Banana Pudding Poke Cake- this completely from-scratch poke cake is wonderfully creamy and bursting with banana flavor. You are going to love this scrumptious southern dessert.

 
You have all your banana pudding ingredients- vanilla pudding, fresh bananas, Vanilla wafer cookies, and whipped cream- combined with a homemade cake flavored with bananas and crushed vanilla wafers. There’s a whole lot of deliciousness going on here!

 
Poke cakes are popular to make from cake mix, boxed pudding mix, and cool whip, but sometimes it is nice to bake from scratch. That way you know what’s in your cake, plus the flavor is so much better.
The great thing about poke cakes is they can serve quite a few people. This cake can be cut to serve 20 people.
 

 
Banana Pudding Poke Cake Recipe Tips:

This cake is best made a day in advance. This cake will keep for about 3 to 4 days. The bananas will turn brown with time.
You want your bananas to be just barely ripe. If you use really ripe bananas they are more likely to turn brown and they will impart too strong a banana flavor.
You don’t have to get the pudding super thick on the stove. It will thicken some as it cools.
You want the holes you poke in the cake to be fairly large so that the thick pudding can seep down into them. I like to use the back of a wooden spoon.
Store in the refrigerator.

This cool and creamy banana-flavored dessert is perfect for a warm weather get together.
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