• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Great Grub, Delicious Treats
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Work With Me

Cream Cheese Lemonade Poke Cake

June 25, 2017 by Great Grub, Delicious Treats

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

This cream cheese lemonade poke cake is super refreshing, tastes amazing and is perfect on a hot summer day. The lemon cake is so moist, then topped with the delicious cream cheese lemonade pie mixture, and next, cool whip topping, and finished off with sliced lemon slices. Makes for one DELICIOUS dessert.

A slice of lemon poke cake on a white plate with lemons around it.

Cream Cheese Lemonade Poke Cake

My cream cheese lemonade pie has been such a hit, and is the most popular recipe on the blog, so I decided to make this fabulous cream cheese lemonade poke cake using the same pie filling in that delicious dessert. AMAZING!

A slice of lemon poke cake showing the filling and the cool whip topping.

Easy Lemon Poke Cake

So basically, just get a lemon cake mix and prepare it as directed. Let it cool and then poke holes all over the top of the cake. Make the cream cheese lemonade pie mixture and spread all over the top. Try to get some down into the holes. Cover with plastic wrap and put in the fridge for 4+ hours or overnight. After the pie mixture has set up, top with cool whip, garnish with sliced lemon slices and serve chilled.

A close up of a fork going into a slice of lemon poke cake.

A great cake to serve this 4th of July. Super tart, super refreshing and everyone will LOVE it. I promise!

A close up of a bite of lemon poke cake on a fork.

Lemon Poke Cake Recipe

If you want to get real creative, make a homemade lemon cake. I have one here that I made a while back that is so good that will work wonderful with this recipe. Just cut the ingredients in half and it will make a 13 x 9 cake.

A close up of lemon poke cake with cool whip topping and lemon slices.

I wanted something fast and simple, that tasted great, and had the tartness of lemon to enhance this dessert even more. Welcome the addition of the cream cheese lemonade pie mixture. I was super excited thinking of making this dessert knowing how delicious the pie is and knowing how delicious a lemon cake is, and then to combine the two. HEAVEN!

A close up of a serving of lemonade cream cheese poke cake.

So many others have been able to enjoy the deliciously tart pie and now can enjoy this delicious cream cheese lemonade poke cake too! I’m so fortunate to have received that pie recipe from my friend Dawn. She has some great recipes and some I haven’t even made yet but I will. Stay tuned.

A three collage photo of a lemon cake with cool whip and creamy lemon filling.

Try This Cream Cheese Lemonade Poke Cake Today

This is such a refreshing lemon cake and I know once you try it it will become a favorite with your family. So, give it a try and I’d love to know how you enjoyed it!

More Delicious Lemon Desserts You’ll Love

Cream Cheese Lemonade Pie – This delicious and creamy lemonade pie is the most popular dessert recipe on the blog. It takes only about 10 minutes to make if using a premade crust. A DELICIOUS and refreshing, no bake, lemon pie.

Luscious Lemon Cheesecake – This creamy, tart, lemon cheesecake with a lemon curd topping is absolutely scrumptious. If you love cheesecake, you are definitely going to love this lemon cheesecake recipe.

Frosted Lemon Sugar Cookies – These lemon sugar cookies are the softest, chewiest sugar cookie recipe topped with a delicious frosting and candied sprinkles. So good!

And, here is a delicious Lemon Pound Cake from our other blog, Deliciously Seasoned, that you might enjoy as well.

Cream Cheese Lemonade Poke Cake

Great Grub, Delicious Treats
This delicious cream cheese lemonade poke cake is so refreshing and is super easy to make. A moist lemon cake with the popular lemonade cream cheese filling, then topped with cool whip. It doesn't get much better than this.
4.50 from 2 votes
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 23 mins
Chill Time 4 hrs
Total Time 4 hrs 43 mins
Course Cake, Dessert, Poke Cake
Cuisine American
Servings 12 Servings
Calories 469 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lemon supreme cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup water
  • ⅓ cup oil
  • 3.4 oz box instant lemon pudding
  • 5 oz can evaporated milk
  • 16 oz packages cream cheese
  • ¾ cup frozen lemonade concentrate
  • 8 oz container cool whip
  • 2 lemons for garnish, optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 13 x 9 glass baking dish. Set aside.
  • Mix cake mix according to package directions and bake for 23 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and let cool completely.
  • Once the cake has cooled, make multiple holes with the bottom of a wooden spoon over the entire surface of the cake.
  • For the pudding mixture, mix pudding and evaporated milk for 2 minutes on medium speed.
  • In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese for 3 minutes on medium speed.
  • Add lemonade concentrate and continue mixing until well incorporated.
  • Spoon pudding mixture into cream cheese mixture and mix until well blended.
  • Pour over cool cake, spread with spatula.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4+ hours or overnight.
  • Top with cool whip, garnish with lemon slices.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

Nutritional Values are Approximate

Nutrition

Serving: 1 ServingCalories: 469kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 7gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 86mgSodium: 517mgPotassium: 177mgFiber: 1gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 632IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 192mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Cream Cheese Lemonade Poke Cake, Lemon Poke Cake
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Here are a few pics that are the perfect size for pinning to Pinterest.

Enjoy, Terri

A close up of a slice of cream cheese lemonade poke cake with cool whip on top.
A close up of a piece of cream cheese lemonade poke cake.
Share2.2K
Pin210.1K
Tweet
Email
Print
212.2KShares

Filed Under: All Recipes, Cake, Desserts Tagged With: Cakes, Cream Cheese, Cream Cheese Lemonade Poke Cake, Lemon, Lemon Cake, Lemonade, Lemonade Cake, Lemonade Pie, Lemonade Poke Cake, Lemons

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Connie

    July 10, 2017 at 2:04 pm

    I tried the cake and followed the directions carefully. The pudding mix was not pourable and more of a pudding consistency. It did not penetrate through the holes though I tried to push it down the rather large holes. The cake was not moist. Any suggestions – I so wanted to love this cake.

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      July 23, 2017 at 9:48 am

      Hi Connie, I know the pudding mixture is pretty thick, and using the back of the wooden spoon helps with making the bigger holes. It is a bit thick to get down into the holes, and my suggestion is to maybe not mix the pudding mixture as long so it doesn’t get as thick. Mine didn’t get into all the holes either, but it is so delicious with both the cake and the lemonade pie filling together in every bite. It’s so good, I hope you’ll try it again. :)

  2. Vickie

    July 7, 2017 at 10:49 pm

    Wonder if you could make this a layer cake???

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      July 8, 2017 at 10:14 am

      Hi Vickie, I think it would and I am going to try it one day soon. I would say to make sure that the “poke holes” are large enough to get the lemonade pie filling down in there so it’s a thinner layer between the layers. I can only imagine how good it will be with the lemonade filling saturated throughout the cake. Yep, I’m making it SOON!

  3. Andrea

    June 27, 2017 at 8:49 pm

    I’m so making this for the 4th of July next week.

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      June 28, 2017 at 6:32 am

      Hi Andrea, that’s awesome! I know everyone will enjoy it very much! :)

Primary Sidebar

Please Follow Us On All Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter

Welcome to Great Grub, Delicious Treats! Hello, my name is Terri and I'm so glad you stopped by. I'm a self taught cook/foodie at heart, mom to three kids, photographer and have a love for amazing food. I left my full time job of being a hospice admissions RN, which was super tough and extremely sad, and at times, very rewarding to be there for the patients and families to blog full time which I absolutely love. I hope you enjoy, and check out, all of the delicious recipes on my site while you're here! And don't forget to sign up to receive every new recipe right to your email. Thanks again for stopping by! :)

Follow Me on Pinterest

Terri Weir

Subscribe Here

Enter your email address here and never miss a single new recipe.

Most Popular Recipes

Mississippi Chicken
Sausage Green Bean Potato Casserole
Blueberry Cobbler Recipe with Brown Sugar Pecan Crust
Crock Pot Country Style Pork Ribs

Recent Posts

  • St Patrick’s Day Cookies
  • Chipotle Corn Salsa {Easy Copycat Recipe}
  • Homemade Flour Tortilla Recipe
  • Hot Artichoke Dip

Footer

Welcome to Great Grub, Delicious Treats! Hello, my name is Terri and I'm so glad you stopped by. I'm a self taught cook/foodie at heart, mom to three kids, photographer and have a love for amazing food. I left my full time job of being a hospice admissions RN, which was super tough and extremely sad, and at times, very rewarding to be there for the patients and families to blog full time which I absolutely love. I hope you enjoy, and check out, all of the delicious recipes on my site while you're here! And don't forget to sign up to receive every new recipe right to your email. Thanks again for stopping by! :) Read More…

A title at the top of the picture with two bowls filled with Chipotle corn salsa.

Copyright © 2023 · Great Grub Delicious Treats · All Rights Reserved · Privacy Policy

212.2KShares
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.OkayRead More