Lemonade Poke Cake Recipe

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Looking for a delicious summery treat to make for your next dessert? The whole family is sure to love this Lemonade Poke Cake Recipe.

a slice of lemonade cake with icing

Lemonade Poke Cake Recipe

Summer is almost over. But before it has ended, I wanted to make a refreshing, summery treat to share with my family. We are always getting together for BBQs and picnics. There’s always the traditional picnic foods like Old Fashioned Potato Salad, 7 Layer Taco Dip, Baked Beans. It might be nice to try something a little different this time. What better treat to bring than this refreshing and easy Lemonade Poke Cake?

I was not sure how this cake would turn out, but ask my family, and they will tell you how refreshing, moist, and delicious it is. Perfect for a summertime treat!

This recipe is super easy. You can always use a boxed cake mix if you are in a bind, or you can make your own homemade version of yellow cake for the recipe. This Lemonade Poke Cake recipe would be a great reason to make your own homemade yellow cake mix and keep it on hand in the pantry! If you don’t have a version of Homemade Yellow Cake Mix that you love, be sure and check out Merissa’s book, Little House Living: The Make Your Own Guide to a Frugal, Simple, and Self Sufficient Life for an excellent recipe that your family will love!

an overhead shot of a slice of lemonade cake on a white plate

Ingredients in Lemonade Cake Recipe

  • Yellow Cake Mix. As I mentioned above, you can make your own, buy one, or use a Yellow Cake that you’ve already made.
  • Frozen Lemonade Concentrate. Use your favorite kind from the store. If you make your own Lemonade Concentrate, that will work too!
  • Powdered Sugar. You can use this for the topping or the frosting since we are going to mix it with the lemonade concentrate. If you feel like this is enough sugar, you don’t need to add the frosting.
  • White or Lemon Frosting. If you don’t have frosting or don’t want to make any, use powdered sugar instead.
  • Sprinkles. These are optional and just for fun!
a slice of lemonade cake

Step By Step Instructions for Making Lemonade Cake

Prepare & bake the cake. Let it cool for about 15 minutes. While the cake is cooling, mix the lemonade concentrate with the powdered sugar.

With a long pronged fork, poke holes in the warm cake, spacing about 1/2 inch apart. Loosen the cake from the sides of the pan by running a knife around the edge.

Pour the lemonade mixture over the cake evenly and then refrigerate (covered) for about 2 hours.

Decorate with frosting & sprinkles as desired. Keep stored in the refrigerator until serving.

I love this recipe. My kids always say it tastes like summer!

Michelle, Little House Living readers
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Lemonade Poke Cake Recipe

Looking for a delicious summery treat to make for your next dessert? The whole family is sure to love this Lemonade Poke Cake Recipe

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Lemonade Cake Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Refrigerate 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 85 kcal

Ingredients

  • Yellow Cake pre-baked (8×8 or 9×9)
  • 6 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate thawed (or homemade)
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • frosting white or lemon – optional
  • sprinkles natural or colored sugar – optional

Instructions

  1. Prepare & bake the cake .
  2. Let it cool for about 15 minutes.
  3. Mix the lemonade concentrate with the powdered sugar.
  4. With a long pronged fork, poke holes in the warm cake, spacing about 1/2 inch apart. Loosen the cake from the sides of the pan by running a knife around the edge.
  5. Pour lemonade mixture over the cake evenly.
  6. Refrigerate (covered) for about 2 hours.
  7. Decorate with frosting & sprinkles as desired. (optional)

  8. Keep stored in the refrigerator until serving.
Nutrition Facts
Lemonade Poke Cake Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 85 Calories from Fat 1
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.1g0%
Saturated Fat 0.01g0%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.01g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.001g
Sodium 2mg0%
Potassium 16mg0%
Carbohydrates 22g7%
Fiber 0.1g0%
Sugar 20g22%
Protein 0.05g0%
Vitamin C 3mg4%
Calcium 2mg0%
Iron 0.03mg0%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Lemonade Cake Decorations and Toppings

If you need an additional frosting on this recipe, our recipe for The Best Cream Cheese Frosting will work great here! Otherwise, a traditional Buttercream Frosting will do just perfectly. Use this recipe, but don’t add the strawberries.

You also might want to use natural sprinkles or colored sugar to decorate just for fun!

This Lemonade Cake recipe will be a great summertime staple to share at potlucks and parties since it’s a nice refreshing cake with good lemon flavor.

Doughnut on a plate

More Spring or Summertime Desserts

Do you have your own version of this Lemonade Cake Recipe? Do you think you will try this one? What is your favorite dessert to take to a potluck?

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This recipe for Lemonade Poke Cake was originally posted on Little House Living in August 2013. It has been updated as of March 2024.

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26 Comments

  1. Stopping by from Creative Corner Hop to pick up and pin your recipe. Looks delish! Thanks for sharing 🙂 …Shari

  2. This looks delicious and like you said, refreshing!! Perfect for those long summer days ahead. Pinning!!
    Stopping by from Sew Can Do link up.

  3. This looks like an easy recipe to try something different for a change. Will be trying this out for the summer too. Thanks.

  4. This looks really delicious! I love making fun flavored cakes. I bet this would be a really great way to add moisture to a gluten-free cake and keep it from going dry so quickly.

  5. This cake looks amazing!! Found your recipe at Tuesday’s with a Twist. I am one of the hostesses of Tasty Tuesdays and would love you to stop by and link up this recipe if you have not yet already. Here is the link http://bit.ly/1g5mVQa
    Lori

  6. |Mmmm, I can just imaging the tart sweetness of this cake. Thank you so much for joining us this week, at Simple Supper Tuesday.

  7. I love lemonade, in all forms! I can’t wait to try this one, now that summer is approaching. I’m glad I found your post through the Titus 2 Tuesdays link party.

  8. This cake looks wonderful. Perfect for a summer BBQ or family dinner. Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesdays

  9. hi thanks for sharing this lovely lemon cake can’t get enough of lemons visiting via weekend wind down have a great mother’s day.

  10. I love lemon recipes! So refreshing! Thanks for linking up with us and we hope to see you next week! Sandra from Scrumptilicious4You with the Four Seasons Blog Hop.

  11. Yum!! I need easy recipes, and this looks just perfect for summer! Thanks so much for sharing!! Can’t wait to try!

  12. You had me at CAKE! This looks delicious! Thanks for posting it to The Pintastic Pinterest Party!

  13. I love lemonade in summer and have always wanted to make a cake based on it. This looks great. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!

  14. So the pwd. sugar and lemonade concentrate mixture are not what I see in the photo of the cake? That’s a separate step, AND it has frosting over that?

    1. The frosting over the top is optional. The picture shows the cake only with the lemonade and powdered sugar on the top. I will update the recipe to better reflect that.