Choclate Chip Birthday Cake

(Well, you can't actually see the cake, but it tasted awesome!)

Chocolate Chip Cake

1 pkg Dunkin Hines yellow cake mix

1 small package instant vanilla pudding mix

1 cup milk

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs
1 cup mini chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine cake mix and pudding mix. Add milk, oil and eggs and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips. Pour into two 9" cake pans that have been greased and coated in flour. Bake for 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool on wire racks. (Picture above is just a one-layer cake.)


Chocolate Ganache Filling

Two Hershey's Chocolate bars
2 T unsalted butter
2 T heavy cream

In small saucepan on low heat, melt chocolate and butter with cream. Remove from heat as soon as it is melted and blended. Use as filling between the two layers.

I'm not giving up my secret icing recipe, but I use vanilla icing with mini chocolate chips sprinkled on top when I'm not decorating it otherwise!