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Chocolate Lover's Cake
"This is an absolute favorite of ours when we need a Chocolate fix!"
photo by Junebug
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package chocolate cake mix or (18 1/4 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
- 1 (4 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil or 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1⁄2 cup warm water
- 4 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1⁄2 - 3⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mixes,warm water, sour cream, melted butter, and beaten eggs.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into a 12 cup Bundt pan, sprayed well with non-stick cooking spray.
- Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool cake 20 minutes invert and remove from pan.
- You can top with a dusting of powdered sugar when cake cools if desired.
Questions & Replies
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I would like to make this recipe into muffins. Can anyone tell me what the cook time for that would be? Sincerely A new "baker"
Reviews
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I made this for my chocolate loving son's birthday, but was very disappointed with the results. I ended up having to bake the cake for about 80 minutes. Sorry, but we just found this TOO moist, like the cake wasn't baked enough. I sprayed the pan well, as suggested but even after leaving it to cool for almost three hours, I still had part of the cake stuck to the pan. -
I have made this cake only i added chopped pecans and chocolate chips in the mix and on top as a decoration , the cake was wonderful, almost like a brownie cake. I used two 8 inch pans and made it into a layer cake. I will make this again and again, It was very gooood!!! -
Awesome very good I don't use sour cream I had a small Greek yogurt and used a buttermilk to make a cup I had a vanilla pudding and added a2 tablespoon of cocoa powder and topped them with peanut butter frosting -
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Fabulous! I used both semisweet and bittersweet morsels, and substituted vanilla pudding for chocolate pudding as that was that I had on hand. I baked it about 10 minutes longer than called for, but I used a stoneware bundt pan, which takes a bit longer to get hot. The cake came out of the pan beautifully, and a little dusting of powdered sugar was all it needed to finish it off. My husband gives it two thumbs up! -
Absolutely wonderful!! Needed something to make with what I had on hand....this was just right! Everyone thought it was perfect with the powdered sugar dusting. Took it to a party & everyone asked for the recipe. Making again tonight!
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Tweaks
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Fabulous! I used both semisweet and bittersweet morsels, and substituted vanilla pudding for chocolate pudding as that was that I had on hand. I baked it about 10 minutes longer than called for, but I used a stoneware bundt pan, which takes a bit longer to get hot. The cake came out of the pan beautifully, and a little dusting of powdered sugar was all it needed to finish it off. My husband gives it two thumbs up!
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A quick and easy crowd-pleaser that handles adaptations and substitutions well...just what I needed! I replaced have of the oil with applesauce (1/4 c) as I often do in cakes. Then I discovered that I only had 1/2 c sour cream, but that I also had 1/2 c cottage cheese left so I used that...worked great! The hardest part was waiting through the 40 min of cooling time until we could cut into it, lol. Dh and the kids loved it, especially the gooey spots of chocolate chips inside. I appreciated the ease of preparation, how moist it was, and that it surprisingly wasn't overly sweet. I dusted with powdered sugar as did others; looked great! This will be terrific when I need to throw together something for the girls' troop meetings, potlucks, etc. Thanks SO much for posting! :) -
I mistakenly used cook & serve pudding instead of instant and still received raves for this cake. It is dense and moist, and the chocolate chips form wonderful little pockets of creamy chocolate. I only dusted with powdered sugar, and it made a beautiful presentation. One young guest didn't think the cake was real...she thought it was too pretty. LOL I will be making this cake again.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Little Bee
United States
I am happily married to my best friend and we just bought our first house! No kids but we have 2 little dogs that we think the world of. I was born in California and although I have been on the East Coast for most of my life I am still displaced! I love the beach and hate the cold! In our free time we love to go to the beach or the mountains and hike or intertube down the lazy Shenendoah River. It is so beautiful there! I have loved to cook all of my life and will read cookbooks like they are novels!
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