Best Easiest Chocolate Cake Recipes

THE EASIEST CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large saucepan combine the non-instant pudding mix with 2 cups milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the pudding is thickened. Remove from heat. Pour the dry cake mix into the saucepan and mix until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan and sprinkle with chocolate chips and walnuts.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

EASIEST CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans, or place liners in 2 muffin pans for 24 cupcakes. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift the dry ingredients together. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix the vanilla extract, oil, vinegar, and cold water.
• Slowly whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, being careful not to overmix. The mixture will be quite wet, but this is okay.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. For cupcakes, the baking time is 24 to 26 minutes.
• Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool.

TRADER JOE'S "GREATEST AND EASIEST CHOCOLATE CAKE"

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour two 9" round baking pans.
• Combine all ingredients except flour and buttermilk in a large mixing bowl and stir until well combined.
• Stir in buttermilk.
• Add flour and beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes scraping down the sides of the bowl once during mixing.
• Pour into pans and bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

EASIEST & BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE W. HEAVENLY CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• FOR THE CAKE: Place eggs in blender container and whip for a few seconds. While the blender continues running, add the remaining ingredients in the order listed and blend for 30 seconds.
• Pour the batter into a greased and floured 10-inch layer pan with a removable bottom. REPEAT this for second layer. Bake the 2 layers at one time in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• NOTE: Don't double this recipe for the cake, do it twice. It's so fast it won't take long to whiz it up.
• Fill with whipped cream between the layers and frost with Heavenly chocolate Frosting. Serves 8 very lucky people.
• FOR THE WHIPPING CREAM FILLING: Beat 3/4 cup cream with 1 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla until cream is stiff.
• FOR THE CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Place chocolate chips in blender container. Heat together the butter and cream until comes to a boil. Pour hot mixture into blender container and whip for 30 seconds or until frosting is smooth and chocolate is melted. Allow to cool and spread on cake. Will frost the top and sides of 1 10-inch cake.
• 7/8 cups is just below 1 cup, between 3/4 and 1 cup.
• Love of Eating.

EASIEST EVER CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Line and butter two 8-inch round cake tins.
• Put all the cake ingredients into the food processor and whizz until smooth. If the mix is a little stiff, ass 1-2 tablespoons water and whiz again.
• Divide between tins, level and bake for 30 minutes or until springy.
• Leave for 5 minutes then cook on a rack.
• Clean the food processor.
• Whizz the butter and icing sugar.
• Add the chocolate and whizz again.
• Icing the top of one of the cakes then put the other cake on top and ice that one too.

EASIEST CHOCOLATE CHIP POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except chocolate chips together for two minutes.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Spray a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Pour in mixture.
• Bake at 325 for 40-45 minutes.

EASIEST EVER CHOCOLATE BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix following the directions on the package but using only 1 cup of water.
• Stir in the pureed bananas.
• Bake in 2 greased 9" square baking pans for 30 minutes (cake is done when toothpick comes out clean).
• ALTERNATE PANS AND BAKING TIMES:.
• 1-9X13" pan = 35-40 minute.
• 2-8" round pans = 35-40 minute.
• 2-9" round pans = 30-35 minute.
• 2-8" square pans = 30-35 minute.
• 24 cupcakes = 20-25 minute.
• 12 cup fluted pan (bundt pan) = 40-45 minute.

THE EASIEST CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
• Whip the sugar, eggs, baking powder, and the vanilla sugar. (To make Vanilla Sugar: Place one clean vanilla bean in a pint jar with 1 - 1 1/2 cups white sugar. Shake occasionally. After a few days, use the sugar and replenish as necessary.) Add the shortening and mix well.
• Stir in the flour, the cocoa powder, and the orange juice and mix until homogeneous. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake cake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 40 minutes. Remove cake from oven and immediately spread coffee glaze over top.
• To Make Glaze: Five minutes before cake is done, mix together confectioners' sugar, Nescafe powder, and milk. Use immediately to spread over hot cake.

WORLD'S EASIEST CHOCOLATE CAKE (MUD CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275°F. Butter springform pans and line bottom of each with a round of wax paper. Butter paper and dust pans with flour, knocking out excess. Wrap bottom and 1 inch up side on outside of each springform pan with foil (to catch drips).
• Melt chocolates and butter with coffee in a 4-quart saucepan over moderately low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Remove from heat and cool 10 minutes. Beat in bourbon, eggs, and vanilla. Sift in flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt and stir until batter is smooth (batter will be thin).
• Divide batter between springform pans (about 3 cups batter in each). Bake cakes in middle of oven 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until a tester inserted in centers comes out with crumbs adhering. Remove from oven and cool in pans on racks 20 minutes. Run a thin knife around edge of each pan, then remove sides. When cool, remove pan bottoms and wax paper.