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Triple Chocolate Poke Cake

Ingredients
  

Cake:

  • cup flour
  • cups sugar
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup coffee cooled
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Filling
  • 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk 1 can
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Frosting

  • ½ cup butter 1 stick, at room temperature
  • cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • cup milk

Instructions
 

  • Line 9 x 13-inch pan with nonstick foil.
  • Preheat oven to 350º.
  • In a large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder.
  • In a large pyrex measuring cup or medium mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, coffee, buttermilk, vegetable oil, and vanilla.
  • Add the liquids to the dry ingredients and beat for a couple minutes, scraping down the sides as needed.
  • Pour cake batter into prepared pan and bake 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • When cake is almost done baking, in a microwave-safe bowl, microwave the sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips for 1-2 minutes, stopping and stirring a couple times, until mixture is smooth and chocolate chips are melted.
  • When cake is done, let cool on a wire rack for about 5 minutes.
  • Then take a wooden spoon and using the handle end, poke rows of holes across the cake. Pour warm filling mixture over the holes, nudging the filling as needed to fill the spaces.
  • Cool to room temperature before frosting.

Frosting

  • Beat together butter and cocoa. Add vanilla and mix well.Then alternate adding milk and powdered sugar till all is incorporated and the mixture is smooth. Frost cake.