One Year Ago: Pork Chops au Poivre
If you love chocolate you will LOVE this cake. It is rich, moist and delicious. Oh and it’s made from a box mix too 
I know I know. I’m a food blogger, I shouldn’t use box mixes. Well, here is the thing. I sometimes totally dig box cake. There is something about it that reminds me of being a kid. My mom used to make these cakes from molded cake pans and I loved them! For your viewing pleasure here is some pictures of me enjoying cake throughout the years
See? I didn’t lie. I love cake
Since I had a couple boxes of cake mixes I decided I was going to do something delicious with one of the boxes. I looked online and found The Cake Mix Doctor website. I saw she had a recipe for a chocolate kahlua cake and I thought to myself “I love chocolate…I love kahlua…I’ll love this cake!” The best thing about this delicious dessert is that it’s extremely easy, super chocolaty and moist. Enjoy!!!
Double Chocolate Kahlua Cake:
Cake:
1 package (18.25 ounces) plain devil’s food cake mix
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup Kahlua
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
Fluffy Chocolate Kahlua Frosting:
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
6 tablespoons boiling water
2 tablespoons Kahlua
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, softened
4 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1. Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans with solid vegetable shortening, then dust with flour. Shake out the excess flour. Set the pans aside.
2. Place the cake mix, cocoa, Kahlua, buttermilk, oil, and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping down the sides again if needed. The batter should look well combined. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans, smoothing it out with the rubber spatula. Place the pans in the oven side by side.
3. Bake the cakes until they spring back when lightly pressed with your finger, 28 to 30 minutes. Remove the pans from the oven and place them on wire racks to cool for 10 minutes. Run a dinner knife around the edge of each layer and invert each onto a rack, then invert again onto another rack so that the cakes are right side up. Allow to cool completely, 30 minutes more.
4. Meanwhile, prepare the Fluffy Chocolate Kahlua Frosting. Place the cocoa powder in a large mixing bowl and pour in the boiling water and Kahlua. Stir with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the cocoa comes together into a soft mass. Add the butter and blend with an electric mixer on low speed until the mixture is soft and well combined, 30 seconds. Stop the machine. Add the confectioners’ sugar and cinnamon and beat with the mixer on low speed until the sugar is incorporated, 1 minute. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat until the frosting lightens and is fluffy, 2 minutes more.
5. Place one of the layers right side up on a cake plate or stand. Generously and evenly frost the top of the layer. Place the second layer on top, and generously frost the top of the cake creating decorative swirls with the spatula. With the remaining frosting, frost around the sides of the cake using smooth, clean strokes.
6. Slice, then serve.
Source: The Cake Mix Doctor
I think when you’re adding in this much good stuff (i.e. Kahlua) to a boxed cake mix, it doesn’t count as a boxed cake mix anymore. It just counts as amazingly delicious.
So chocolatey and moist! Love the cake memory photos! So cute!
I dont thing there is anything wrong with using a cake mix. I like making doctored up cakes! This sound (and looks) like one that is right up my alley! Love the pics of you as a little girl!
Pingback: Kahlua and Chocolate Cake « The Birthday Cake Toppers Blog
What a decadently delicious cake daaaaahling! And I LOVE your photos
*kisses* HH
p.s. cake mix is my friend
This cake looks amazing! I cannot wait to try the recipe…I love anything quick and easy that can be doctored up…so please keep em’ coming!
That cake looks amazing! We try not to use the box mixes too much, but I remember all the box mix birthday cakes growing up as well!
I recently joined MyBlogSpark and the blogging community! I started a MyBlogSpark Facebook group to create a forum for bloggers to share ideas and experiences! I’m a new mom interested in healthy products for my family, conscious parenting, and networking with like minded moms, and I thought you would be interested in joining the group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=107751569267018&ref=ts
Have a great day!
Mmmm… this cake is perfectly chocolatey!
Awwww your pictures are so cute. Great cake!
Love your kiddie pics, how adorable! The cake sounds fantastic, and OMG, that frosting stole my heart!
I would never know this started out of a box by looking at it. Looks delicious!
Mmm… That cake sounds divine. Hooray for kahlua and cake!
I can’t make a cake without a mix. My talent is in pie, not cake!
I love cake, too. especially if they are chocolate cake.
Or double chocolate. hehehe…
btw…adorable photos of you.
This looks SOOOO yummy!! Two of my favorite things!
I love your pics! You look so happy on your 3rd bday! lol Keep sharing the great recipes!
Delicious! I love kahlua and I love chocolate cake…yum!
LOVE this recipe…and the pictures of you are adorable!!
It’s the end result that counts and this looks pretty yummy to me.
Mimi
This looks and sounds wonderful- I love Kahlua and have no problem at all with using a box of cake mix!
I have her cookbook! Haven’t made anything out of it in years. The cake looks rich and luscious! I like the idea of adding kahlua to it.
Wow, this looks so chocolatey and delicious! Wanna sibnk my teeth into that slice right now.
That first photo was a dead giveaway that you’d be a foodie
. You started my day with a smile and a great piece of cake. This is my first visit to your blog, but I’ll be back. I really like the food and recipes you feature here. Have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Double chocolate? Sign me up! Looks delicious.
I actually use box cake mix, add 1 cup water, 1 cup mayo and 2 eggs and bake as directed – it comes out super moist every time.
Happy Friday – have a great weekend!
This is the cake, dreams are made of. I am a Kahlua fan so that mixed with chocolate cake has to be delicious.
Pingback: Candy Bar Topped Brownies & Nutmeg Nanny Turns 2 Today!!! | Nutmeg Nanny