With that rich, soft, and moist Southern velvet cake texture, this chocolate velvet cake recipe with cream cheese icing melts in your mouth.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, chocolate
Ingredients
Chocolate Velvet Cake
1boxchocolate cake mixI use Duncan Hines
1cupsour cream
1/2cupmilk
1/4cupoil
3eggs
1-2tspbutter flavoringcan substitute for vanilla extract
1cupchocolate chips
2tbspcocoa powderplus more for dusting pans
Cream Cheese Icing
8ouncessoftened cream cheese
1sticksoftened margarine or butter
3 1/2 to 4cupsconfectioner's sugar
1-2tspbutter flavoringcan substitute for vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350. Grease pans with shortening and dust with cocoa powder.
2 tbsp cocoa powder
Chocolate Velvet Cake
Combine all of the ingredients into a mixing bowl, except the chocolate chips. Mix for about two minutes or until well blended. Mix in the chocolate chips. Divide the cake batter evenly between the prepared pans and let cook until done (about 25 minutes). Let the cakes sit in the pans for 10 minutes before turning out to cool completely.
1 box chocolate cake mix, 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup oil, 3 eggs, 1-2 tsp butter flavoring, 1 cup chocolate chips, 2 tbsp cocoa powder
Cream Cheese Icing
Soften the cream cheese and margarine by leaving them out on the counter until they reach room temperature. Then combine the two in a mixing bowl and mix until well blended. Add sugar and mix until smooth. Add the flavoring and mix some more until well incorporated and the icing is creamy. Ice the cooled cakes.