Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2009

Ok. This is part 1 of 2 reviews....I absolutely HATE cake with sweeter than sweet frosting!!! So this cake sounded good, as did the Dump cake from another recipe on here. Since I couldn't decide which sounded better I'm combining the 2. Using Butter cake mix, mixing as directed on the box. I have dropped and "knifed in" cherry pie filling into it. When it's finished I'm using Chocolate pudding (same way as in this poke cake), and then will use the 2nd pudding to mix with cool whip to top the cake. Sounds yummy to me!!! Will post to tell you how it turns out!!!

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Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2009

This cake is delicious!!!!!!! ANDDD IT CAN BE FAT FREE AND SUGAR FREE!!! Jus use the fat free, sugar free chocolate pudding mix.. and instead of using instant vanilla cake, make an angel food cake!! YUM YUMMMM :]

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Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2009

This is so awesome, Ive made this cake for years like this:Cake, Pudding, and Cool Whip) But I never thought to poke the holes in the cake, Its Great! When I would make it the old way the cake was so tall it would just fall over when you tried to eat it, Now the kids love the strips and no mess for me!...I use straws to make the holes, the toothpics arent big enough and when you use a fork the puddin just blobs together...Thanx

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AMH

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Reviewed: Aug. 21, 2009

This was okay. Maybe making with regular rather than instant pudding would be better.

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zimmerle

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Living In: Mason City, Iowa, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 1, 2009

I tried a strawberry cake with chocalate fudge instant pudding and topped with cool whip, it is a must try. Everyone loved it.

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rockjrd

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Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2009

I wanted to make this for my children as I have such fond memories of my mother making it as we were children. Nobody ate this in my house, and it didn't taste as good as I remember. I think my kids are used to the sweet taste of frosting.

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highlandsranchcolorado

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Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2009

This cake is fantastic and has so many variations. I use lemon cake with lemon pudding, topped with cool whip. The best is yellow cake and cheesecake flavored pudding topped with cool whip. Best if served really cold from the fridge. Awesome!

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Michelle Hickey

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Reviewed: May 7, 2009

Very easy to make and yummy! Obviously it's an easy recipe to make-recipes don't always have to be complicated to be good.

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broomrider

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Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2009

Although I am older than 10, I am glad for this recipe. This is one I did when I was younger, but needed to "remember" the finer points, such as poke the holes when the cake was warm, pour pudding when thin, etc. YES this is simple, but it is SOOO good. Thanks again for posting it!! Oh, and the "boston creme" variation? WOW! yummy :)

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jwannabake

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Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2009

Pretty good. Let it chill in the refrigerator before eating it. It is SO much better cold.

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jg

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Reviewed: Apr. 2, 2009

Really good! My husband hates frosting so he loved this cake. I used yellow cake, poured chocolate pudding(small box with 2 cups of milk) over it and frosted with a small box of vanilla pudding mix with one cup of milk, a teaspoon of vanilla extract and then folded into cool whip. Thanks for sharing!

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Nicole524

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Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2009

An excellent, easy to make cake! I made mine with yellow cake and vanilla pudding. I put chocolate icing on top, since I was going for a boston cream pie effect. I would only recommend doing that if you are not flooding the top of the cake with pudding... it turned in to a mess. A very delicious mess, but it didn't look pretty.

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littlebear514

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Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2009

Absolutely delicious! I used two one ounce boxes of fat free sugar free vanilla pudding, following the box’s directions of adding 4 cups of milk total and yellow cake mix (prepared with apple sauce instead of oil) and completely skipped the sugar per others suggestions. I'm not sure what others mean that this was sloppy and hard to serve. Mine cut perfectly into squares (like a normal cake would) and maintained its shape, but I did refrigerate for over 2 hours to let the instant pudding set. This tasted so light and fluffy, next time I'm going to add a thin layer of chocolate frosting so it'll really taste like a healthy chocolate éclair!! Can’t wait to make again and actually serve to guests!

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jkipp

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Home Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Asheville, North Carolina, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2009

I made cupcakes instead...good concept, but if you're not prepared to pour the pudding and you wait too long- the pudding just sits on top of the cupcakes...so there's need to frost...I didn't use the powdered sugar so it's not too sweet at all.

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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2009

My best friend's mom gave me this recipe over 20 years ago and I've made it with rave reviews ever since. Super easy to make, and I always have the stuff on hand. Thanks!

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BRWNEYEGRL46

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Genoa, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2009

I think this is a great cake for holidays for the kids, like St. valentines day, St. Pattys Day, Halloween!

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sle

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Home Town: Richmond, Michigan, USA

Living In: Croswell, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2009

I was making a different recipe that needed egg yolks, so I had these egg whites? Light bulb 'white cake'. This is a nice dessert. Two of my sons favorites. Cake & pudding. I new this would be a hit. Made it just the way the recipe said.

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Trisha

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2009

My husband asked me (at 9:00 at night) if I would make a 60th birthday cake for his friend at work. All I had in the pantry was a yellow cake mix so I strolled through the cake recipes on this site and saw that I had everything to make this cake. I made a yellow cake with vanilla pudding and chocolate pudding on top. I was concerned about putting the chocolate on top of the vanilla for fear that they would mix and turn out horrible. I mixed the chocolate until it was pretty much as firm as pudding and to my amazement I was able to actually spread it on like frosting!! I was not able to taste the cake but my husband said they raved about it!! The birthday mans wife called and asked for the recipe because her husband has made it his favorite cake!! This kind of reaction is what makes cooking such a joy for me! And whenever I get off of this stupid diet I am making this cake just for my family and myself!! My husband has already asked me to make another one because he loved it also! From thier reactions, I am going to have to give this cake 5 stars!! Thanks for sharing it!!

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KATRINA

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Home Town: Alexander, Arkansas, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2008

I made this with the "Butter Cake" recipe from this site, and it was perfect! I didn't want the cake to be too heavy, and the pudding was a great way to balance out the texture. Thanks.

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