Day 9 of my 12 days of cookies: Ridiculous Chocolate Cake. Okay, okay… this definitely isn’t a cookie, but I always tend to sneak a non-cookie recipe in just for kicks. This one’s good, I promise.
It also comes from a boxed mix, just doctored up. The best cakes are made with boxed mixes. It’s a wonderful shortcut that I fully support. This original recipe called for chocolate cake mix, but I opted for red velvet. Red velvet is my favorite cake.
This frosting made this cake over the top in a good way. It was perfect. Recipe from Cookies and Cups.
Ridiculous Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) box chocolate cake mix (I used red velvet)
- 1 (3.9 ounce) box instant chocolate pudding
- 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
- 3 eggs
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup water
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup heavy cream
Cake
Frosting
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Liberally spray a 10- inch bundt pan with non-stick spray.
- Mix all of the cake ingredients except for the chocolate chips together until smooth.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then invert the pan onto a cake plate. Cool completely before frosting.
- Beat the butter, cocoa powder and powdered sugar until combined.
- Add in the vanilla and cream and beat until creamy.
- Frost the top of the cake and garnish with more chocolate chips (or sprinkles!) if desired.
Cake
Frosting
Made this and love it!! Thank you for another awesome recipe. My only problem – I coudn’t pin it to Pinterest! Said your site doesn’t allow it. Pooh – but I did find one that was similar and did that. Thanks again
Looks so tempting… chocolate is love. This cakes look so tempting that can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing.