Best Darn Chocolate Cake Recipes

DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 round 9-inch cake pans.
• For the cake, put flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and mix well.
• In a stand mixer, mix the buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla together. Slowly add in the mix of dry ingredients while the mixer is on low. Add the coffee and make sure everything is combined. The batter will be very thin.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Allow the cakes to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn the cakes out onto a cooling rack.
• Make the Dark Chocolate Buttercream (double the recipe).
• Now it's time to put your cake together!
• Frost the top of the first cake. Then layer the other half of the cake on top. Frost the outside of the cake.
• Use a decorating comb to smooth the outside edge and to make lines, if desired.
• Pipe stars using Wilton tip 1M on the top outer edge of the cake.
• Sprinkle mini chocolate chips over the top of the 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.

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.

DARN GOOD CHOCOLATE CAKE ( CAKE MIX CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease 2 9-inch round cake pans.
• Dust with flour and tap out the excess; set pans aside.
• 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 pans and smooth it out.
• Bake for 27-32 minutes (since I switched pans, I started checking the cakes at 25 minutes-- it was like gooey chocolate pudding-- then 3 minutes later it was perfect.
• Another couple of minutes and I think it would have been dry, so keep an eye on your cakes.
• Allow to cool in the pans on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Now is the time to start preparing your frosting.
• Run a knife along the edges on the cakes pans and carefully remove cake by inverting it; allow to cool for 20 minutes more on the wire rack right side up.
• When the cake layers are completely cool, cut layers in half (save a domed layer for the top-- it makes your cakes look homemade) and frost.

DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 - 9 inch round cake pans. In medium bowl, pour boiling water over cocoa, and whisk until smooth. Let mixture cool. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at time, then stir in vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with the cocoa mixture. Spread batter evenly between the 3 prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool.

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.