10 Delicious and Super Simple Cake Pudding Recipes to Try for the Holiday Season (2020)

Simple Banana Cake Pudding

• What You Need
• 4 cups milk and 2 package instant banana pudding mix
• cooking spray and 1 package yellow cake mix
• 1 cup water and 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs and 1 container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 20 vanilla wafers, crushed


• How to Make It
• Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a baking dish of 9X13 inch.
• Now, stir cake mix, eggs, water and oil in a bowl and pour this batter into baking dish.
• Bake for 35 minutes and once it cools down a bit poke few holes in the cake thoroughly.
• Take another bowl and mix pudding mix and milk in it. Let it rest for 2 minutes until it thickens then pour it over the cake as it fills the holes.
• Let it chill in the fridge for 2 hours and serve with whipped topping and crushed vanilla wafers.

Vanilla Cake Pudding

• What You Need
• 1 ½ cups milk divided and 1/2 + 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2+2tsp vanilla and 2tsp cornstarch
• 1 cup all purpose flour and 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1/2tsp salt and 1 egg
• 3tbsp butter melted and icing sugar


• How to Make It
• Preheat the oven to 350F and prepare an 8 inch baking dish.
• For sauce take 1tbsp milk in a bowl and heat the remaining milk and ½ cup sugar. Add cornstarch and vanilla into reserved milk and drip them into hot milk mix and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• For cake, mix flour, salt, baking powder and sugar in a large bowl. Take another bowl and whisk milk , butter, vanilla and egg together.
• Mix wet ingredients into dry and pour this batter into baking dish. Now, gently pour warm sauce mix on cake batter and do not stir.
• Bake for 30 minutes or less and serve after chilling it with icing sugar on top.

Caramel Pear Cake Pudding

• What You Need
• 1 cup all-purpose flour and ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder and ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• salt and dash of ground cloves
• 1/2 cup milk and 2 cups peeled and diced pears
• 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup brown sugar
• 2tbsp cornstarch and ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 1 ¼ cups hot water


• How to Make It
• Preheat the oven to 375F and prepare a 9inch baking dish.
• Take a medium sized bowl and mix flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, salt, cloves and cinnamon. Now, add the milk and prepare smooth batter then mix pecans and pears.
• For pudding, mix cornstarch, brown sugar and salt together. Now, heat water and butter together and stir into brown sugar mix.
• Pour cake batter into baking dish then pour pudding mix on top without stirring it.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes and serve warm.

Raspberry Pudding Cake

• What You Need
• 680gms frozen raspberries and 1/2+3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, a pinch of salt and 2 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract and 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder and ½ cup milk


• How to Make It
• Thaw and drain raspberries and reserve the juice. Add water in the juice to turn it into 1 cup.
• Preheat oven to 350F and prepare 8 inch baking dish and set aside. Now, mix raspberries with ¼ cup sugar and set aside.
• Cream butter with ¾ cup sugar until it turns light and fluffy then beat eggs in it one at a time followed by vanilla extract.
• In a different bowl, add flour, salt and baking powder. Stir this mix into butter mix in small batches along with milk.
• Add raspberries on the baking dish then cake mix on top of it. Boil raspberry juice with remaining sugar and pour this juice on the cake batter.
• Bake for 50 minutes and serve warm.

Chocolate Pudding Cake

• What You Need
• 1 cup all-purpose flour and 2tbsp vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup white sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder and ¾ cup packed brown sugar
• 2tsp baking powder and ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp salt and 1 ½ cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup milk


• How to Make It
• Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a 9 inch baking dish.
• Mix flour, cocoa, white sugar, baking powder and salt together then mix milk, vanilla extract and oil in it to make a smooth batter.
• Spread this batter in the baking dish and sprinkle brown sugar and ¼ cup cocoa on it. Pour boiling water over the batter but do not mix.
• Bake for 40 minutes and then serve with some ice cream.

Gingerbread Pudding Cake

• What You Need
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour and 1 tsp ground ginger
• 3/4 tsp baking soda and ½ tsp cinnamon
• Nutmeg, allspice, clove, salt – 1/4tsp each
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature and ¼ cup sugar
• 2tbsp beaten eggs and ½ cup molasses
• 1/2 cup water and ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 ½ cups hot water and 5tbsp unsalted butter melted


• How to Make It
• Preheat oven to 350F and prepare 8X8 inch baking dish.
• Now mix flour, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, salt and clove in a bowl.
• In another bowl beat butter and sugar then add egg and beat again. Mix molasses and ½ cup water separately.
• Add 1/3 of flour mixture, molasses mixture and butter mixture together and keep on mixing until all remaining mixtures are included.
• Pour this into baking dish and sprinkle some brown sugar on it. Mix 1 ½ cups hot water and melted butter and pour over the batter. Bake it for 45 minutes and serve warm with whipped cream.

Hot Fudge Cake Pudding

• What You Need
• 1 cup all-purpose flour and ½ cup milk
• 3/4 cup white sugar and 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2tbsp melted butter and 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup chopped walnuts and ¼ tsp salt
• 2tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder and 1 ¾ cup hot water
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder


• How to Make It
• Preheat oven to 350F and prepare 9X9 inch baking pan.
• Mix flour, baking powder 2tbsp cocoa powder, white sugar and salt in a bowl. Stir milk and butter in it until it becomes smooth.
• Fold walnuts into the mix and spread this batter evenly in the pan.
• Mix ¼ cup cocoa powder and brown sugar and sprinkle on the batter and then pour hot water on the batter.
• Bake for 45 minutes and serve warm.

Lemon Cake Pudding

• What You Need
• 1tbsp softened butter and 2/3 cup sugar divided
• 2tsp lemon zest and 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour and 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup lemon juice


• How to Make It
• Preheat oven to 350F and prepare 8inch round cake pan.
• In a large bowl whisk 1/3 cup sugar and butter, add zest and egg yolks and beat again.
• Mix it with flour alternately with milk then finally add lemon juice and mix well.
• Take another bowl and beat remaining sugar and egg whites and gently fold this mix into the batter. Pour this batter into the cake pan and place the pan in higher sided pan filled with 4cm of hot water.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, dust with powdered sugar and serve warm.

Maple Cake Pudding

• What You Need
• 3/4 cup pure maple syrup and 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 ½ tsp apple cider vinegar and few pinches of sea salt
• 6tbsp unsalted softened butter and 2tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 large egg and 1/2tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup all purpose flour and 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt


• How to Make It
• Preheat oven to 350F. Now in a medium saucepan add cream, apple cider vinegar, syrup and a pinch of salt and bring it to a boil.
• Cook for 5 minutes and reduce the mixture and set aside.
• Take a large bowl and beat sugar and butter until fluffy then add eggs and vanilla and beat again. Sift flour, salt and baking powder in this mix directly and fold together gently.
• Pour 2/3 of maple sauce in 8 inch cake pan then spread cake dough on it then pour remaining syrup sauce on top.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes and serve warm with whipped cream.

Vegan Chocolate Pudding Cake

• What You Need
• 3/4+1/2 cup white sugar and 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4+1/4 cup cocoa powder and 2tsp instant espresso powder
• 2tsp baking powder and 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
• 1/2 cup almond milk and 2tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 ½ cups hot water
• Vegan vanilla ice cream (optional)


• How to Make It
• Preheat oven to 350F and grease 8X8 inch baking pan.
• For bottom cake layer mix sugar, flour, ¼ cup cocoa powder, instant espresso and baking powder. After mixing them add coconut oil, vanilla and almond milk and stir well. Spread this mix evenly in baking pan.
• For middle layer, mix brown sugar, white sugar, cocoa powder and sprinkle mix on the batter in baking pan.
• For top layer, Pour hot water on top and bake for 30-35 minutes and serve with vegan vanilla ice cream.