Darn Good Chocolate Cake Cake Mix Cake Recipes

DARN GOOD CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH MARTHA'S ICING

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly mist a 12 Bundt pan with PAM and dust with flour.
• Place cake mix, pudding, sour cream, water, oil and eggs in a large mixing bowl.
• Blend with electric beaters on low speed for 1 minute.
• Stop and scrape down bowl.
• Increase speed to medium and beat 2-3 minutes more.
• Fold in chips.
• Turn batter into prepared pan and bake 58-62 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly pressed. It will also begin to pull away from the pan.
• Place on wire rack and cool for 20 minutes.
• I always kind of shake the pan to make sure that it is loosened before inverting onto a rack to cool for 20 more minutes.
• Meanwhile make icing.
• Place sugar, butter and milk in medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Stir until it comes to a boil- about 3-4 minutes.
• Still stirring let mixture boil for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in chips and stir until smooth.
• Pour and drizzle over bundt cake.

DARN GOOD CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Generously grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan. I like to use a nonstick baking spray with flour in it.
• Add cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream, warm water, and vegetable oil to a large mixing bowl.
• Mix on low speed for about 1 minute.
• Increase the speed to medium, and continue to mix for 2-3 minutes, scraping down the bowl as-needed.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan, smoothing the batter out as needed.
• Bake until the cake springs back when lightly pressed, about 45-55 minutes. A wooden toothpick inserted in the center may come out with melted chocolate but shouldn't have any batter on it.
• Cool in the pan for 20 minutes.
• Run a thin knife around the pan and invert onto a cooling rack to finish cooling.

CAKE MIX CHOCOLATE MAYONNAISE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease and flour a bundt cake pan or a 9x13x2 inch cake pan.
• Dump the cake mix into a large mixing bowl.
• Add eggs, water and mayonnaise.
• Mix by hand or with an electric mixer until well mixed.
• Stir the chocolate chips into the cake batter using a large spoon.
• Pour the cake batter into the cake pan and spread evenly.
• Bake for 35 minutes or until cake is done.
• Press the center of the cake in, using a finger.
• If it springs back, the cake is done.
• If not it needs more baking time.
• If using a bundt cake pan, allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes and follow the next 3 steps.
• Put a dinner plate or cake plate on top of the bundt cake pan. with the bottom of the plate facing you.
• Holding the bundt cake pan onto the plate, turn it over(you may need to use hot pads to do this).
• You may need to slightly shake the pan while it is on the plate to help loosen the cake from the pan.
• If using a 9x13x2 inch cake pan, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake.
• If the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is done.
• If you are going to ice/frost the cake, allow the cake to completely cool.
• If you don't want to frost/ice the cake you can dust it with powdered sugar.

RICH & MOIST DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE (USES CAKE MIX)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 8" pans with cooking spray (or spray bundt pan).
• Blend together cake mix, oil, water, eggs, and sour cream in large bowl on low speed for 1 minute then medium high speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in chocolate chips by hand then pour batter evenly into pans.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes (or 40 minutes for bundt pan) until done. Remove from oven & let cool in pans on wire rack for 15 minutes before removing from pans.
• Cool completely before frosting.

BEST DARN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease cake pan. 9x13".
• Dust with flour and tap out the excess.
• Place the cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, water, oil, and eggs in a large mixing bowl.
• Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute.
• Stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• On medium low speed continue to blend for 2-3 minutes more.
• The batter will be very thick and should look well combined.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth it out.
• Bake for 27-32 minutes.
• Frost with favorite frosting.