Whipped Cream Chocolate Poke Cake is the Best Birthday Cake

Looking for the best birthday cake recipe? Whipped Cream Chocolate Poke Cake is the birthday cake you’ve been craving.

When my husband and I got married his Mom gave me two recipes. Lasagna and this Whipped Cream Chocolate Poke Cake. My husband’s birthday was about a month after we got married and those were two traditional things that he always had for his birthday. In fact, on the print out my mother-in-law gave me, the cake recipe is titled Favorite Birthday Cake.

Moist, chocolately, and delicious, I know why some people refer to this as a Better Than Sex cake. This might have started as my husbands favorite birthday cake, but it is now a birthday tradition that the whole family looks forward to.

You start with a basic chocolate cake recipe. You can make a cake from scratch, or use a box mix (which is what I do). Mix according to the directions on the box, but rather than baking in a cake pan, you bake the cake on a 15×10 cookie sheet. Yes, I did say cookie sheet. Obviously, this does need to be a cookie sheet that has sides (like a jelly roll pan).

Grease and flour the cookie sheet and then pour in the chocolate cake batter. Because the cake is so thin you only need to bake for 15-20 minutes.

Once the cake is finished baking you can poke the cake all over with a fork. Pour a can of sweetened condensed milk over the entire cake.

Let the cake cool and then frost with whipped cream. Finish by grating a chocolate candy bar over the top.

Whipped Cream Chocolate Poke Cake

Ingredients

• 1 chocolate cake mix
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 container of whipped cream
• 1 chocolate candy bar

Directions

• Mix chocolate cake mix as directed on package.
• Grease and flour a 15×10 cookie sheet.
• Pour cake mix in and bake at temperature indicated on package. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven and poke holes all over with a fork.
• Pour 1 can sweetened condensed milk over cake.
• Let cake cool.
• Frost with whipped cream topping.
• Grate a chocolate candy bar over the top, or use chocolate sprinkles.

Looking for more birthday cake ideas? See my Great British Baking Show Birthday Party recipes.