Sweet Catastrophe

Keri and I just made this amazingly awesome cake that actually compelled the boys to stop Halo long enough to eat some…then they continued Halo, eating cake during respawn times lol

Anyhow, here’s the recipe we used:

Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake recipe

1 (18.25 ounce) box chocolate or chocolate fudge cake mix
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (16 ounce) jar Mrs. Richardson’s butterscotch/caramel topping
1 (12 ounce) container Cool Whip
4 Heath bars, broken into small pieces

Bake cake per package directions using a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Let cake cool for 5 to 10 minutes after removing from oven.

Punch many holes in top of cake, using the end of a wooden spoon or other kitchen utensil to get 1/2-inch diameter holes.

Pour entire can of sweetened condensed milk over holes in top of cake. Let cool for 5to 10 more minutes.

Pour butterscotch/caramel topping over top and spread it. Let cake cool completely.

When cake is cool, spread Cool Whip over top of cake. Sprinkle Heath bar pieces over Cool Whip. Chill until serving time.

Only difference, we used chocolate icing instead of Cool Whip and we decided against sprinkling Heath bars on top. We figured we didn’t need ‘em.

It’s really messy, but it’s pretty much the yummiest cake I’ve had in a really long time…the sweetened condensed milk and the melted caramel really soak into the rest of the cake a lot better than I expected! One suggestion, when you poke your holes, make sure you aren’t poking all the way to the bottom of the pan ’cause some of your yumminess will leak out