This recipe, and others in this series, is courtesy of Hershey’s Kitchen in partnership with food blogger Katie Higgins of Chocolate Covered Katie.
Poke cakes have been around for a while, but are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. According to Higgins, “This was my first time making a poke cake from scratch, and I was surprised at how the one small step of poking holes into the cake could have such an enormous impact on the results—it is so much better than ordinary chocolate cake!”
“The chocolate syrup gave the cake a soft and opulent center with an unbelievable richness,” Higgins says. “If you can find HERSHEY’S Simply 5 Syrup at your local grocery store, I highly recommend it, because it can be used just like regular chocolate syrup. I frosted this cake with my Avocado Chocolate Frosting, but the cake is so decadent on its own that you can honestly get away with skipping the frosting altogether and it will still be fantastic!”
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