My Love Affair With Chocolate Cakes

I have this undying love affair with chocolate ever since I could remember and one of my favourite chocolate-made food has to be the good old chocolate cake. Now, even if I love chocolate cakes, does not mean I will eat any such cake that is placed before me. No, no. I must only eat the best of the best ever chocolate cake or else, I will not eat it at all.

This is because I have come across many a different types of cakes made from chocolate and cocoa and some are downright horrible tasting concoctions not worth the stomach space I wasted consuming them. No, even as crazy I am over chocolate and a die-hard chocoholic, I have my standards. No lousy cake will pass my lips. Especially when its main ingredients contain chocolate. Can you even imagine eating some tasteless cake impersonating as a chocolate cake?

I consider it an affront. An insult to the absolutely richness of chocolate cakes. Seriously, people who make louse cakes should be banned from going near any oven at all. I mean, we are talking about chocolate cakes here, you know. So, due to my love for this absolutely sinful, yet worth every bite, chocolate dessert, I started a journey to search for as many chocolate cake recipes as I could possibly find.

Then, I will try each and every single recipe until I come across one that is able to produce the perfect and best ever chocolate cake in the whole wide world. At least to me. After all, how the cake tastes only mattered to me since I will be the one eating it all! Bwahahahahah...the cake is mine. ALL mine!  But of course, if it is simply horrible, then I don't mind sharing a bit of it with others.

Chocolate cake recipes are pretty easy to find online nowadays. Gone are the historic days when we need to ask around our relatives, mother, grandmother, aunts, etc, etc, just to get a simple cake recipe made from chocolate. I mean can you imagine scribbling it all down on a piece of paper and then losing the paper? It would have been darn inconvenient and a total waste of time. Yep, the online way of finding recipes is really great. You can copy and paste the recipes and save it for later. Some of these instructions even come with step-by-step photo-instructions to guide readers along.

 

 

Ten Ways to Make a Chocolate Cake With a Boxed Mix

We make cakes from scratch. We also use a boxed mix as our base and then add to it when making a cake.
I'd like to share several ideas for using a boxed mix as your base:
1. Make the cake according to package directions but add in either chocolate chips or mini M&M's. Use between one and two cups of chips or morsels. Mix in at the end and then bake as directed.
2. Make one white cake and one chocolate cake. Make one cake a swirl cake. Pour the white cake batter into the baking dish. Now create several lines of chocolate batter. Use a butter knife and swirl in the white cake mix. When done, cook the remaining chocolate cake and you've now got one swirl cake and one chocolate cake.
3. We happen to like mayonnaise in our house. Start with a box of chocolate cake mix. Add in one cup of mayonnaise, one cup of water and three eggs. Mix it together and then bake at 350 degree for about 30 minutes.
4. Start with your box of chocolate cake mix. Add in two eggs, one box of instant chocolate pudding and 1 ¾ cup milk. We use non fat milk. If you use 2% or whole milk, your cake will be a bit creamier. If you want to stir in chocolate chips, add them at the end. Bake about 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
5. Instead of the liquid called for on the box, use chocolate milk. It adds to the chocolate flavor of the cake.
6. Add frozen fruit to your box mix. These have to be lightly mixed in at the end. Frozen raspberries are wonderful in chocolate cake. You'll have to cook the cake a bit longer than the package directions on this one. Test it with a toothpick in the middle.
7. Make a layer cake and use marshmallow cream in the center. Kids love this gooey center.
8. If you enjoy the taste of coffee, add in coffee flavored liqueur. Add in about ½ cup. This should replace some of the liquid called for on the box.
9. We really like Heath bars. Break up Heath bars and add them to your cake mix. You end up with a toffee taste in your chocolate cake.
10. Do you like Black Forest Cake? Use one box of cake mix, ¼ cup oil, 2 eggs and ½ cup water. Mix it all together and pour into pan. Then pour one, 21 ounce can of cherry pie filling over the top and bake about 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
These are ten ideas to use a cake mix that can often be bought for around a dollar. Try experimenting with other ingredients you already have in the house. These are all fun ways to spice up an ordinary chocolate cake mix.

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