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Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix

June 26, 2019 by Cheree' Leave a Comment This post may contain affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and purchase something, I may earn a small commission (at no additional cost to you.) See my disclosure policy HERE.

Need a good homemade chocolate cake mix? If you were a fan of the homemade yellow cake mix recipe we posted a few weeks ago then you're going to go gaga over this one! Yum, Yum!! 🙂

Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix

My family is very happy tonight, haha! This homemade chocolate cake was a big hit and I even cheated with a store bought frosting.

Shhhhh, don't tell!

You'll definitely want to add this to your pantry when you see how simple (I'm talking ridiculously easy) this one is to whip up. 🙂

Homemade Chocolate Cake Mix Directions

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups white sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
1/4 cup salted butter, melted
1 1/3 cups hot water (or hot coffee)

Directions

To make mix: combine flour, sugar cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder; mix well.

Store until ready to use.

Instructions When Ready to Prepare Cake Batter:

1. Add cake mix to a large mixing bowl. Add eggs, melted butter and water. Blend until well combined.

2. Pour batter into greased and floured cake or muffin pans.

3. Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake according to times below.

4. Cool cake before frosting.

13″ x 9″ cake pan – bake about 35 minutes.
8″x 8″ round cake pans – bake about 30 minutes.
Bundt pan – bake about 45 minutes.
Cupcakes – bake about 18 minutes.

I used a store bought frosting for this one, but a chocolate buttercream icing like this one would be fabulous.

I can't wait to try this one using coffee instead of water. ☕️☕️ Then I can eat it for breakfast, right??? 😜

Chocolate Lovers Unite!!! ❤️

Looking for more recipes like this?

Chocolate Meringue Pie

June 18, 2019 by Laurie 5 Comments This post may contain affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and purchase something, I may earn a small commission (at no additional cost to you.) See my disclosure policy HERE.

Chocolate Meringue Pie

Note from Laurie: my cute Reagan is twelve this summer, and she's OBSESSED with baking. She just made her very first chocolate meringue pie (and it truly was the best ever, so I figured you'd appreciate the recipe!)

I shared with her that her grandmother always told me that her neighbor Suzie Thomas made the very best meringue pie, and know this pie would have made Reagan's grandma proud. Let me know if you'd love to see another recipe or two from Reagan (and you can follow her letter board account over on Instagram too ~ she's just starting out but everyone has to start somewhere!) 🙂

This is Reagan and I'm writing a post about a Chocolate Meringue Pie recipe that my whole family loved. This recipe was on the harder side, but it was totally worth all the time it took.

I found the pie recipe at Allrecipes.com, and the best graham cracker crust recipe we could find was on the back of the Kroger graham cracker container box (scroll down for that.)

Ingredients

9 inch baked pie crust (scroll down for the recipe we used)
3/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 cups milk
6 tablespoons white sugar
3 egg yolks, beaten

Directions For Chocolate Filling

Mix together sugar, cocoa, corn starch, and salt in a medium saucepan.
Next, slowly add in the milk, stirring constantly.
Cook and stir the filling over medium high heat until thick and
Turn the heat to medium low and stir continuously for two more minutes. Remove pan from heat.
Add one cup of the hot filling to your bowl of 3 beaten egg yolks. After the egg yolks and the filling are mixed well, add them back into the saucepan with the rest of the hot filling and bring to a gentle boil.
Cook and stir on medium low for another two minutes.
Add in the vanilla, then pour the filling into a baked pie crust

Directions for Meringue

In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form.
Slowly add in the sugar, continuing to beat the egg whites until they are stiff and glossy.
Spread over the hot filling, sealing the meringue into the pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the meringue is lightly golden.

Pie Crust

1 stick butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

Mix together melted butter, sugar and graham cracker crumbs. Spread into pie plate and chill in refrigerator for one hour before baking. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes and cool before filling.

Looking for more yummy pie recipes? Here you go! (Um, clearly we love a little pie at our house!)

Strawberry Pie

Smore Peanut Butter Pie

Skillet Apple Pie

Peanut Butter Brownie Pizza Recipe (Great for Father’s Day!)

June 7, 2019 by Laurie Leave a Comment This post may contain affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and purchase something, I may earn a small commission (at no additional cost to you.) See my disclosure policy HERE.

Good gravy do I have a treat in store for you! This one will be PERFECT for Father's Day! ❤️

Peanut Butter Brownie Pizza

With Father's Day just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to find a new recipe to try. This one does not disappoint and is just scrumptious!!

Honestly, any time there is chocolate, cream cheese and peanut butter all together in a recipe, it most likely will be a winner. 💯

If you like to mix your chocolate with your peanut butter ~ this one's for you! 🙂