This chocolate whipped cream pudding cake is light, not too sweet, and so delicious. It is a low effort crowd favorite, and aside from the fruity Whole Foods Chantilly and Six Ping mango cakes, it is the only cake my family will actually finish before it spoils. While I love baking from scratch, this cake is so yummy it doesn’t need the extra effort. Feel free to jazz it up yourself and make the cake or whipped cream from scratch, but here is my recipe!
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Chocolate Whipped Cream Cake Ingredients
The ingredients are very simple. Pick your favorite chocolate box cake mix, a pack of Jello chocolate pudding mix, a container of cool whip, and heath bars. I have a jumbo heath bar in this picture, but you really only need a few to a handful. Other than that, you’ll only need the eggs/water/oil according to your package directions, milk, and Reddi Whip if desired!
Baking Tips
While this cake is super simple, here are my top tips for the most delicious and beautiful cake!
- Use the right cake pan! The pudding filling is very light, so I always use the same pan because it holds the pudding inside nicely when flipped. At home, I use the Pampered Chef Flan Pan Set, but unfortunately I don’t think these are sold anymore. Here is a very similar alternative I found on Amazon, but it only comes as a single pan.
- Alternatively, you can also use a normal cake pan, or make into cupcakes. If so, you can get creative and/or make sure to serve immediately so your filling doesn’t fall all over the place!
- I made into cupcakes and used an ice cream/cake scooper to add the pudding/whipped cream filling. This was a smart move and kept the cupcakes looking beautiful rather than using a traditional frosting method.
- If you don’t plan to serve immediately, store in the fridge, covered WITHOUT Reddi Whip and Heath bar topping. Once you are ready, decorate with both and serve immediately!
- If you don’t, your cake will still taste delicious, but it may “melt” and not hold its shape.
Chocolate Whipped Cream Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box your favorite chocolate cake mix plus any ingredients required according to box instructions – water, oil, eggs
Pudding Filling
- 1 box Jello chocolate pudding mix 5.9 oz
- 1 cup milk
- 1 container Cool Whip 8 oz
Toppings
- 4-6 bars Heath candy more/less depending on personal preference
- 1 can Reddi Whip
Instructions
Cake
- Grease pans and prepare cake according to box instructions. Divide batter evenly into both pans (if using pampered chef flan pans).
- Once baked, let cool completely.
Pudding Filling
- Once cakes are completely cooled, whisk Jello pudding mix with 1 cup milk until smooth. (For context, this is 1/2 of the milk required on the box instructions.)
- Using a spatula, gently fold in the cool whip until fully combined and no more streaks appear.
- Flip the cakes onto their own plate/platter, and add pudding filling to inside. Try to divide evenly, but no exact measurements necessary. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
Topping
- Crush your Heath bars for topping.
- Once ready to serve, decorate with Reddi Whip and crushed Heath bars.
