Sunday, March 3, 2013

Chetty's Chocolate Chip Cake









          It is a universal fact that chocolate is a better cure than any medicine ("besides a prayer" - Babs). With that being said, I would make a great doctor because about 80% of the things I make require one ingredient that is in the form of chocolate. With Chetty's Chocolate Cake, the recipe demands for excessive amounts of the stuff. This cake, first baked by my godmother, then later brought into my home via Babs, is something that I encourage every chocolate lover to try. With the use of Devil's Foods cake mix, actual chocolate pudding (I use about 4 1/2 oz of pudding from those little Snack Packs to make the cake extra moist), and chocolate chips, this cake is an easy way of making people appreciate life the way it should be appreciated. WARNING: it becomes an addiction to make this chocolate heaven, but the 20 minutes needed to prepare the cake is worth spending, and the hour it takes to bake alone is enough to squeeze in quality TV programming, a small run (less tempting), or a glass of wine (absolutely).

Chetty's Chocolate Cake 
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water
8 oz sour cream
4 eggs
4 1/2 oz Hunts Snack Pack Chocolate Pudding
1 box of Devil's Food cake mix
9 oz mini chocolate chips (being the baker, I find myself just pouring the entire bag, but whatever, it's my kitchen)

Beat oil, water, sour cream, and eggs together until well blended. Add the remaining ingredients and pour into well greased bundt pan. 






Bake at 325° for 1 hour. Make sure you don't overcook. You want the chocolate chips to remain gooey. Cool 15 minutes before inverting (aka, flipping the bundt pan over gently, allowing the cake to gracefully fall onto a prepared plate). Possible toppings include and aren't limited to: powdered sugar and chocolate sauce. 




Chocolate Sauce 
5 semisweet chocolate squares or the extra chocolate chips 
1 tablespoon (T) of heavy whipping cream

Place chocolate in microwaveable bowl until melted, about 1 minute. Then mix heavy whipped cream with the melted chocolate.  Let cool and pour over cake.



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