Best Chocolate Birthday Cake

Moist and full of chocolate flavor, drizzled with warm frosting and topped with candy-coated chocolate pieces, this chocolate birthday cake is sure to be the best you've ever had.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 542 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 4 eggs
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 (16 ounce) package prepared chocolate frosting
• 0.75 cup water
• 0.75 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®), or as desire

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch fluted tube cake pan (such as Bundt®).

Step 2

Combine cake mix and pudding mix in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer. Add sour cream, vegetable oil, and water; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cake plate and let cool completely, 20 to 30 minutes more.

Step 4

Place opened frosting container in a microwave on medium heat, stirring every 30 seconds until just soft enough to pour. Drizzle frosting over cake and sprinkle candy-coated milk chocolate pieces on top.