Karens Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipes

KAREN'S CHOCOLATE KAHLUA CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350
• 2. Spray bottom of 12 cup Bundt Pan with flour baking spray (it is important to spray the bottom of the pan to prevent the chips from potentially sticking and tearing the top off your cake) If you don't have a flour baking spray, lightly oil and flour the pan. Be sure to discard excess flour.
• 3. Dump all ingredients, except chocolate chips, into a large bowl and whisk together until combined. Batter will be lumpy.
• 4. Add chocolate chips and stir until mixed in. Pour mixture evenly into prepared bundt pan
• 5. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. I usually check the cake at 45 minutes but have found 55-60 minutes is perfect regardless of the oven I've used.
• 6. When finished baking, allow cake to cool in the pan for a few minutes then turn it out onto a platter to finish cooling. IMPORTANT--Don't let the cake sit too long in the pan as the chips start to solidify and cause the top to stick and tear off when inverted.
• 7. Serve cake warm with vanilla ice cream or allow to cool completely.
• 8. This recipe is very versatile and the kahlua and chips can be substituted for whatever you'd like. I've changed the cake mix to yellow and made rum cake as well as used strawberry schnapps to make a strawberry cake. Substituting the semi sweet chips for mint chips makes for a really nice change. I've also substituted the cake mix with a German Chocolate mix and used milk chocolate chips. Followed the recipe, but used 2 round layer pans instead of a bundt pan. Baked for 30 mins per the box and iced with the coconut pecan icing...OH SOOOO GOOD! People love this German Chocolate cake.

KAREN'S CHOCOLATE BIRTHDAY CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all dry items- add wet then mix. This can be mixed by hand.
• I mix until blended well.
• 350 degrees- preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes until set- use toothpick to test middle. My ovens both cook fast so check often- may take longer in your oven.
• Cool then frost with your fave buttercream or cream cheese frosting.
• I bake in a 9 by 13 pan- sprayed or use a pan coating to ensure easy removal.
• Frost w/ fave frosting.
• I like it chilled overnight and served the next day !