Description
Festive christmas red velvet poke cake emerges as a delightful dessert perfect for holiday gatherings. Cream cheese frosting and rich cocoa notes create a memorable sweet treat you’ll savor with each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- 1 14 oz (396 g) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 8 oz (226 g) block cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Green and red sprinkles or holiday-themed decorations
Instructions
- Cake Preparation: Preheat oven to specified temperature. Craft red velvet cake batter according to package instructions, transferring mixture into a prepared baking dish. Bake until a clean toothpick test confirms doneness.
- Surface Perforation: Once baked, cool cake momentarily. Puncture uniform holes across the entire surface using a wooden spoon handle, ensuring consistent depth and spacing.
- Moisture Infusion: Generously cascade sweetened condensed milk over the perforated landscape, allowing liquid to penetrate deeply and transform cake’s internal composition.
- Frosting Creation: Whip cream cheese until luxuriously smooth. Integrate powdered sugar and vanilla, then fold in heavy whipping cream until peaks form perfectly and texture becomes ethereal.
- Decorative Finishing: Lavish cream cheese frosting across cake’s surface with sweeping motions. Scatter festive green and red sprinkles strategically, creating a visually enchanting holiday presentation.
- Final Refinement: Refrigerate the completed dessert for minimum two hours, enabling flavors to meld and frosting to stabilize. Slice and serve chilled, revealing intricate layers and festive essence.
Notes
- Precise Perforation Technique: Create uniform holes by using a wooden spoon handle consistently, keeping distances equal and depth steady for even milk absorption throughout the cake.
- Moisture Maximization: Drizzle condensed milk slowly and patiently, allowing complete cake saturation without overwhelming the base, which ensures rich, tender texture without soggy results.
- Temperature Control: Allow cake to cool slightly before adding milk and topping, preventing cream cheese mixture from melting and maintaining structural integrity of the dessert.
- Whipping Wisdom: Beat cream cheese mixture gradually and carefully, avoiding over-mixing to maintain smooth, stable peaks that will create a luxurious, elegant topping without becoming runny.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 11
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg