Butterfinger Poke Cake – yellow cake, caramel, sweetened condensed milk, crushed Butterfingers and cool whip. Great cake recipe for a potluck! Everyone goes crazy over this cake!! There is never any left.
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Pin This RecipeI’ve been making this Butterfinger Poke Cake for as long as I can remember. I got the recipe from a coworker at one of my very first jobs in The Ham. It has become one of our all-time favorite dessert recipes. It is so good and soooo easy to make. Chicken Legs is always requesting this cake, but I rarely make it because we can’t control ourselves around it! The cake is incredibly moist, and I love the caramel and Butterfingers together. Make this for your next potluck or tailgate party. It will be a huge hit; I promise!
Butterfinger Poke Cake
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 1 box yellow cake mix, plus ingredients to make the cake
- 1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (12.25-oz) jar Smucker's caramel ice cream topping
- 1 (8-oz) tub Cool-Whip
- 4 regular sized Butterfinger candy bars, crushed
Instructions:
- Bake cake in a 9×13-inch pan according to direction on the package.
- While cake is baking, mix milk and caramel topping until well blended. When the cake is done and while it’s still hot, poke holes in it with a fork or straw. Pour milk mixture over the cake. Allow cake to cool completely.
- Sprinkle two candy bars over cake. Spread Cool Whip over the top, then sprinkle the remaining candy bars on top. Chill.
Notes:
Steph
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My mom recently started following your blog on my recommendation and it has opened her eyes to the wonder of food blogs. There are two very important things I needed to share with you:
1. She made this cake and shared it with the water meter employee who was working at her house (? who does that?). He claims it is the best cake he's ever had and is now offering to help my parents with some follow up water work for free (which my mom credits to the power of this cake)
2. My mom calls you "the chicken lady". LOVE.
Your blog really is the best. Thanks!!
I always knew this cake was magical! LOL! So glad you and your mom are enjoying the blog!
I'm embarrassed to say that six of us demolished this cake today. Great tip to freeze the butterfingers and crush in the wrapper. It was a hit!!! Love all your recipes – your the reason I had to join Weight Watchers!
I think my husband would kill for this cake . He loves butterfinger.
Thanks for the heads up Julie! I really appreciate it.
I'm making this for a bake contest at my works Christmas party tomorrow…I'm just trying to figure out if it would be better for me to hold off on the cool whip & last 2 butterfingers until right before the party so it doesn't get soggy…any input?
I'm making this for a bake contest at my works Christmas party tomorrow…I'm just trying to figure out if it would be better for me to hold off on the cool whip & last 2 butterfingers until right before the party so it doesn't get soggy…any input?
Kristin – I can't imagine that more butterfinger is a bad thing! YUM!!
I crushed up a bit of butterfinger and put in the actual cake batter. I'm hoping it will turn out good.
This cake was soooooooooo good. Didnt think i could do it , but easy
This cake was soooooooooo good. Didnt think i could do it , but easy
This cake was soooooooooo good. Didnt think i could do it , but easy
Made this today and both my mother and I agreed that the Carmel milk mixture made it way too sweet! Definitely have to use half or less of it next time.
I just thought I would share my take on this. Using this as my inspiration, I made a dessert today with chocolate cake, kept the caramel sauce the same, then used crushed up Heath bars, instead of butterfingers and topped with the cool whip. Oh my goodness was it ever tastey!
razzygirl -that is awesome!! I can understand why they rave about it – it is so good. I never make it because I can't control myself around it!
I made this for a teacher's luncheon at school and the next day the PTA President called and said that all the teachers had raved about this cake and had asked that she call me for the recipe! Now, I get called to make this cake for different occasions at school as it is always requested!!
My daughter made this cake for me for my birthday. It was amazing!! Gone in minutes. Thanks so much for the recipe.
Christine