Devilishly Good Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• vegetable oil, spray for misting the pan
• flour, for dusting pan
• 1 (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate square, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
• 1 (4 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 4 large eggs
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 place rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350°f.
• 2 spray a 12-cup bundt pan with vegetable oil spray and then dust with flour. shake out excess flour and set pan aside.
• 3 place the chocolate and water in a small saucepan over low heat and cook, stirring, till chocolate melts. about 2-3 minutes.
• 4 place cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, buttermilk, oil and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
• 5 fold in melted chocolate.
• 6 blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute
• 7 scrape bowl down. increase speed to medium and beat 2-3 mins more.
• 8 the batter should look thick and well combined.
• 9 pour into prepared pan.
• 10 bake 45 - 50 mins or until cake springs back when lightly pressed and just starts to pull away from teh sides.
• 11 remove from oven, place on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes
• 12 run sharp knife along edges of cake and invert on wire rack to completely cool 20 mins more.
• 13 frost with chocolate pan frosting (see my recipe).let frosting set for 20 mins, slice and serve.