Cake & Cupcakes

Red Velvet Poke Cake

Red Velvet Poke Cake, an ultra-moist dessert that melts in your mouth with every dreamy bite soaked in cheesecake pudding!

  • Prep1 hour
  • Total1 hour
  • Yield12 servings

Published 24 Nov 2025

Red Velvet Poke Cake

An ultra-moist dessert that melts in your mouth with every dreamy bite soaked in cheesecake pudding!

Red Velvet Poke Cake with Cheesecake Pudding

I think, I can’t say for sure, but I think this Red Velvet Poke Cake was the first poke cake I ever made. It was so long ago, all I remember is being hooked on the idea of poke cakes!

They are so easy to make, there is one for every season or occasion, and they excite everyone who tries them! They are just so moist and delicious!

If you love them as much as I do, then I think you should try Caramel Apple Poke Cake , Strawberry Jello Pudding Poke Cake , and especially Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake , too!

What You’ll Need

1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix + Ingredients on the Box

2 (3.4 oz) boxes Instant Cheesecake Pudding

4 cups Milk

1 (8 oz) Cool Whip

Mini-Chocolate Chips

How to Make Red Velvet Poke Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 x 13 pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.

Prepare 1 box red velvet cake mix according to the directions on the box. Pour into the prepared pan.

Bake according to suggested time on the box.

Allow it to cool for a few minutes after removing from the oven. Then, with the end of a wooden spoon handle, poke holes throughout the cake. Be sure to poke all the way to the bottom of the cake.

In a medium bowl, beat 2 (3.4 oz) boxes cheesecake pudding mix with 4 cups milk until all lumps are gone.

Pour pudding over the cake, making sure to fill all of the holes.

Refrigerate cake until cool.

Then spread 1 (8 oz) Cool Whip evenly over the top of the cake.

Sprinkle mini-chocolate chips on top.

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