Chocolate Eggnog Poke Cake is one of the best desserts to take to any holiday event.

Can be served chilled or room temperature and each time we bring this, everyone asks for the recipe at first bite!

Chocolate Eggnog Poke Cake

We love poke cake. In fact, I’ve been known to make some pretty crazy flavor combinations but overall, it’s still a fun dessert my family loves.

A few of our favorites that we have made are a Pina Colada Poke Cake, Pumpkin Spice Poke Cake and a Candy Cane Poke Cake.

After so many poke cakes, I have finally come to the conclusion that they are hard to photograph. They can get a little messy when you make your “pokes” and when you slice – it’s a moist, soft cake that likes to fall apart a little. So I’d like to apologize for today’s photos.

But I’d also like to tell you that it doesn’t matter because this Chocolate Eggnog Poke Cake is totally delicious.

My family gobbled the whole cake in less than a day and it was a big cake because I doubled the recipe.

It’s incredibly chocolaty, the rum and eggnog flavor truly shine through.

Today’s event is all about Eggnog recipes and there are some pretty fun things you can do with eggnog and this Chocolate Eggnog Poke Cake is only one!

There are several other options for using up your eggnog, I have linked to them below.

More Recipes Using Eggnog

Chocolate Eggnog Poke Cake

Recipe for Chocolate Eggnog Poke Cake

Chocolate Eggnog Poke Cake

Nicole Cook
Chocolate Eggnog Poke Cake is one of the best desserts to take to any holiday event. Can be served chilled or room temperature and each time we bring this, everyone asks for the recipe at first bite!
4.75 from 4 votes
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings
Calories 325 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the Cake Base:

  • 15 ounce chocolate cake mix
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups eggnog
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon rum extract

For the Pudding Mix:

  • 3.4 ounces instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 2 cups eggnog
  • ½ teaspoon rum extract

For the Topping:

  • ½ cup heavy whipping cream
  • ¼ cup eggnog
  • teaspoon cinnamon
  • cinnamon for dusting

Instructions
 

For the Cake:

  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9×13 cake pan.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat together the chocolate cake mix, eggs, eggnog, oil, cinnamon and rum extract. Pour the batter into your prepared pan. Bake about 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely, before making pudding mix.

For the Pudding mix:

  • Once cake has cooled completely, poke holes with a large straw all over the cake. In a bowl, mix together the chocolate pudding mix, 2 cups of eggnog and 1/2 teaspoon rum extract. Pour over cake immediately, Cover the cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

For the Topping:

  • In a large bowl, combine the heavy whipping cream, eggnog and cinnamon in mixing bowl and whip together until soft peaks form. Using a spatula, cover the cake with the whipped topping.
  • Dust with cinnamon if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 325kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 8gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 95mgSodium: 365mgPotassium: 189mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 376IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 150mgIron: 2mg
Keyword easy dessert recipes
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