Recipes Made with Cake Mixes
Giant Ding Dong Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 (18.25 ounce) box devil's food cake mix*
- 1 small box chocolate instant pudding
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
Filling
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Glaze
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 3 tablespoons corn syrup
- 2 1/4 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour* a 10-inch springform works pan.
Cake
- Combine all cake ingredients and mix well.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick tests clean. Let the cake cool.
- Carefully slice off the top 1/2 inch of the cake and set aside. Scoop out the inside of the cake to 1/2 inch of the sides and save for another use.
Filling
- Combine the milk and flour and heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. (It will be very thick.) Cool the flour-milk mixture completely.
- Beat the remaining ingredients on high speed for 4 minutes.
- Add cooled flour-milk mixture and beat an additional 4 minutes. Spoon into center of cake. Replace the top.
Glaze
- Heat the glaze ingredients in a double boiler. Heat until melted, stirring.
- Slowly pour the glaze over the top of the cake. Smooth a little of the glaze over the sides.
- Refrigerate to set.
Notes
* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.
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