Best Chocolate Birthday Cake recipe

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Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
¾ cup vegetable oil
¾ cup water
4 eggs
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 (16 ounce) package prepared chocolate frosting
2 tablespoons candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®), or as desired

Nutrition Info

542 calories
carbohydrate: 62.5 g
cholesterol: 67.8 mg
fat: 31.5 g
fiber: 1.4 g
protein: 6.3 g
saturatedFat: 10.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 474.3 mg
sugar: 47.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch fluted tube cake pan (such as Bundt®).

  2. Combine cake mix and pudding mix in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer. Add sour cream, vegetable oil, and water, mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cake plate and let cool completely, 20 to 30 minutes more.

  4. Place opened frosting container in a microwave on medium heat, stirring every 30 seconds until just soft enough to pour. Drizzle frosting over cake and sprinkle candy-coated milk chocolate pieces on top.

Recipe Yield

1 9-inch fluted tube pan

Recipe Note

This cake is always requested from my kids for their birthdays;it's the best!

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