Best Chocolate Explosion Pumpkin Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE-PUMPKIN LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Use a little butter to grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment paper. Butter and flour the paper. In a large bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, baking soda, baking powder and salt together.
• Using an electric mixer, cream 8 tablespoons butter and the granulated sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in pumpkin purée. Mixture may look slightly curdled. Stir in flour mixture about half a cup at a time until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans.
• Divide batter into pans and bake in middle of oven until springy to the touch and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes, run a knife around edges, invert onto racks and peel off paper. Let cakes cool completely.
• In a large bowl, blend remaining 12 tablespoons butter and confectioners' sugar together. Blend in chocolate and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. If the frosting is too thick, add cream or milk by the tablespoon, blending well after each addition, until it reaches spreading consistency.
• Place one cake layer, smooth side up, on a platter. Ice top. Place second layer, smooth side down, on top; ice top and sides of cake.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE DESSERT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch Bundt pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and baking soda. In a large bowl, beat together 3/4 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, applesauce, and eggs. Mix in 1/2 cup heavy cream and pumpkin. Stir into the flour mixture just until blended. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.
• Bake 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan over a wire rack. Invert cake onto a serving plate.
• Place the brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and 1/3 cup heavy cream in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil while stirring to blend until smooth. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Whisk in the confectioner's sugar, and drizzle over the cake immediately.

CHOCOLATE EXPLOSION PUMPKIN CAKE?

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Sprayed two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray.Add sliced snickers bars,1 cup chocolate chips and chocolate covered peanuts.
• in a large bowl,beat cake mix,pumpkin,water,oil and 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice with electric mixer on low speed until moistened,then on medium speed 2 minutes,scraping bowl occasionally.Carefully spoon batter over chocolate mixture in each pan.
• Bake 41 to 47 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.Cool 5 minutes;remove from pans to cooling rack.Cool completely,about 1 hour.
• To make Explosion Chocolate Frosting:in a large bowl,combine whipped topping,cream cheese,chocolate milk,hot chocolate mix,nutella and chocolate syrup,whisk together until blended and smooth.Set aside.
• Place a cake layer on a serving plate,spread with half of the frosting.Top with milky way bar slices.Season with remaining pumpkin pie spice.
• Place the second layer onto the cake and frost top and sides with remaining 2/3 frosting.Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips all over the cake.Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE EXPLOSION CAKE (VERSION 1)

Steps:

• 1. * PLEASE READ RECIPE THROUGH CAREFULLY ... **Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. ***Spray a 13-by-9-by-2-inch pan with nonstick spray.
• 2. *Mix the coconut and nuts and spread them evenly in the pan. *PREPARE THE CAKE AS DIRECTED ON THE CAKE MIX BOX WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: *USE 4 LARGE EGGS INSTEAD OF 3... *USE 1 1/4 CUP MILK IN PLACE OF THE WATER, *ADD 1 TSP. VANILLA *STIR IN THE CHOPPED CANDY BARS *Pour the batter OVER the coconut and nuts. *Combine the cream cheese, butter and sugar. *Randomly drop tablespoons of this mixture on TOP of the BATTER; *DO NOT SPREAD IT... *Bake until the sides of the cake pull away from the pan, about 40 to 50 minutes.
• 3. CHOCOLATE PECAN GLAZE *In a saucepan over medium-high heat, COMBINE butter, milk, cocoa powder and vanilla extract. *Once the butter is melted, remove from the heat. *Add the sugar and stir until smooth. *Stir in the pecans. *Pour the warm Chocolate Pecan Glaze over the cake. *Slice and enjoy.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a large bowl, mix the cake mix, pumpkin, eggs and oil for 3 minutes using a mixer on medium speed. Pour into the prepared pan and spread evenly.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool, then frost with cream cheese frosting.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; add to the creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin, beating well after each addition. Fold in chocolate chips. , Divide batter in half. Stir melted chocolate into one portion. In a well-greased 10-in. fluted tube pan, sprinkle 1/2 cup pecans. Spoon chocolate batter over pecans; top with pumpkin batter. Sprinkle with remaining pecans., Bake at 325° for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.