| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 10 min |
| Active: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 8 to 10 servings |
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray, for spraying the baking dish
- 1 box yellow cake mix, plus ingredients on the box
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons coconut extract
- One 16-ounce jar maraschino cherries (24 cherries for the holes, the rest for garnish), stems removed
- 1 cup cream of coconut, such as Coco Lopez
- 1/2 cup drained crushed pineapple
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- 1/2 cup toasted coconut
Instructions
- Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Prepare the cake mix in a bowl according to the package instructions. Pour into the prepared baking dish and bake according to the instructions. Let cool for 10 minutes.
- Combine the heavy cream, sugar and coconut extract in a chilled metal bowl. Whip the cream with a whisk or electric hand mixer until soft peaks form. Refrigerate.
- Using the handle of a wooden spoon, poke holes in the cake, 6 across in each of 4 rows, to make 24 holes. Press a cherry into each hole.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the cream of coconut, crushed pineapple and rum. Slowly pour and spread over the cake and let stand until the liquid is absorbed into the holes, about 10 minutes.
- Spread the whipped cream over the top of the cake, sprinkle with toasted coconut and garnish with the leftover maraschino cherries.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 10 servings |
| Calories | 513 |
| Total Fat | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 15 g |
| Carbohydrates | 73 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 50 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 49 mg |
| Sodium | 408 mg |
Reviews
Yummy, by the looks it’ll be easy and yummy.
Made this for the 4th weekend and it is DELICIOUS! I may sub out the rum (I love rum, but you couldn’t really taste it and it isn’t needed) next time for pineapple juice, and add a touch more crushed pineapple .
Best cake ever!!! That was what my family said. Followed recipe exactly. You guys never fail.
Can you freeze this
Excellent….Though I dis use pineapple cake mix with juice from crushed pineapple in place of water, and coconut oil in place of vegetable oil for cake. Sorry for the change Katie. BTW SOUTHERN GIRLS DO LOVE THEIR POKE CAKES. Soooo….summer & refreshing
Excellent
Oh my goodness! This cake is EASY and so incredibly delicious. I had my doubts about adding 2 tsp. of coconut extract into whipped cream, particularly since my daughter is very picky about what she calls “aftertastes.” Not so! She and her 5 kids went CRAZY over this cake. Obviously I did without the rum, because I was feeding children ages 2-12, in added to my daughter and son-in-law and my husband and myself. I used the drained pineapple juice instead of the rum to the cream of coconut and crushed pineapple.
The 10 year old who is very slender and normally isn’t a big sweets eater came back- for 3 pieces. I’ll just say it was a hit. This one’s a keeper. Thank you Sunny!
Very good. One of my favorite recipes