Use This HACK! CHOCOLATE Cake Mix HACK + Frosting HACK

Thank you so much for watching! This box cake mix hack is the best box cake mix hack for many reasons, but CHOCOLATE CAKE, need I say more, lol! This cake mix hack uses a couple substitutions and additions of secret ingredients that make this cake stand out from the rest. And the best part, it is EASY! The recipe and things I used are below.

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🔨Tools I used for this cake:

Chocolate Cake Mix Hack
-preheat oven to 325 degrees
-1 box of chocolate cake mix (I like Duncan Hines Devils Food)
(add 4 Tbls of extra cake mix if using 13.25 oz. cake mix)
-Substitute 1 cup room temp coffee instead of 1 cup water
-Substitute 1 cup of melted butter instead of 1/2 cup oil
-Add 1 extra egg (4 if using Duncan Hines Devils Food)
-Add 1 small box of instant chocolate pudding mix
-Add 1/4 cup Hershey's chocolate syrup
-Mix until just combined
-Last mix in 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips
-fill greased cake/muffin pans of choice 1/2 - 2/3 full
-bake until toothpick comes out clean (cupcakes will bake about 15 minutes, cake layers will bake around 25-30 minutes depending on the size)
-cover and freeze cakes when still warm

Store-bought Chocolate Frosting Hack
-Add 2-containers of Duncan Hines, milk chocolate frosting to a mixing bowl
-Add 2 Tbls room temperature coffee
-Add 3/4 cup of powdered sugar
-Add 1 tsp of vanilla extract
-if it's too sweet, add a pinch of salt
-cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before frosting

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[NerissaNikole]

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[Someone-vnce]

It wouldn't matter on this cake, since you used a frosting that can sit at room temp, but when I worked in a bakery, we never used butter in a cake if it had to sit in the fridge (say it had cream cheese or whipped cream frosting on it so had to be refrigerated) because butter hardens in the fridge and makes the cake crumb really dense. If it could sit at room temp, we used a combination of butter and oil (oil makes a cake more moist, butter gives it more flavor), if it had to sit in the fridge, we used oil but added a good butter emulsion for flavor. Just thought I would throw that out there. Anyway, thanks for your recipes, coffee does impart a lovely intense flavor to chocolate!

[Linda-kd]

My best frosting hack....mix together one container chocolate frosting (not the whipped kind) and one jar of marshmallow fluff!! It makes the smoothest, silkiest, shiniest frosting, and it can tint to a lovely pale pastel shade!! Easy-peasy!!

[Reportermel]

It never ceases to amaze me the snide comments on how-to videos and all the finger wagging! If you don’t like the recipe .. coffee, butter etc… THEN DON’T MAKE IT! Thx for the video! Looks great!

[HeatherValentineMsFoodie]

😢😭😭😭😭 you threw the beaters in the sink 😳 I WANTED Best part of making cakes, licking beaters. 💝🙌

[simonalyneenderz]

I have been preparing this same cake "hack" as kid from the 1970s!
Thanks for bringing it back. The idea was in a magazine back then❤

[Coco-zuob]

Before i even watch the video I just have to say very brave to make a chocolate cake with a white sweater on lol. I'm always covered with chocolate 😂.

[Flyingsparks]

When I cut the dome off of the cake to make it flat, I then break it up into pieces and stir it into a small amount of the frosting that I use to fill the cake before frosting it. It is delicious and you have a full cake without any servings missing.

[Thi-Nguyen]

I use espresso instead of coffee. It intensifies the coffee flavor and makes a much bigger change. And any professional baker will tell you that the reason we use unsalted butter is so that we can control the amount of salt in our food. I also add in two extra eggs instead of one. And one last tip… to ensure my layers are absolutely equal, I actually weigh out the batter as I fill each pan.

Another suggestion for the frosting… for between the layers of cake, use the frosting unwhipped. Then whisk the remaining frosting with the add-ins to frost the outside. Then take those scraps of cake, crumble them and toast them in the oven until crunchy. Sprinkle those around the top edge or press them into the sides of your frosted cake.

[SheilaSmith-nv]

This video is great. I’ve never seen someone load the piping bag! Placing it over a cup is a great idea!

[jillcaldwell]

Delicious! One suggestion - I always brown my butter. It just adds a bit extra flavor.

[deanawells]

My best box mix hack is to add store bought or homemade butter extract to the recipe ( 1 teaspoon) swap water in the recipe with milk, for chocolate cakes add a tea of instant coffee, yes butter instead of oil and definitely an extra egg, the chocolate syrup is a great addition. I absolutely love the mini chocolate chips.

[Mrs.LadeyBug]

Hi Nerissa! I’m a mom of two boys as well, though they have just grown up and flew the coop (boy it’s quiet around here now). Love how you did this cake — and it’s beautiful! I used to pre-make my own “box cakes” in large amounts and put the dry mix in ziplock bags, with the standard instructions on the bag. I played around lots with changing up the wet ingredients and it was a lot of fun. I just subscribed and will be checking out your other videos and looking forward to your new ones. Have a great day!

[PeterGregg]

Making this right now! Tasting the raw batter and it is fantastic!! Can't wait for the cake to get done :)
One negative thing is I "accidentally" ate half a can of the 2 cans of frosting I bought, so someplace is going to get a thinner layer heh heh. I am recording this and I will definitely give you a shout out! Thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Update - at 25 minutes the cupcakes are done but the cake is only at 150º so I need to leave it in longer. In Miami.
PS The cupcakes taste heavenly - no hint of chocolate bitterness and moistness is another level - and that is while they are still quite warm lol!!!

[joycegallowayparker]

Nerissa, that cake looks awesome, and I love how you 'layered' the flavors of chocolate in it! I know it had to have been a huge hit with everyone, especially for your grandma on her 94th birthday! What a blessing for you to make her such an awesome cake! 😘

[deeann]

The adding coffee to chocolate cake makes the best. It brings out that chocolate to the best. This looks heavenly. Will definately be make it for special occasion coming up.Wonderful video.

[hossenfeffer]

I really appreciate your video — like having a really good friend share firsthand experience. I learned things even though I have been cooking and keeping house for more than 50 years. Thank you darling!

[susanbrown]

When hot out of oven turn the cakes out on a flat surface, leave the cake pan on top and freeze, when you take it out it will be flat and no need to trim

[pamelab]

I have a cookbook called The Cake Doctor by Anne Byrn in which the she doctors up cake mixes with amazing results, from plain yellow, white, and chocolate to elaborate cakes like German chocolate. The only thing I do from scratch is the frosting, and I’ve started using European butter like Kerrygold or Plugra. You wouldn’t believe how astonishing the flavor is, and I’ve become quite “famous” for my cupcakes!😊

[lizzierose]

Back in the day, chocolate cake mix actually tasted like chocolate 😂
Now it tastes nowhere near chocolate. Thankfully, we have hacks like yours!