Chocolate Explosion Cake

Sometimes you just need a cake that will knock the socks off of someone, it helps if that cake is really decadent,  bonus points if its super easy to make.

I found this cake when I was nearly 10 months pregnant, and so over pregnancy (the hot, miserable, big-as-a-house, in-hibernation stage of pregnancy.) It was said to be so chocolaty that it could kick start labor. It was worth a shot, right? Well, it didn’t work the first time. Though, it was so delicious that I had to make it again a week or so later and I actually started having contractions while making this magnificent cake. I’m positive it was a coincidence,  but its still a fun story to tell!

This cake is so moist and so rich, I can only handle a small slice in one sitting, but my chocolate obsessed husband can’t get enough of this cake. I even made one for his birthday this year.

There are a few secrets to this rich, decadent cake. First, your base is a store bought cake mix (your guests won’t know or care, trust me!) Then you add sour cream and pudding to make the cake extra moist. Chocolate chips add more chocolate, because we all need more chocolate, right? I appropriately named this recipe chocolate explosion cake, it’s a little bit like a chocolate explosion in your mouth, yum!

Here’s the recipe, you can thank me later.