Chocolate Cake With Fudge Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 package (3.4 ounces) cook-and-serve chocolate pudding/pie filling mix
• 2 cups milk
• 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) chocolate cake mix
• SAUCE:
• 1/2 cup butter, cubed
• 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
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• 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Fresh mint, optional

Directions

• In a small saucepan, prepared pudding with milk according to package directions for pudding. Pour into a large bowl; add cake mix and beat until well blended.
• Spread into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched and edges pull away from sides of pan. Cool on a wire rack.
• For sauce, in a large heavy saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Stir in evaporated milk and sugar until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 8 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Serve warm sauce with cake. Serve with mint if desired. Yield: 12-15 servings.

Chocolate Cake With Fudge Sauce published in Country Woman January/February 2002, p29