Family Favorite Chocolate Cake recipe

I have made this chocolate cake more times than I can count. It’s requested for birthdays, special events, when my daughter comes home from college or just anytime someone has a craving for chocolate!!!

The cake starts with a simple box cake mix but all the extra add-ins take it to another level. The cake is delicious on it’s own, or with a dusting of powdered sugar, but we love it most with this simple chocolate icing drizzled over top!!!

Chocolate Cake

Our family favorite chocolate cake that starts with a box cake mix.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course: Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • Vegetable oil spray to mist the pan
  • Flour for dusting the pan
  • 1 package devil's food cake mix
  • 1 package chocolate instant pudding mix
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup warm water
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
Chocolate Icing
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 5 tbsp butter
  • ⅓ cup milk
  • 3 oz. Unsweetened Baker's chocolate
  • 3 oz. Sweetened Baker's chocolate

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350*
  2. Lightly spray the cake pan with vegetable oil spray and then dust with flour. Shake out excess flour and set the pan aside.
  3. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream, warm water, and oil. Blend with electric mixer until combined.
  4. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  5. Bake the cake until is springs back when lightly pressed with your finger and when it starts to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 45-50 minutes.
  6. Allow to cool slightly in the pan. Then invert onto serving platter. Cool completely before icing.
Chocolate Icing
  1. Add butter, milk and sugar to medium saucepan.
  2. Over medium heat, heat until butter is melted. Once it comes to a boil, stir constantly for 1 minute.
  3. Remove from heat and add chocolate squares. Stir until chocolate squares are melted.
  4. Spoon over cooled cake. Icing sets up as it cools.

Enjoy!!!

Betsy

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