Chocolate Dump Cake

So I started pinning recipes on Pintrest (who doesn't right?) and it was SO innocent! Then, realizing I was pregnant, began a renewed interest in my Pintrest Board. Then somewhere in the mix my computer (laptop) broke and I was stuck surfing on my Kindle Fire or Cell Phone. Well some of my food discoveries went un-pinned. So in an effort to direct my food loving friends more easily and to share my experimentations with those recipes I have found, here we are.

Now I would love to link the recipe site I first found this recipe here, but I can't seem to find it anymore even with exhaustive searching. So, you just have to take my word for it.

AND then I stumbled on the link. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/The-Easiest-Chocolate-Pudding-Cake/

Also this being my first food blog attempt I sadly did not take pictures of anything but the finished product. I will try and do better in the future.

The original version called for NON Instant Pudding mix. All I had in the cupboard was Instant. Then in the comments someone had made it with instant AND Chocolate Milk! Yum!

So this is what I did:

 Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees, grease and flour 9x13 pan. Whisk 1 package pudding mix with 2 cups chocolate milk for 2 minutes, mix in cake mix until smooth. Pour into pan, top with chocolate chips, bake 20-30 minutes until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. We ate our first piece hot out of the oven with Ice cream. Yummy!

But that just wasn't good enough for me.

The next time I made it, I used 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, and 1 cup milk chocolate chips. Um, Total SCORE on the taste buds!

So, today as I was making dinner I wanted to make this YUMMY cake again. Alas, the teenager used the last box of instant chocolate pudding in the cupboard. (Boo) So I had to find yet another alternate. So I made Hasty Chocolate Pudding but since sometimes I jump ahead I added the vanilla extract before everything hit the microwave, not after as instructed in the recipe. Then while it was still hot, I mixed in the box of Devil's Food Cake mix. It didn't spread as easily as the time I used instant cold pudding, BUT it smelled WONDERFUL!

Again I topped with 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1 cup milk chocolate chips.

So my resulted "altered Chocolate Dump Cake" Recipe is as follows:

Cabinet Staples Chocolate Dump Cake

List of Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar

1/3 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

3 Tablespoons Corn Starch

2 Cups Chocolate Milk (Or White)

2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract

1 Box Devils Food Cake Mix

1 Cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1 Cup Milk Chocolate Chips

 

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees, grease and flour a 9x13 baking dish.

 

In a large microwave safe bowl combine sugar, cocoa powder and corn starch, whisk until well blended. Add milk in parts, combining well to ensure no lumps are left of dry ingredients.

 

Place in microwave on high for 3 minutes, whisk until combined. Microwave again for 1 minute, if it has reached pudding consistency it is done, if not microwave for additional 1 minute increments until it does reach pudding consistency. Mix in Vanilla Extract.

 

Slowly add in dry cake mix to the pudding mixture, make sure to combine completely. It will be VERY thick.

Spread mixture in the 9x13 baking dish (may need a spoon to push it around not so much spread) ensuring it reaches all sides of the pan.

 

Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the mixture.

 

Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the cake pulls from the sides of the pan.

A scoop of Ice Cream on top makes this one awesome craving buster!