Best Chocolate Birthday Cake

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Description

This cake is always requested from my kids for their birthdays; it’s the best!

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil’s food cake mix
  • 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup water
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 (16 ounce) package prepared chocolate frosting
  • 2 tablespoons candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M’s®), or as desired

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch fluted tube cake pan (such as Bundt®).
  2. Combine cake mix and pudding mix in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer. Add sour cream
  3. vegetable oil
  4. and water; mix well. Add eggs
  5. 1 at a time
  6. beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
  8. 55 to 60 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cake plate and let cool completely
  9. 20 to 30 minutes more.
  10. Place opened frosting container in a microwave on medium heat
  11. stirring every 30 seconds until just soft enough to pour. Drizzle frosting over cake and sprinkle candy-coated milk chocolate pieces on top.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Servings: 14

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