Box Pudding Cake Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Additional items needed: Mixing bowl, electric beater, cooking spray/butter, 9x13 inch cake pan, toothpicks.
• 2. Select identical flavors of cake mix and instant-pudding mix, such as chocolate cake mix and chocolate pudding. If you want a more complex cake flavor, select complementing cake and pudding mix flavors, such as yellow cake mix and lemon instant-pudding mix.
• 3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• 4. Grease the cake pan with nonstick cooking spray or butter. (I flour my cake pans as well, but it's not required.)
• 5. Combine the cake and pudding mixes with a spoon in a large mixing bowl.
• 6. Add four eggs, 1 cup water and 1/3 cup vegetable oil. If you wish to make a denser cake (similar to a pound cake) add 1 cup sour cream.
• 7. Beat all the ingredients until combined with an electric mixer on medium speed. The batter will be much thicker than regular cake batter.
• 8. Pour the batter into the greased cake pan and bake it for approximately 50 minutes.
• 9. Insert a toothpick in the middle of the cake and remove it. If the toothpick comes out clean with no raw batter, the cake is done.

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix as directed on box, using a 13x9 pan.
• Remove cake from oven and using the handle of a wooden spoon, immediately poke holes in the cake about 1 inch apart, making sure to go all the way down to cake bottom.
• Combine pudding mix and sugar in a large bowl.
• Gradually stir in the milk and beat on low speed for about 1 minute with an electric mixer (do not over beat).
• Quickly, before pudding thickens, pour about half of the thin pudding mix evenly over the warm cake and into the holes.
• Allow the remaining pudding to thicken slightly, and then use it to frost the cake.
• Chill for at least 1 hour before serving, and keep stored in the refrigerator.