When I first started making this cake I was a young married wife.  I very clearly remember when I had my parents over for dinner and I had made this cake especially for my dad.

When it came time for dessert, I told my dad that the name of this cake was the Better Than Sex cake.  But I wasn’t prepared for his response.

He took one bite and firmly exclaimed “No, it’s not!” 

My mom, husband and I immediately started laughing out loud!  My dad has since passed but this is actually one of my favorite memories of him. I miss his humor.

While you may not think it is better than s..(you know!), it is a dessert that your guests will love.

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Better Than Anything Cake

Course Dessert

Author This Grandma Is Fun

Ingredients

• 1 box German Chocolate Cake Mix
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 jar Mrs. Richardsons Caramel Topping or Butterscotch Caramel Topping
• 1 8 oz container of Cool Whip
• Toffee chips or crunched up SKOR or Heath Bar

Instructions

• Make cake as directed on package for a 9x13 cake
• Cool for 5 minutes
• With the back of a wooden spoon, poke cake every 1/2 inch or so
• Drizzle sweetened condensed milk evenly over cake.
• Let stand until condensed milk has been absorbed into the cake.
• Spread caramel topping on top.
• Chill for 10-15 minutes
• Spread Cool Whip over top of cake and crumble toffee chips on top.
• Cover with saran wrap and keep refrigerated until ready to serve

I hope you decide to try this cake and while you are at it, go hug your Dad.

If you are looking for another poke cake idea, check this out!

Chocolate Pudding Poke Cake

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Hello everyone, Celeste here from The Whole Serving with what might just be one of the world’s easiest cakes to make. One bowl, one pan. I made this recently for a gathering and it was a smashing success. Chocolate cake filled with chocolate chips, topped off with sweet whipped coconut cream, drizzled with more chocolate, who wouldn’t love it.

You’ll for sure impress the crowd with this one, they’ll never know it’s egg-free, dairy-free and oil-free. Yes you read it, it’s free of it all and it has a fifty/fifty blend of whole wheat and all-purpose flour. What makes this cake so moist? The secret is applesauce, amazing applesauce.

Instead of topping this cake with an ordinary icing I decided to use whipped coconut cream sweetened with organic powdered sugar. The drizzle of chocolate on top makes it pretty for the eyes and yummy for the tummy.

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Coconut Cream Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• Chocolate Cake
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat or whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 1/2 cup all-natural cane sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• ¼ cup cacao powder
• 1 1/2 cup almond milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips
• Coconut Cream
• 1 13 to14 oz. can whole fat coconut milk refrigerated overnight
• 2/3 cup organic powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• Chocolate Glaze
• ¼ cup cacao powder
• 2 teaspoon plus 1 tablespoon water
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil

Instructions

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 9 x 9 square or round pan with cooking spray, cut parchment paper to fit the bottom of pan. Place parchment paper in bottom of pan and spray with cooking oil.
• In a medium bowl whisk flours, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cacao together to remove any lumps.
• Add in the milk, vanilla and applesauce and whisk until well combined.
• Fold in the chocolate chips until well incorporated.
• Transfer to prepared baking pan and place in oven, bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• While cake is baking open can of coconut milk, being careful not to shake the can. Scrape out the top cream and reserve the liquid and use in smoothies later.
• In a medium bowl beat the cream until creamy using a hand mixer, add in the vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until smooth and creamy. Taste and add more sugar if you want a sweeter cream.
• Cover and place in fridge.
• For the chocolate glaze, place all the ingredients in a small bowl and mix until smooth and creamy. Cover and set aside.
• When cake has slightly cooled remove from pan and place on serving platter and allow to cool completely.
• When completely cooled spread whipped coconut cream on top of cake.
• Using a piping bag or zip bag with a tiny hole cut in the bottom, drizzle chocolate across the cake using a back and forth motion.
• Serve and enjoy!!!

Notes

Any leftover cake can be stored in a covered container in the fridge, for up to a week.

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I love cheesecake. I love pies. I even LOVE caramel apples, but there are days when nothing is going to work, but chocolate.

I used to graze through my pantry. You could find me scouring the shelves for just the perfect chocolate remedy to appease my craving, but whatever I came across never seemed to do the trick. I’d overstuff myself with mounds of sugar and sweets and hours later feel sick from all of the junk I ate. I would end up munching on a pile of sub-par alternatives and still craving chocolate the rest of the day. I think we can all admit we have been here before. Am I right?

If I am going to partake in sweets and treats, I’d rather munch on something worth the guild later. Instead of eating loads of junk that fill me up and leave me feeling sick and still wanting more, I can eat one treat and be good. 

If we are going to do chocolate, let’s do it, right ladies. Let’s eat cake!

The Chocolate Cake Craving Cure

Enter, this magical recipe for amazing Chocolate Pudding Poke Cake! 

This delicious sweet is a combination of chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, hot fudge sauce, chocolate whipped cream, and chocolate chips, this cake is SURE to satisfy your chocolate cravings. 

It is rich but on one of those days where you need some chocolate, who cares?! Now instead of meandering through my cupboards, I simply go straight for the good stuff. The Chocolate Pudding Poke Cake has become my go-to when the grandkids and I require a sweet chocolate treat!

Everyone has fun making this cake and this cake fills the chocolate craving. I could probably sit down and devour this entire cake myself, but it’s so good everyone in the house helps me eat it. Which makes me feel better, lol!

This recipe is a MUST have on every grandma’s chocolate fix list! 

Easy Mix and Make Cake

A big thanks to Love Bakes Good Cakes for the inspiration for this recipe!

The first thing you should know about this delectable delight is that you will NEED to make it ahead of time. While this recipe is easy to make, it takes a few hours to finish. Don’t let that discount this one out though, trust me, it is well worth the wait. This delightful goodie is fast and super easy to put together, so if the wait for the finish line on this one is killing you, you could always lick the mixing bowl! 

The other great perk of this recipe is that you can make it in one dish and bring it along to any function or party to share with friends and family. And let me tell you, once they have had it, those friends and family will be begging you to bring it to every event. I have often had friends call me and ask me to specifically bring this chocolate desert with me on multiple occasions. 

Being that it is all put together in one dish, transport is super easy. Plus, I like to make it in the morning or the night before and toss it in the refrigerator, go about my busy business, and then it’s ready to grab and go as I’m heading out the door. 

Who doesn’t like a dessert that makes your life easier?!

Poke Cake is Grandkid Approved!

My grandkids not only love eating this treat when they come over to visit, but they also love spending time with me making it. My grandkids range in all ages and the great thing about this recipe is that because it’s so simple and the mess is containable, any of my grandkids can help me whip it out without too much trouble. I don’t need to worry about little fingers getting pinched or fights over who gets which task, because there is always a job for every helper that comes to visit.

My bigger grandkids enjoy reading the instructions (or they have it memorized by now), or they get the oven job. Meanwhile, the younger helpers love to dump, mix, and sprinkle mini chocolate chips everywhere- especially their mouths! We always get a great time together, laughing while mixing, and then as always, we enjoy the chocolate leftovers while we wait.
The littlest grandkids love to be the ones who get to poke the holes into the cake. This part always turns into more fun!
We have made this treat a special goody that my grandkids and I look forward to sharing at least several times a year.

Ingredients You’ll Need for this Recipe

Now, before you get jumping into a chocolate crazed frenzy to whip this up, STOP!

I want to let you in on a little secret. 

This recipe is fabulous just how it is, however, there is one other great reason the grandkids and I especially enjoy it. You can mix and match it to suit your taste. What I mean by this is, you don’t have to just add the ingredients on the list, you can mix in all kinds of fun extras (my grandkids and I have a list!) to make this just what YOU would like.

Here are all the BASICS you will need for the Recipe

• 1 Box of chocolate cake mix (your preference, Gluten-Free works too)
• All the ingredients listed on the back of the box (usually 2-3 eggs, water, and oil)
• 1 3.4 oz. Box of your favorite Instant Chocolate Pudding
• 1 more 5.9 oz Box of your favorite Instant Chocolate Pudding
• 3 Cups of Milk
• 1 Jar of Mrs. Richardsons’ Hot Fudge
• 1 8oz. Container of Cool Whip
• 1 12 oz. Bag of Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips (you can get dark chocolate if you need to)

The EXTRAS list (For Extra Awesome Chocolate Pudding Poke Cake)

Now here is a list of extra goodies the grandkids and I have added into the cake mix or on top to make this dessert extra special! If you have any other great ideas to add to this list, we would LOVE to hear what you come up with. We are always looking for different and fun options. 

These extras have all been grandkid tested, and Grandma approved!

• M&Ms (your choice)
• Marshmallows
• White Chocolate Chips
• Shaved Almonds
• Walnuts
• Reese’s Pieces 
• Fruit (we like cherries on top, or bananas and strawberries) 
• Sprinkles
• Coconut 

My grandkids love that not only do they get to spend time with me making the cake, they then get to specialize their piece. I usually let them help me round up the “extras” and we set the table with options. Then when we each have our special slice, we see what type of crazy-tasty treat we can create. We like to mix the nuts in with the cake batter, which is great! The candies are tasty inside the pudding layer, and of course, the rest is fabulous on top! 

You will have to mix and match and find the perfect fit for yourself!

You will love this recipe so much you may want to stock up on these ingredients when you find them on sale at the store. This way you always have them on hand when you need them and are never caught by surprise when you or the grandkids get a hankering for chocolate, mid visit. 

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Chocolate Pudding Poke Cake

Course Dessert

Author Made From Pinterest

Ingredients

• 1 Devil's Food or Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
• Whatever ingredients are listed on the box to make the cake.
• 1 box 3.4 oz. Instant chocolate pudding
• 1 box 5.9 oz Instant chocolate pudding
• 3 cups of milk
• 1 jar of Mrs. Richardsons' Hot Fudge
• 1 8 oz container of Cool Whip
• 1 12 oz bag of semi sweet mini chocolate chips

Instructions

• Prepare your cake as per the instructions on the cake box in a 9x13 cake pan.
• After taking it out of the oven, poke holes in the cake with the end of a wooden spoon or a straw.
• Mix 2 cups of the milk with the smaller box of instant pudding. Quickly pour over your cake trying to fill in the holes.
• Remove the lid from the jar of hot fudge and microwave until easily spreadable. I put mine in for about 15-20 seconds but your microwave temp may vary.
• Spread the hot fudge on top of your cake and let cool.
• When the cake is completely cooled, mix the last 1 cup of milk with the larger box of instant chocolate pudding then quickly and carefully fold in the Cool Whip.
• Spread on top of the hot fudge layer.
• Finally, layer the entire bag of mini chocolate chips over the whipped cream layer.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.

Let’s Make Chocolate Cake!

Now that you have this rich and supple Chocolate Pudding Poke Cake in your arsenal, get up! Don’t just stand there, get a move on! This is a great project for the next time the grandkids plan to pop by, you can have it pre-made and ready to top. When is your next meeting? Take this treat along and you are sure to win over a few new friends. You will likely want to have the recipe handy as well because they will all be asking for it. 

Then again, let’s be honest, you don’t truly need any reason at all to make this delicious cake – you are allowed to make it just for yourself! You deserve it. 

A word of advice, however – when you make this, if you are secretly wishing for some leftovers, this recipe will not do. You will need to make more. The first time I made this cake my husband didn’t get a piece. The second time we made it, I didn’t get one. Always be prepared to share, and never expect more for tomorrow. 

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Hello! It’s Toni from Design Dazzle sharing this Valentine’s Day crazy cake recipe today. It is always such a treat to share over here on Made From Pinterest. Especially when I get to make sweets to try out and taste! When I stumbled upon crazy cake recipe from a Sweet Little Bluebird, I knew it was meant to be. A cake with simple ingredients that I have on hand and can be mixed right in a greased baking pan?! Not to mention people with food allergies who can’t eat a “regular” cake with eggs or milk or butter. It was love at first sight.

I decided to give it a try, making two batches using the original recipe from a Sweet Little Bluebird, and also making a gluten free version with a few slight modifications. The only ingredients I switched out differently were to use gluten free flour and use 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda rather than 1 tsp.

This was my favorite step! I love not having dirty an extra mixing bowl. Less clean up means more time to enjoy cake!

I’m not sure how necessary this step is for the cake to turn out properly, but I do think it is important to make the 3 depressions- one is slightly larger than the other two.

When you pour the water in, it kind of swirls the vegetable oil, vanilla, and vinegar.

Make sure to mix it all together very well to avoid any lumps!

Now you certainly can cut up the cake and serve as typical cake squares. But since it’s Valentine season, I decided to use a heart-shaped cookie cutter and cut out heart shapes with the cake. Store bought canned frosting with a little pink added was a cute addition for making little dots with peaks on the heart-shaped cake. Such an easy Valentine treat for loved ones.

Thank you so much to the blog, Sweet Little Bluebird, for the recipe. This is definitely the easiest cake I have ever made, with the least clean-up. I love simple recipes like this!

This cake tastes good but wouldn’t win the worlds most tastiest cake. But due to the fact, with the simple, on hand ingredients, the recipe works with food allergies and it’s easy with quick clean up, I would have to say that this pin rocks! For the gluten free version, it really needed the frosting to take it up a notch!)

Crazy Cake for Valentine’s Day Recipe

Recipe Type: Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cups flour
• 3 Tbsp cocoa (unsweetened)
• 1 Cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 5 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 Cup water

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 8 inch square baking pan.
2. Mix all dry ingredients right into the greased baking pan. (My favorite step!)
3. Once the dry ingredients are thoroughly mixed, make 2 small and 1 large depressions.
4. Pour vinegar in one small depression, vanilla in the other small depression, and vegetable oil in the larger depression. Then pour water all over the mixture.
5. Mix well until there are no lumps.
6. Bake for 35 minutes (oven times may vary, be sure to check!).

The gluten free version I used 1 1/2 cups of gluten free flour (Pamela’s) and used 1 1/2 tsp baking soda. Everything else was exactly the same.

*I frosted the gluten-free cake with coconut pecan frosting. It was a yummy addition!

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Hi everyone.  Amber from rick•a•bam•boo again.  This month I made a Chocolate Italian Cake to share with you. Since we are new friends, you probably don’t know that I love cake.  I. Love. It.  So it was a no brainer that I was going to share a cake recipe with you.

When I came across this cake on Pinterest from Chew Nibble Nosh I was immediately drawn to it due to its multi-layer structure.  It is a chocolate cake, sitting on a layer of sweet and creamy cheese, all topped with a light and chocolaty whipped frosting.  It’s an Italian cake because of the cheese layer, which is made with ricotta.  So it’s not as smooth and creamy as cheesecake, but it is still delicious.

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Chocolate Italian Cake

Servings 15

Author Adapted from Paula Deen

Ingredients

• 1 box chocolate cake mix I used Devil's food.
• Eggs and oil to bake cake as directed by the box
• 2 lbs. ricotta cheese
• 4 eggs
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 small package instant chocolate pudding mix
• Milk to make the pudding according to the package
• 8 oz. Cool Whip thawed

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare a 9x13 baking pan by spraying with nonstick spray.
• In your mixer prepare cake mix according the package instructions. Pour batter into the the prepared pan.
• Wash out mixing bowl and cream together ricotta cheese, eggs, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Pour evenly on top of the cake batter. Gently spread ricotta layer to cover the cake layer completely.
• Place pan in over and bake cake for 1 hour.
• Remove cake from over and cool completely.
• When the cake is cool, mix the pudding according to the directions on the package.
• Fold the Cool Whip into the pudding to create a light chocolate frosting.
• Frost the cooled cake with the Cool Whip topping mixture.
• Cover cake and refrigerate for 6 hours.

Notes

The layers will switch places during the baking process.
Refrigerating the cake will allow the flavors to combine and the cake to become super moist.

I made this to take to a craft day and everyone loved it.  My mom said that she liked that it wasn’t overly sweet.  And the nice neat layers will really impress your guests.  This is definitely a great cake to try!

If you are looking for some more chocolaty goodness, check out some of my other recipes.

Texas Sheet Cake

Chocolate Raspberry Cups

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Rocky Road

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Turned out, it was an awesome gift! My husband noticed that I like to have the windows and doors open as often as possible. So he bought me a storm door, so that I could have the door open. The glass even slid down on the top half and pulled down a screen, so I could even get fresh air in the nicer weather.
This makes me seem ancient, but another gift from him I thought I didn’t want was a CD player that could hold 60 CD’s (Loving my iTunes these days!). Wasn’t on my wish list. He noticed that I have music on all the time, so thought I would enjoy the continuous music. He was right. It was perfect! I used that thing every day until technology made it obsolete!

When I was approached by Crock Pot to see if I would like to try out their new web enabled slow cooker which allows you to adjust the settings from any smart device, I thought, I could use a new Crock Pot. Don’t know why I would need the web. I mean, the best part about crock pot cooking is that it is so easy. You set it and just forget about it. And forget about it is what I did.I threw everything together for this Easy Molten chocolate Lava Cake and put it into my fancy new Wemo Crock Pot. And as I drove away to take my daughter to school, I realized I had forgotten to start the Crock Pot. No worries, I handed her my phone and while I drove, she used my phone to set the Crock Pot to low and set the timer for three hours. Phew! This chocolate comfort food was still going to be ready when we got back from practice.

But, practice took longer than I thought. My hubby called to say that the cake looked done and with a touch of panic in his voice said, “What do you want me to do?” Since I already had my smart phone in hand, I told him, “Don’t worry, hon. I got this.”Once again, it turned out that something I thought I wouldn’t use, is pretty darn convenient! It is easy to set up too. Just download the app to any smart device and follow the instructions. Once it is set up, you can adjust your Crock Pot to suit your changing schedule, or save the day when you forget to start it in the first place! And it gives you a count down  and tells you when dinner (or in this case, dessert.) will be done. When you get yours, I recommend your first recipe be this Easy Molten Chocolate Lava Cake. It is made of chocolate, chocolate and chocolate! Chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, and chocolate chips. Triple chocolate threat is my kind of Crock Pot cooking! I recommend lining your Crock Pot with either parchment paper or Crock Pot liner for easy cleanup.

This cake I found at the Crockin’ Girls makes its own chocolate sauce, it’s that good! Its like magic, the way the cake batter starts on bottom and rises to top. When it is done, there will be little tunnels of bubbling chocolate lava bursting through the top layer of cake. Rich and ooey gooey it is best over ice cream and topped with fresh whipped cream.

This pin rocks!

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Easy Molten Chocolate Lava Cake

Ingredients

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• eggs oil, and water according to box instructions
• 2 cups milk
• 1 small box instant chocolate pudding
• 1 12 ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

• For easy cleanup, line Crock Pot with parchment paper or slow cooker liner found near ziploc bags in the grocery store.
• Prepare cake batter according to cake mix instructions on the box and pour into slow cooker.
• Whisk milk and chocolate pudding mix until thoroughly combined. Pour over cake mix.
• Empty the bag of chocolate chips over the cake and pudding.
• Set Crock Pot to low for 3 hours.
• Cake is done when top is just barely set and there are tunnels of bubbling chocolate sauce breaking the surface. May require more time based on temperature ands size of your Crock Pot.

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Chocolate Covered Pretzel Hearts from One Little Project

Double Chocolate Caramel Brownies from Keep It Simple Sweetie

Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cake from Say It With Cake

Red Hot Dark Chocolate Fudge from Kleinfeld & Co.

Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies from Yesterfood

English Toffee Hot Chocolate from Creative and Delicious

Chocolate Sandwich Cookies from Tastes of Lizzy T

Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Graham Crackers from The First Year Blog

Favorite Cocoa Brownies from Sabor Pastel

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies from Mommy On Demand

If you liked these projects, make sure you take the opportunity to go see the hundreds of others that were linked to last week’s Super Saturday.  And…if you’ve been working on more projects this week, please share them with us this weekend, when our next Super Saturday goes live at 7 P.M. on Friday,  February 7th!

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Polka Dot Cake – Imagine this cake with red and green cake balls on the inside, red and green M&M’s and Christmas Peeps on the outside!

Kit Kat M&M Cake

Nabisco Chocolate Wafer Stack Cake

Paula Deen’s Ooey Gooey Butter Cake

 Oreo Cookie Cake

 Pecan Pie Cake

 Ice Cream Dream Cake

Pumpkin Crunch Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

 Cinnamon Crumb Cake

Every one of these cakes…….

Totally ROCK!

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