Chocolate Cherry Cake Recipe A Rich And Decadent Poke Cake

Chocolate Cherry Cake is a delightfully rich and flavorful twist on a classic poke cake. Fudgy chocolate cake drizzled with cherry gelatin and topped with a creamy pudding frosting, this cake is best served chilled with a glass of ice cold milk or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It’s so easy to put together, yet tastes like an Old Fashioned Chocolate Covered Cherries treat! This chocolate cherry cake recipe is a fun way to get kids involved in the kitchen too; my kids love to poke holes over the top with the end of a wooden spoon. Top with the most decadent chocolate frosting and even a little whipping cream. Read on to find out how to make this luscious dessert for yourself.

Ingredients in this Cherry Chocolate Poke Cake Recipe

1 box Cake Mix (Devil’s Food) or our Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix Vegetable oil – about half cup vegetable oil Eggs Mini chocolate chips Cherry instant Jell-o mix – this gives the cake nice cherry flavor; not too overpowering but a really tasty cherry chocolate cake. Chocolate Jell-o instant pudding mix milk – 2% or whole Maraschino cherries Cooking spray

If you make the chocolate cake batter from scratch you will also need:

Unsalted butter Sugar Large eggs Cocoa powder Vanilla extract or almond extract All purpose flour Baking powder Baking soda

Best Cake Mix to Use in Chocolate Cherry Cake

For this recipe, we love using a devil’s food cake mix, to give it that extra fudgy texture and flavor. However any other boxed cake mix will work just fine, not just devils food cake. Just dump all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and use a hand mixer to incorporate all that rich chocolate flavor. You could also make the cake mix from scratch using our recipe for Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe.

How to Make Pudding Frosting

My very favorite part of this decadent chocolate poke cake recipe is the thick, creamy pudding frosting. Trust me, you’ve never tasted anything so velvety and rich! It’s like a chocolate buttercream but even richer than any buttercream frosting I’ve ever tasted. There are a couple of tips to making this the sweetest frosting ever: READ NEXT: Easy Dessert Ideas

Variations on Poke Cake

We’ve tried many poke cake recipes over the years. The combinations of cake flavors, Jell-O gelatin and Jell-O pudding are endless! Here are a few of our favorites:

Raspberry Lemon Poke Cake Pina Colada Poke Cake Patriotic Poke Cake Pumpkin Poke Cake Chocolate Pudding Cake

More Decadent Chocolate Cakes

While we’re on the subject of chocolate, try some of our other divinely rich chocolaty cakes. Romantic dinners topped with a sinfully sweet slice of cake? Your sweetheart will thank you!

Jello Poke Cake

Piña Colada Cake

Chocolate Pudding Cake

4th of July Cake

Ridiculously Delicious Chocolate Cake Slow Cooker Molten Chocolate and Caramel Cake Instant Pot Chocolate Lava Cake Easy Flourless Chocolate Cake Chocolate Chocolate Chip Nothing Bundt Cake Copycat