Chocolate-Cherry Poke Cake with Pepsi® Zero Sugar Wild Cherry

Prep

10 MIN

Total

40 min

Servings

16 Servings

Indulge in a decadent Chocolate Cherry Poke Cake, a symphony of rich chocolate cake soaked in Pepsi Zero Sugar, layered with creamy chocolate pudding, ...

Ingredients

  • 1

    pkg

    (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix

  • 3

    cups

    Pepsi ® Zero Sugar, divided

  • 2

    cups

    milk

  • 1

    pkg

    (3.9 oz.) JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding

  • 1

    can

    (21 oz.) Cherry pie filling

  • 1

    tub

    (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Zero Sugar Whipped Topping, thawed

  • 12

    piece

    maraschino cherries with stems (about 1/2 cup)


Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Heat oven to 350°F.

  2. Step 2

    Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 13x9-inch cake, substituting 1 cup of the diet cola for the 1 cup water. Immediately poke deep holes in cake at 1-inch intervals, using handle of wooden spoon.

  3. Step 3

    Beat pudding mix and remaining diet cola in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Immediately pour pudding over warm cake; spread to allow pudding to evenly seep into holes in cake. Spoon cherry pie filling evenly over cake.

  4. Step 4

    Refrigerate 1 hr.

  5. Step 5

    Frost cake with COOL WHIP, then top with cherries.