Best Chocolate Cake Recipe + Chocolate Frosting Recipe

By tomato

Ingredients

• 1 box Duncan Hines devil’s food cake mix
• 3 oz pkg instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 cup sour cream or yogurt (fat free or regular for both works fine)
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
• pinch of sea salt (optional)
• For the Chocolate Butter Cream
• 1 cup butter, room softened
• 4 c. powdered sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2-3 tbsp. milk
• 1/4 c. cocoa powder

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from somethingswanky.com

Preparation

Step 1

For the Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Beat together all of ingredients until smooth batter forms, reserving the chocolate chips.

Mix in the chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.

Grease pan and follow baking times according to the directions on the cake mix box.

For the Chocolate Butter Cream

In a stand mixer, beat the butter until it's smooth.

Add the remaining ingredients by adding the powdered sugar (1 cup at a time) and the wet ingredients (first the vanilla, and then the milk 1 tablespoon at a time) alternately, mixing in between additions until smooth and desired consistency.

(ie, add 1 cup of powdered sugar, mix, add vanilla, mix, add 1 cup powdered sugar, mix, add 1 tbsp milk, mix, etc...)

Add the cocoa powder, mix well. Add another tablespoon of milk if needed, and mix until smooth.