Chocolate Picnic Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt chocolate; stir until smooth. Cool. In a large bowl, beat the egg, sugar, water and oil until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to egg mixture until blended. Stir in melted chocolate. , Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake at 350° for 32-38 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large saucepan, prepare the pudding according to the instructions on the box. Remove from heat. Mix cake mix into the hot pudding and stir until blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan, and sprinkle with the chocolate chips and walnuts. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool before serving.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Set oven to second lowest position.
• Grease an 8-inch square or round pan.
• In the microwave melt chocolate squares; cool 10 minutes.
• In a bowl combine the flour with baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl beat egg and sugar until well combined.
• Beat in the water and oil.
• Stir in melted chocolate and dry ingredients; mix until blended.
• Pour batter into greased pan then sprinkle chocolate chips over batter.
• Bake for 32-38 minuntes or until cake tests done.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom only of 8- or 9-inch square pan with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter into pan.
• In medium bowl, stir topping ingredients until crumbly, using hands if necessary. Sprinkle evenly over batter in pan.
• Bake 31 to 37 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool at least 30 minutes before serving. Serve warm or cool. Store loosely covered.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan. Mix chocolate chips, brown sugar and pecans; set aside.
• Bake and cool cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan--except sprinkle chocolate chip mixture on batter in pan before baking.
• Store tightly covered.