Sinful Chocolate Layer Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Spread one can cherry pie filling over cooled prepared cake.
• Combine cream cheese with 1/2 cup of the milk, beat until creamy.
• Add rest of milk and the box of instant pudding, beat until well mixed.
• Let sit until thickened.
• Then pour over cherry pie filling.
• Garnish with maraschino cherries and chopped nuts.
• Chill 4 hours or more before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 3 (9-inch) cake pans. Cut 3 circles of waxed paper or parchment paper to fit the bottoms of the pans, then press them in.
• In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment (or using a hand mixer), cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugar and eggs and mix until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla, cocoa, baking soda and salt and mix. Add 1/2 of the flour, then 1/2 of the sour cream and mix. Repeat with the remaining flour and sour cream. Drizzle in the hot coffee and mix until smooth. The batter will be thin. Pour into the prepared pans and bake until the tops are firm to the touch and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (a few crumbs are okay), about 35 minutes. Halfway through the baking, quickly rotate the pans in the oven to ensure even baking, but otherwise try not to open the oven. Let cool in the pan 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire racks and let cool completely before frosting.
• Frosting: In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Drizzle in the melted chocolate and mix. Add the coffee and vanilla and mix. Add the sugar, 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition. Mix until well blended and fluffy. To frost the cake, use a spatula to cover 2 of the cake layers with frosting. Stack them together. Flip the third cake layer over and rest it on the top to create a very flat top for the cake. Frost on the sides and top. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Steps:

• If you like a very tall layer cake, double all of the ingredients for four layers instead of two. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter the bottoms and sides of two 9 by 2-inch round cake pans, and line with parchment paper. To make the cake, in the top of a double boiler or in a heatproof bowl over barely simmering water, melt together 4 ounces (1 bar) of the bittersweet chocolate, butter, sugar, and corn syrup, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from the heat and set aside. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Gently mix in the melted chocolate mixture. Add in the eggs, vanilla, and milk and beat with a spoon until well blended. Divide the mixture evenly between the two prepared pans. Bake for 25 to 29 minutes, until firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and cool on wire racks. When cool, turn out of the pans. While the cake is cooling, make the frosting. In the top of a double boiler, or in a heatproof bowl over barely simmering water, melt the remaining 6 ounces (1 1/2 bar) bittersweet and milk chocolates, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from the heat. Beat in the sour cream. Spread one-third of the frosting on top of one cake layer, then set the second layer on top. Use the remaining frosting to spread over the top and sides of the cake. Let sit in a cool spot, but do not chill in the refrigerator. This cake is best if enjoyed within 4 days of baking.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine first seven ingredients. Stir in two packages of chopped cookies. Mix on medium speed until well combined. Divide batter among four greased and floured 9x13-in. pans. Bake two at a time until a toothpick inserted in the center of each comes out clean, 20-24 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Repeat with remaining pans., While cake layers are warm, poke holes in the surface using the end of a wooden spoon or similar rounded object. Microwave hot fudge sauce until pourable, 1-2 minutes. Pour both jars over all four layers; spread to smooth over top. Let stand until completely cooled., Prepare filling by mixing pudding and milk; stir in two more packages of chopped cookies. Spread one-fourth filling over each layer; freeze layers until pudding is set, about 2 hours., Meanwhile, prepare frosting by beating softened butter on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add cocoa powder; beat until well blended. Reduce speed to low; slowly add confectioners' sugar one cup at a time. Alternate with heavy cream and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes., Remove cake layers from freezer; stack and frost. Line bottom of cake with cookie halves. Top with toasted coconut and any remaining cookies. Microwave hot fudge sauce 1 minute; stir. Drizzle hot fudge and caramel sauces over cake. Refrigerate; remove 30 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan; dust pan with 2 teaspoons cocoa powder or as needed.
• Whisk cake flour, 3/4 cup cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Mix sugar and canola oil in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Beat eggs into sugar and oil, one at a time, blending in the first egg before adding the second. Gradually beat milk, coffee, and vanilla extract into sugar mixture until smooth.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and beat flour mixture into wet ingredients. Stir sour cream into batter. Pour into prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean or with moist crumbs, about 40 minutes.