Chocolate Nut Lovers Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE-CARAMEL-NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for fluted tube, dark or nonstick pan). Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube cake pan or 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan, or spray with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, water, butter and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into pan.
• Bake 46 to 54 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan. Remove from pan to plate. Cool 10 minutes. Prick top of warm cake several times with fork; spread caramel topping over top of cake. Sprinkle with nuts. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Store covered.

THE BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE {EVER}

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F. Prepare two 9-inch cake pans by spraying with baking spray or buttering and lightly flouring.

NUTELLA BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together for 3 minutes on high. Pour into a greased bundt pan.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let sit in pan for 5 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack.
• In a medium bowl combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, and Nutella and beat on high until creamy.
• Scoop frosting into a large ziplock bag and cut a hole in the corner of the bag, you can also use a piping bag with a large round tip as well.
• When cake is cooled, pipe the frosting over the cake in a back and forth method.
• Sprinkle chopped hazel nuts over the top.

CHOCOLATE NUT LOVERS CAKE

Steps:

• 1. -Dice your turtle candies in half and place them in your food processor along with your honey roasted peanuts and roughly chop them, set aside. -Place your topping peanuts in food processor, roughly chop again and set aside. -Preheat oven to 350F.
• 2. -In mixer bowl (or with a mixer and a large bowl), add your dry ingredients whisk a few times to make sure cocoa powder is nicely distributed, and then add your wet ingredients. Mix well until well blended. -Pour into 2 greased 9" round cake pans, dividing evenly. Bake 26-28 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cakes cool in pans 15-20 minutes, then unmold onto racks to cool completely.
• 3. -Meanwhile, in a 2 quart bowl, combine the heavy cream, semisweet chocolate chips and the milk chocolate chips. Heat in a microwave oven on high for 1-1/2 to 2 minutes, or until melted and smooth when stirred. Remove, and stir in the 1 tbsp of Kahlua. -Reserve 3/4 cup of the ganache for frosting on the sides of the cake. To the rest of the still warm ganache, add the turtle (or chocolate bar pieces), stir well. Some of the pieces will remain chunky while others pieces will melt right in, yum!! Set aside to cool. -When the ganache is firm enough to spread, fill stacked cake layers with half of the ganache mixture. Spread remaining mixture evenly over top of cake. Frost sides of cake with the reserved 3/4 cup chocolate mixture. Sprinkle the chopped 1/4 cup peanuts around the edge of the cake to make a border and around the sides. -Refrigerate cake for at least 1-1/2 to 2 hours prior to serving. Grab yourself a milk and enjoy

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 12-inch bundt pan by spraying with cooking spray or smearing with solid shortening.
• Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, milk, sour cream, and eggs in a large bowl. Beat on low speed using a stand mixer or electric mixer until moistened and then on high speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in chocolate chip packet and nuts, then pour the cake batter into the prepared bundt cake pan.
• Bake for 55 to 65 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
• Cool cake in the bundt cake pan for 15 minutes and then remove from the pan and place on a cake plate.
• Melt the chocolate bar and butter over low heat in a heavy-duty saucepan, stirring until smooth.
• Remove from the heat and then stir in the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract until thin enough to drizzle over the top of the cooled cake.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT DELIGHT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, butter, milk and egg until well blended. Stir in 3/4 cup of peanuts. Spread into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. , Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. , In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, condensed milk and vanilla until smooth. Fold in 3 cups whipped topping. Spread over the crust; top with the remaining whipped topping and peanuts., In a microwave melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla until smooth; drizzle over the dessert. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving.

CASHEW LOVER'S CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or spray bottom only of 15x10x1-inch pan.
• Reserve 2/3 cup cashews for garnish. Place remaining cashews in food processor or blender; cover and process until finely ground.
• Make cake batter as directed on box. Stir in ground cashews. Pour into pan.
• Bake 18 to 23 minutes (20 to 27 minutes for dark or nonstick pan) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour. Cut cake crosswise into 3 pieces; freeze pieces in pan 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and butterscotch caramel topping on low speed until well blended. Gradually beat in whipping cream on low speed. Beat on high speed about 4 minutes or until mixture thickens and soft peaks form.
• Remove 1 cake piece from pan, using wide spatula; place on serving plate. Spread 3/4 cup caramel mixture over cake piece. Top with second cake piece; spread with 3/4 cup caramel mixture. Top with third cake piece. Frost sides and top of cake with remaining caramel mixture. Sprinkle reserved whole cashews over top of cake. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until ready to serve. Store covered in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add the eggs and oil, mix well. Fold in the nuts and zucchini until they are evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely before frosting with your favorite frosting.

LAYERED BROWNIE PUDDING DESSERT RECIPE

Steps:

• Mix brownie mix according to directions and bake in 9x13 inch greased and floured pan.
• Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and 1 container whipped topping. Spread cream cheese mixture on top of the cooled brownies.
• Blend puddings and milk together and carefully spread on top of the cream cheese mixture.
• Top with second container of whipped topping. Put chocolate shavings and chocolate syrup on top.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve (we also like to throw this in the freezer for a yummy summer dessert and it is sometimes easier to cut and serve when it's been in the freezer).