Chocolate Yum Yum Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE YUM-YUM CAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over low heat, melt butter and chocolate, stirring constantly. Add the sugar, raisins, water, cinnamon and cloves; bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. , Remove from the heat; pour into a large bowl and cool for 15 minutes. Beat in salt and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; add to chocolate mixture until well blended. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. , In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients; drizzle over cooled cake.

YUM YUM CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour one 10 inch Bundt pan. Sprinkle walnuts over the bottom of the pan.
• 2. beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, 1/2 cup of the water, and 1/2 cup of the rum on high speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter Bundt pan over the top of the chopped nuts.
• 3. Bake at 325 degrees F for 50 to 60 minutes. Remove cake from oven once done LEAVE IN PAN! Poke holes into the cake so the glaze can soak in and set aside.
• 4. To Make Rum Glaze: In a saucepan combine the butter or margarine, sugar, 1/4 cup of the rum, and 1/4 cup of the water. Bring mixture to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Pour immediately over still warm cake. Allow cake to rest in pan AT LEAST 2 hrs before inverting.
• 5. Flip Cake out onto a wire rack. (Put wax paper under rack to make for easy clean up after you pour the ganache!)
• 6. GANACHE Place chocolate in a medium bowl. Heat cream over medium heat in a small sauce pan. Bring it to just a boil, watch carefully because if it boils for a few seconds, it will boil over! Cut off heat and whisk in rum. Pour over chocolate, whisk until smooth. Allow ganache to cool slightly before pouring over the cake. Start at the center of the cake and move out.

CHOCOLATE YUM! YUM!

Steps:

• Make and bake cake as directed.
• Set aside to cool.
• Make pudding (make as directed for pies -less milk) and chill for an hour in fridge.
• After cake has cooled, crumble half of it in bite sized pieces in the bottom of a large, clear serving bowl.
• Layer 1/2 half of pudding on top of cake.
• Layer 1 tub of cool whip on top of pudding.
• Repeat this layering process with the rest of the cake crumbled up, the rest of the pudding, and the other tub of cool whip.
• Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips.
• Sit back and enjoy this yummy-to-your-tummy dessert!