Carrot Poke Cake with Cheesecake Filling

Feeding My Obsession : Carrot Poke Cake with Cheesecake Filling 

  

Carrot Poke Cake with Cheesecake Filling

Hi everybody, I'm so excited about today post! If you've been following me on Pinterest, you know I have a thing for anything carrot cakey. I found out there's a whole world of carrot cake lover out there. I pinned every thing from carrot cake popcorn to carrot cake ice cream! (I gotta try that!) Cakey is that a word? Oh well.

This idea came to me when I saw Carrot Poke Cake on Kraft Foods and Red Velvet Poke Cake on  The Country Cook  and Cool Whip Cream Frosting. I wanted to make a carrot poke cake that had the tangy sweet taste of a cream cheese frosting. So, I toss all their ideas up in my head  :)  and here's the result.

Ingredients:

For the Cake:

1 box Carrot Cake Mix -  I use Duncan Hines Classic Carrot Decadent   

ingredients needed to make cake (eggs, oil & water)

For the Filling:
2 (3.4 boxes) instant Cheesecake-flavored pudding
4 cups milk

For the Topping:
1 (8 ounces) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed (Cool Whip)
4 ounces cream cheese (1/2 of 8 ounces packages), softened

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 - 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnut, pecan or coconut, toasted; optional

Preparing the Cake:
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare cake batter as directed on package; stir in carrots and raisins. Pour into 13x9-inch baking pan.

Bake 35 to 40 min. or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven.    Let cool for a few minutes. Then, with a wooden spoon handle, large fork or skewer poke holes in the warm cake at 1/2-inch intervals. Be sure to poke right down to the bottom of the cake. You want holes big enough so that the pudding has plenty of room to get to the bottom.

Cake with Holes

Preparing the Filling:
In a medium bowl, prepare instant pudding with milk, whisking until all the lumps are gone. Pour pudding over cake. Making sure to get right into the holes as much pudding as possible. Cover and put in the refrigerator to set for about 2 hours. Do not skip this step!!

Cake with Filling

Preparing the Topping:
Beat cool whip, cream cheese, cinnamon and  powdered sugar  in large bowl with electric mixer until well blended. Spread onto cake. Sprinkle with nuts or coconut. Eat! Store leftovers in refrigerator.

What I Think:
I love the cinnamony taste of the topping. The recipe turn out great, so it will be on my repeat list. I'll might have to downside it because only my son and I are the only carrot cake lovers in our house, those traitors : )

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Brown Sugar Glazed Ribs

Grilling In the Oven: Brown Sugar Glazed Ribs

Hi everybody. I know grilling isn't done in the oven , but we been having some weird weather lately. First it's hotter than a chili pepper, now it's raining cats and dogs. So I did these ribs in the oven.  This is a simple, super easy recipe.

Brown Sugar Glazed Ribs

The Ingredients:
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
A few shakes of vinegar (about 1 1/2 Tbsp.) I use red wine vinegar
1 tsp. liquid smoke
1 tsp. Garlic-Herb Seasoning
Salt & pepper to taste
2 Slabs of  Ribs

Mix together and rub onto ribs. Wrap rib slabs separately in heavy duty foil. Place in oven at 350 for about 1 hour 45 min to 2 hours. Rib should be tender when done.  Brush with your favorite sauce if desired. I LOVE Sweet Baby Ray 's Sweet and Spicy. Return to oven, and cook until sauce has set, about 10 minutes.

I told you they were super easy.  : )

BTW, what's the weather like in your area? I need a vacation. If you have great weather where you live, can I come over?  I won't take up too much room, I promise.  : )

Easy Pleasy Chicken Noodle Soup

Easy Pleasy Chicken Noodle Soup

Hi everybody, do you all have a go-to-easy soup recipe? I would like to share mine own with you today.     I love the recipe because it made with store-brought roastisire chicken and a few other simple ingredients    that come together in a snap.

Easy Pleasy Chicken Noodle Soup

The Ingredients
1  Roastisire chicken, Breast meat cut up into chunk
3 packages Ramen Noodles, creamy chicken preferred
1 cup half & half or 1 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup
1/2 cup baby carrots or sliced carrots
 2 -3 green onions sprigs
1/2 package Southern Mills Cheddar Cheese Sauce Mix
1 cup water

Saute your carrot slices in a little cooking oil or butter in a saucepan until tender. Add the chopped green onions, chicken breast meat, soup, and noodles, set the seasoning packages aside. Add just enough water to cover the noodles halfway in the pan.  Mix the seasoning packages, sauce mix, and 1 cup of water together. Add to the pan, stirring well. Cook over medium heat until sauce thicken and noodle are done, about 4 - 5 minutes.