You only need to spend a few minutes on Pinterest to realize that "poke cakes" are a big deal. They're everywhere. If the name is new to you, the idea is simple: poke holes in a cake then pour something delicious on top—like sauce, syrup or pudding. It's a genius way to dress up a boxed mix (and save a sheet of dry cake sadness) that took me way too long to try myself.
Imagining an entire sheet cake riddled with big holes seemed sacrilegious even though, in theory, it makes sense. Thankfully, the hundreds of thousands of pins on dessert boards everywhere swayed me to get over my cake-stabbing fears. My first victim: yellow cake.
I've only been to Bean Town a couple of times and have never had a authentic slice of its namesake dessert, but I do know this: Boston Cream Poke Cake is legit. Taste-testers went crazy over the "custard," which is actually instant vanilla pudding mix. Do not underestimate the power of instant pudding. You'll be surprised by the insane round of praises you'll get for a semi-homemade dessert that took next to no effort. The only thing that didn't come from a box is the ganache frosting. But good news, it's made only two ingredients—chocolate chips and hot heavy cream. You got this.
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