Easy Pudding Poke Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pkg jell-o chocolate flavor pudding instant (4-serving size)
• 1.5 cups milk cold
• 10.8 oz round cake prepared

Equipment

• bowl
• whisk
• wooden spoon

Directions

1. Remove pound cake from wrapper; place cake on serving plate. Poke 25 to 30 holes down through top of cake with round handle of wooden spoon. (Holes should be at 1-inch intervals.)
2. Pour milk into medium bowl.
3. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 30 seconds. Immediately pour about 1/4 of the thin pudding evenly over cake and into holes to make stripes. Tap plate on counter to settle pudding in holes.
4. Pour 1/3 of the remaining pudding over holes. Tap cake again.
5. Let remaining pudding stand several minutes until slightly thickened. Use to frost top and sides of cake.
6. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve. Store leftover cake in refrigerator.