (177 C). Lightly grease and line the bottom and long sides of a 9 x 13 inch cake pan with parchment paper.

Step 1:  

In a large mixing bowl, whisk the oil, eggs, water (or milk) and jello coconut pudding mix (optional) and cake mix until well combined.

Step 2:  

Pour the coconut cake into the prepared cake pan. Bake for 25- 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.

Step 3:  

Cool the cake in the cake pan for 30 minutes. Using the parchment paper, gently lift the cake out of the pan, remove the parchment paper and return the cake to the pan. After returning the cake to the pan, use the end of a wooden spoon or a large skewer to poke holes into the cake. Set the cake aside for now.

Step 4:  

Make the cream of coconut soaking liquid by whisking cream of coconut, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract together until well combined. Pour the sweetened milk and coconut liquid over the cooled cake.

Step 5:  

Loosely cover the cream of coconut cake and transfer to the fridge to chill for 30 - 60 minutes.

Step 6:  

When it’s time to serve the coconut poke cake, evenly spread the cool whip or whipped cream on top of the cake. Top the cake with shredded sweetened coconut, slice and enjoy.

Step 7:  

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