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.
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 350* and grease a 9X13 cake pan.
- Mix cake mix with eggs, water, and oil. Mix in sour cream and instant pudding.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Pour mixture into greased cake pan. Bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Frost with your favorite dark chocolate frosting and enjoy, this tastes the absolute best if served warm!
Who will you make this Chocolate Explosion cake for? It’s a chocolate lover’s dream!
YUM! I’m drooling. 🙂
Omg I want chocolate cake so bad right now…so yummy tasting!
Yummy and it sounds like the recipe would be easy to make
It’s almost too easy to make! 😉
This is such a great recipe for Chocolate Cake. Chocolate cake is my favorite cake. I am going to make this and I did not know that you add sour cream and pudding to make this cake turn out moist. Yummy!
It sounds funny, but it definitely helps the cakes texture. You definitely can’t taste the sour cream either,
wow love that the ingredients are short, simple and real (not fake). Looks very delicious!!
That’s the only way to bake! If a recipe has more than a couple ingredients I normally wouldn’t have on hand I normally pass on it. I hate having a huge grocery list and leftover ingredients for one dish!
Drooling! I am a chocolate fiend, must try!
Drooling! I am a chocolate fiend, must try!
Yummi !
That sounds DELICIOUS and looks delicious too.
It’s better than it looks, I promise!
I just bookmarked this recipe!! It looks so decadent and delicious!!
That cake looks awesome – I might try it for my husband’s birthday at the end of this month!
I love anything and everything with chocolate as does my family so this will be the perfect treat for us at one of our family parties!