{"id":2108492,"date":"2025-01-31T09:02:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=2108492"},"modified":"2025-05-07T17:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:03:38","slug":"cinnamon-roll-poke-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/cinnamon-roll-poke-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"This ‘Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake’ Keeps Going Viral, and Now I See Why"},"content":{"rendered":"The r\/OldRecipes<\/a> Subreddit is one of Reddit's largest communities. As its name suggests, this community features treasured family recipes<\/a> along with recipes from old books, pamphlets and community cookbooks. With over 475,000 members, there are plenty of gems to be found within this community's threads.\r\n\r\nIn 2022, a user named HumaWormDoc posted a recipe for a cinnamon roll poke cake called Big Mama's Secret Cinnamon Roll Cake<\/a>, named after their grandmother<\/a>, who created the recipe. The recipe quickly took off within the community, and three years later, it's still super popular.\r\n\r\nWhat's the secret to this recipe's success? It promises the flavors of a cinnamon roll without all the muss and fuss. And boy, does it deliver! Cinnamon roll poke cake is easy to make and very forgiving. While we love classic Sunday morning cinnamon roll recipes<\/a>, this easy version is worth the change.\r\n

What is a poke cake?<\/h2>\r\nA poke cake gets its name from the holes that are poked into the cake with a skewer after it's baked. Icing or a sauce is poured over top the cake, allowing the flavor to infuse through the whole dessert. The flavor variations of poke cakes<\/a> are truly imaginative. Some of our favorite kinds include peanut butter chocolate poke cake<\/a> and tres leches cake<\/a>.\r\n

Ingredients for Big Mama's Secret Cinnamon Roll Cake<\/h2>\r\n\"Baking\r\n\r\nFor the cake batter:<\/strong>\r\n