Layered Chocolate Cake
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"It is hard to believe this impressive dessert started with a boxed cake mix," relates Dorothy Monroe of Pocatello, Idaho. Cream cheese in the icing provides the luscious finishing touch.
SERVINGS: 10
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling
Ingredients:
- 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) German chocolate cake mix
- 1-1/3 cups water
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 package (3 ounces) cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix
- 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
- 2 cups milk
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
In large mixing bowl, combine the first four ingredients until well combined. Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 23-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
In a large saucepan, combine the pudding mix, gelatin and milk; cook according to package directions for pudding. Cool.
Cut cake into three 10-in. x 5-in. rectangles. Place one on a serving platter. Spread with half of the pudding mixture; repeat layers. Top with third layer.
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in the sugar and cocoa and vanilla until smooth. Frost top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 10 servings.