Cereal Milk Poke Cake Recipe

5 from 9 votes

This Cinnamon Toast Crunch Poke Cake is a must try! If you love the cereal, you will definitely love this cake.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Cool Time30

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 112kcal

Cost: 15

5 cups (1.18L) cold milk
4 cups (184g) Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal (plus about 2 cups/92g additional for topping)
1 box yellow cake mix
1 tablespoon cinnamon
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅓ cup vegetable oil
2 3.4-ounces each packs instant vanilla pudding mix
8 ounce container Cool Whip , thawed

Add 4 cups cereal to 5 cups milk and allow to sit for at least 10 minutes (if you have longer, you can do this several hours ahead of time and store in the refrigerator). Once it's soaked, strain the cereal from the milk and discard soggy cereal.
Prepare a 9x13 cake pan with nonstick cooking spray (or grease and flour it). Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a mixing bowl, add cake mix, cinnamon, eggs, 1 cup cereal milk, vanilla extract, and oil and mix until well incorporated.
Pour cake batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven as directed on cake box (approximately 27-28 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean).
Remove cake from oven and allow to cool 30 minutes.
Using the end of a wooden spoon, poke holes throughout the top of the cake.
Prepare instant pudding with remaining cereal milk in a mixing bowl, then pour slowly over top of cake. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Top with container of whipped topping, then sprinkle additional cereal over top.

To use nondairy milk, use 1 cup for the cake but you'll only need 3/4 of the amount for the pudding (3 cups).
This recipe can be done with ANY kind of cereal. Besides Cinnamon Toast Crunch, my favorites are Fruity Pebbles or Cocoa Puffs.
Canola oil or melted butter may be substituted for the vegetable oil.
You can really use any flavor pudding mix you want, as long as you use 2 (3.4 ounce) boxes. Just mix and match flavors with your cereal.
Any flavor cake mix can be used. Use a box of cake mix made for a 9x13-inch pan.
This is easy to make (almost) sugar-free - use sugar free cake mix, pudding mix, and whipped topping.