Ingredients

How to make it

  • Bake cake according to directions in a 13X9 inch pan.
  • When the cake is cool, using the handle of a wooden spoon, poke holes in the cake. Try to keep the holes in uniform rows, as close together as possible without collapsing the entire thing.
  • Slowly drizzle the sweetened condensed milk in each hole until its gone, covering the cake.
  • Do the same with the caramel ice cream topping.
  • Let the cake chill for several hours to soak up the syrupy liquids.
  • Spread the cool whip over the top of the cake in a thick layer.
  • Sprinkle crushed candy bars over the cool whip.

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  • mrswolcott22 16 years ago
    I am so totally making this cake. My mom makes a poke cake like this only using jello (whatever flavor jello you want)She's never called it anything other than a her jello poke cake but I think just for the fun of it I'll never call it that again. Almost better than sex sounds so much better!
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    abbysmom35 ate it and said...
    Just wanted to stop by and thank you for the recipe for the better then sex cake. I absolutely LOVE the looks I get when I tell everyone I'm making it...and then they taste it, and say "yeah I can understand why it's named that". Take care! ~Shea~
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  • remtps 17 years ago
    uuummmmmmmmm looks good from here!!!!!!!
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  • redrum92373 17 years ago
    This is the only name I've ever heard for the cake and the only name I've ever used. lol
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  • bonvittles 17 years ago
    What is an alternative name for this cake? lol
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  • redrum92373 17 years ago
    Yeah I've seen other versions floating around.. one used butterscotch pudding in place of the caramel.
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    " It was excellent "
    krumkake ate it and said...
    Oh yes, a family favorite. You are right, it is so very sweet, so a little piece goes a long way, but man is it ever worth the splurge! This recips goes back to somewhere around the '80s I believe, and so many different variations have arisen since then, but this one is STILL the best, in my opinion!
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