Root Beer Float Poke Cake

I hope all you moms have a super wonderful Mother’s day today! We all know how hard moms work, and you totally deserve this wonderful day to be celebrated and hopefully get the day off from your motherly duties!

Root Beer Float Poke Cake

As for today’s post, I am so excited to share another root beer flavored dessert: Root Beer Float Poke Cake! I absolutely loved my Root Beer Float Cookies so much, and I had leftover root beer concentrate, so I knew I wanted to try it in another delicious dessert. This was so good! I think you can see how light and fluffy the texture of this cake is from the pictures, but there’s a secret to it too….

Root Beer Float Poke Cake

This cake is soaked in sweetened condensed milk so it’s also moist, yet light. The cool whip on top adds just enough vanilla flavor combined with the sweetened condensed milk to give it a taste similar to that of a root beer float. This root beer float cake is perfect for upcoming summer BBQ’s and other get-togethers. It’s incredibly simple and satisfying. You are going to love this cake!

Want to know how to get that swirled icing? Check out this tutorial for How to Do Bakery Swirled Icing.

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Root Beer Float Poke Cake

Root Beer Float Poke Cake

4.34 from 9 ratings

Ingredients

  • 15.25 oz (432 g) box white or vanilla cake mix
  • ingredients for cake mix, (mine called for 3 eggs, 1 cup water, and ¼ cup oil)
  • 4 tsp root beer concentrate
  • 14 oz (396 g) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 8 oz (226 g) tub cool whip

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, whisk the cake mix, eggs, water, oil, and root beer concentrate for 2 minutes. Pour the cake batter into a greased 13×9-inch pan and spread the batter evenly.
  • Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 23 to 28 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake.
  • Allow cake to cool completely.
  • Using the bottom of a wooden spoon, poke holes evenly through the cake, about 1 to 2 inches apart. Pour the can of sweetened condensed milk over the cake and into the holes. Refrigerate several hours to overnight.
  • Frost with cool whip. Cut and serve.

Notes

Recipe lightly altered from Wine & Glue