Hot Cocoa Chocolate Dessert Cake

Make a Hot Chocolate Cocoa Cake for the holidays or special dessert.

Watch Jill decorate this delicious cake with marshmallows (Click below)!

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Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Cake
1 box Devil’s Food Cake Mix (I used Duncan Hines)
3/4 Cup hot cocoa mix
1/2 Cup sour cream
1/2 Cup vegetable oil
1 Cup water or milk
3 eggs
Chocolate Buttercream (see recipe below)

Pour into greased/floured cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees (180 C) for 35 – 40 minutes. Cool before frosting.

You Need:

8 inch cake pans
Mini Marshmallows
Mini chocolate bars
Spatula
856 decorating tip
Disposable decorating bag or Freezer bag

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter (salted, or unsalted)
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
1/4 teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter)
3 – 4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 Cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Directions-
* In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix softened butter and crisco together.
* Add salt (if needed).
*In a small bowl, mix the cocoa and oil together to create a paste. Add this to the butter & crisco.
* One cup at time, add 2-3 cups of powdered sugar, beating after each addition.until the consistency you want is reached. If you want to pipe the frosting on cupcakes, the frosting should be nice and thick. Continue to beat another minute or so. The frosting should now be smooth and fluffy.

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Hot Cocoa Chocolate Dessert Cake

A super easy cake to make for a special treat, especially in the winter time. Watch Jill decorate on her YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Mzx5d18C0&feature=youtu.be

Creator/Designer: Jill Lodato

Cuisine: Dessert

Recipe type: Cake

Ingredients

• Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Cake
• 1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix (I used Duncan Hines)
• ¾ Cup hot cocoa mix
• ½ Cup sour cream
• ½ Cup vegetable oil
• 1 Cup water or milk
• 3 eggs
• Chocolate Buttercream (see recipe below)
• Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
• ½ cup (1 stick) butter (salted, or unsalted)
• ½ cup Crisco shortening
• ¼ teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter)
• 3 - 4 cups powdered sugar
• ½ Cup unsweeted cocoa powder
• ½ cup vegetable oil

How to Make

1. For Cake:
2. Mix all together the ingredients in a mixer.Pour into greased/floured cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees (180 C) for 35 - 40 minutes. Cool before frosting.
3. You will need to decorate.
4. Mini Marshmallows
5. Mini chocolate bars
6. Spatula
7. decorating tip
8. Disposable decorating bag
9. For Buttercream:
10. Directions-
11. * In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix softened butter and crisco together.
12. * Add salt (if needed).
13. *In a small bowl, mix the cocoa and oil together to create a paste. Add this to the butter & crisco.
14. * One cup at time, add 2-3 cups of powdered sugar, beating after each addition.until the consistency you want is reached. If you want to pipe the frosting on cupcakes, the frosting should be nice and thick. Continue to beat another minute or so. The frosting should now be smooth and fluffy.

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