Rocky Road Lazy Cake Recipes

ROCKY ROAD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Sift once more, then sift again into a 9 inch square pan.
• Make a well in the center, and measure in the oil, vinegar and vanilla. Pour water over all and mix with a fork until smooth.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To make the frosting: In a saucepan, combine chocolate, margarine and water. Cook over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and confectioners' sugar. Fold in miniature marshmallows. Spread over cake.

WARM ROCKY ROAD CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients; add 1-1/4 cups milk. Beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Transfer to a greased 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. Sprinkle cook-and-serve pudding mix over batter., In a small saucepan, heat remaining milk until bubbles form around sides of pan; gradually pour over contents of slow cooker., Cook, covered, on high 3-4 hours or until a toothpick inserted in cake portion comes out with moist crumbs., Turn off slow cooker. Sprinkle marshmallows, chocolate chips and pecans over cake; let stand, covered, until marshmallows begin to melt, about 5 minutes. Serve warm. If desired, serve with ice cream.

ROCKY ROAD CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour 12 cup fluted tube pan.
• In small bowl, mix first 4 ingredients.
• In large bowl with mixer at low speed, beat together cake mix, eggs, real mayonnaise and water just until blended.
• Increase speed to medium, beat 2 minutes.
• Stir in nut mixture.
• Pour in prepared pan, bake at 350 for 50 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 15 minutes.
• Remove.
• Cool on rack.
• If desired, dust with confectioners sugar.
• Makes 12 servings.

ROCKY ROAD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour 9x13-inch pan (I like to use my glass casserole dish).
• Place about 2 1/2 cup ice cream in microwave-safe dish then melt in microwave.
• You may need to add more to get it to 2 cups melted ice cream.
• Combine cake mix, melted ice cream and eggs; mix on low speed for 1 minute.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix on medium another minute or two until well blended.
• Pour into pan and bake 30-35 minutes or until you can press on the top and it springs back slightly.
• You don't want it to rise so much that it cracks, you'll have a dry cake.
• Set on rack until cool or almost cool.
• Heat the jar of hot fudge.
• Pour half of the hot fudge onto cake and spread out.
• Let it soak into the cake.
• Microwave the marshmallow cream a TINY bit to loosen it up (10-20 seconds).
• Pour onto the cake and spread out.
• Drizzle the rest of the hot fudge over the marshmallow cream in stripes, zig zags or swirls.
• Sprinkle nuts to garnish.
• Cook time does not include cooling time.

CHOCOLATE ROCKY ROAD CAKE

Steps:

• heat oven to 350*F.
• in a large mixer bowl combine all cake ingredients, beat at low speed scraping bowl often until ingredients are moistened.
• beat at high speed, scraping bowl often , until smooth for 1 to 2 minutes.
• pour into greased and floured 13x9 baking pan, bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
• sprinkle with marshmallows, continue baking 2 minutes or until marshmallows are softened.
• meanwhile in 2 qt saucepan combine 1/4 cup butter, cream cheese, chocolate and milk. cook over med heat stirring occasionally until melted (8 to 10 min).
• remove from heat, stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth.
• pour over marshmallows and swirl together.
• sprinkle with peanuts.