Not all poke cakes are created equal! This Pumpkin Spice Poke Cake is basically taking a poke cake and mashing it together with the deliciousness that is pumpkin spice. It starts off with a boxed spice cake mix and adds even more spice to it a long with a TON of pumpkin. In fact, whipping up a cake mix or brownie mix with pumpkin puree is an old trick I’ve used before to lighten up a cake!

Once the cake is baked, it’s poked through and topped off with some sweetened condensed milk that seeps through and makes that cake sweet and full of richness. Then it’s all topped off with some whipped cream and even heath bits for added crunch texture!

This cake is super easy to whip up, and for anyone that lives in a warmer climes like I do, it’s a great way to get your Fall flavors of pumpkin spice in while staying rather cool and comfortable. That being said, this cake does need to stay in the fridge when it’s not being eaten because of the cool whip topping. So, just be sure you keep that in mind when making ahead of time!

I used a spice cake mix, but you could also get away with a yellow or vanilla cake too. Just double up on the pumpkin pie spice or add in a teaspoon of ground cinnamon for good measure.

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