Death by Chocolate Bundt Cake

I spent many summers at my grandparents farm and in my grandmothers kitchen learning to cook mostly for a large hungry crowd. There was always plenty of chocolate (brownies, cake, cookies). My favorite was bundt cake; it is easy, everyone likes it and you can be as creative as you want to be. This one is my favorite.

Ingredients:

• 1 box Dark chocolate cake mix*
• 4oz box Instant chocolate pudding*
• ½ pint Sour cream*
• 4 Eggs*
• ½ c Oil*
• ¾ c Milk (you can use water)*
• 6 oz Semi-sweet chocolate chips (I prefer mini chips)
• ¼ c Hershey’s chocolate syrup (optional – creamy texture)

Options:

• You can make any flavor of bundt cake you can imagine when using the first six ingredients listed
• If the cake mix you use calls for butter, substitute it for the oil. Sometimes I replace or reduce the amount of oil used when I add fruit.
• For example our family loves cinnamon bundt cake so I use a yellow-butter cake mix, apple sauce and sprinkle a cinnamon sugar mixture between three layers of cake mix as I pour it into the pan. My nephews always ask for it and then devour it.
• Try adding a small can of cherry or raspberry pie filling to a chocolate cake mix (you can reduce the oil and milk/water you use).
• I also like adding cream cheese with a lemon cake and pudding package, it will change the texture slightly but it is delicious.
• I don’t frost these cakes very often, they are great just the way they are or served with ice cream, whip cream and/or fruit.

Directions:

Mix all ingredients until well blended. Pour into well greased bundt cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out on a serving plate. When thoroughly cooled, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Submitted by: Paula Olsen