Chocolate Tube Cake Food

CHOCOLATE TUBE PAN CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cake and pudding mixes, cocoa, milk and eggs. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Stir in chocolate chips. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

CHOCOLATE TUBE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Blend cake mix and pudding in a large bowl.
• Add eggs, oil and water.
• Start on low speed, then 10 minutes at medium speed once ingredients are throughly mixed.
• Turn batter into a 10 inch tube pan.
• Bake 50 minutes at 350 or until toothpick is clean.
• Cool in pan on rack do not turn upside down.
• Using a 2 tined fork, poke holes 1 inch apart in the entire cake.
• Prepare glaze mixing powdered sugar and milk til smooth.
• Pour glaze over cake immediately and allow to cool in the pan.

MIDNIGHT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt or tube pan OR one 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, and with an electric mixer, combine dry ingredients.
• Add the liquid ingredients (except for the boiling water), and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 25-30 minutes for the 9x13-inch rectangular pan, or bake for 40-45 minutes if using a bundt or tube pan-- or until toothpick in center comes out clean. (Everyone's oven is different, but I baked mine for 41 minutes in a bundt pan).
• Remove cake from oven, and cool completely on rack.
• After cake has cooled completely, frost as desired, or dust top of cake with confectioners' sugar.
• Ganache:.
• Place all ganache ingredients in a microwave safe dish (I use a 4 cup measuring cup) and microwave on high for approximately 1 minute--maybe a little more or less than a minute depending on your microwave.
• Wisk together until chocolate is shiny and of "drizzly" consistency.
• Drizzle on top of cake if you used a bundt cake or spread on cake if you used a 9 X 13 pan.
• Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
• **This cake makes: One 9 x 13 rectangular cake or one 10-inch bundt or tube cake.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT TUBE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, water and vanilla. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. , Pour 3 cups into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a small bowl, combine the coconut, milk and extract. Drop by spoonfuls onto batter. Cover with remaining batter., Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Frost with chocolate frosting.