Soda Pop Poke Cake

Soda Pop Poke Cake 1 box white cake mix 1 1/2 cups flavored soda (grape, orange or berry) 1 (3.4 oz) box vanilla pudding mix 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk 1/2 cup flavored soda, same flavor as in the cake OPT: food coloring if you want to enhance the color 1 cup heavy cream 3 TBSP powdered sugar Grease and flour a 9 X 13 pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat the cake mix and 1 1/2 cups of soda for 2 minutes. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for about 30 minutes or until the center of the top springs back to the touch. While cake is baking, whisk together the pudding mix, evaporated milk and remaining soda. Add food coloring if desired. Refrigerate. Cool cake completely. Using the round bottom of a wooden spoon, make about 40 holes into but not through the bottom of the cake. Place about a cup of the pudding into a plastic bag, snip the corner and pope the pudding into the holes. Refrigerate the cake. Beat the heavy cream and powdered sugar until stiff peaks hold. Beat in the remaining pudding, then frost the cake. Store, covered, in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature to serve