Coconut Fudge Poke Cake

Name: Coconut Fudge Poke Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 48 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 white cake mix; 3 cups shredded coconut, divided; 1 - 15 ounce can Cream of Coconut*; 1 - 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk; 1 cup hot fudge topping; 1 - 8 ounce container Cool Whip, thawed

Published: May 7, 2013 · Modified: Oct 20, 2020 by Jocelyn · As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 65 Comments

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This easy Coconut Fudge Poke Cake is sure to be a summer favorite with your family. This delicious cake is topped with Cool Whip and hot fudge after being covered in cream of coconut. It is the perfect cold dessert after a hard day of work (or a day at the pool).

Hot fudge and three times the coconut makes this cake disappear every time I make it!

So the other day, I was driving home from picking my kids up from school. We were stopped at a red light, and I wasn't paying attention to the light. Apparently the lady behind me didn't like that I didn't move the nanosecond the light turned green. She started honking at me to go. I looked in my rear view mirror to see what all the commotion was about. There she was with her hands up in the air as if to say, "Come on already!" So, I did what any normal person would do...I let off my brake very, very, VERY slowly. She didn't like that at all, and she whipped around me as soon as she could. What? I was going.

My son was in the front seat and thought this was hilarious. It probably was not my best teaching moment seeing as he will be driving in 2 years. But sheesh, don't honk at me the second the light turns green. We were telling my husband this story later and laughing at what a hurry she was in. (yes, I realize she could have been heading to an emergency, so my action wasn't the most Christian)

My comment was, "She doesn't know me and probably will never see me again." My husband got this funny look and reminded me that we are probably the only black van in our town with a Dunkin Donuts magnet on the back. Hhhhmmm he's right. She just might see me again. Well, as long as she doesn't honk at me to go, we should be fine.

Although, I might want to keep some of this cake in my refrigerator to use as a peace offering. I sure hope she likes coconut.

I love easy cake recipes. This one starts out with a cake mix. I do love a good home made cake, but seriously cake mixes come together so quickly. (And I personally love the taste of them better.) This cake would totally work for a homemade cake though, if that is what you prefer. After it finishes baking, you are going to poke it all over with a fork or end of a wooden spoon. Make sure it has a ton of little holes for the milk to soak into.

For this cake, I wanted to amp up the coconut taste, so I used shredded coconut in the cake batter, coconut milk poured on top, and more coconut on top. Now because I love chocolate and coconut so much, I also added a layer of hot fudge under the Cool Whip. I seriously couldn't stop eating bites of this cake. Thank goodness my husband took most of it over to our church staff.

This just might be my new favorite cake!

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