Are you looking for the perfect dessert to celebrate Valentine’s Day? I love making a heart-shaped pizza for the kids. And wouldn’t a giant donut cake be perfect for dessert?? The kids (and adults) will love it!!
And one of the best things about this recipe?? It’s made with cake mix. SO easy!!
Thanks to my awesome neighbor Amy Dott, this teenager-tested-and-approved recipe will be a big hit for Valentine’s Day, birthday parties, or just when you want a fun family treat!
Here’s the recipe: the yummy cake from scratch and even the chocolate cream cheese frosting/chocolate drizzle!
Giant Chocolate Donut Cake, Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting & Chocolate Drizzle!
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking soda added to 1 cup sour milk add 1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice to milk to make it sour
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup boiling water
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 8 oz. package cream cheese (softened)
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Chocolate Drizzle
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Cake
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Mix together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat eggs, add to mixture. Add milk, cocoa, flour. Add vanilla and boiling water, mix well.
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Spray or butter Bundt pan.
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Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.
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Let cool, frost and decorate (add sprinkles as desired).
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
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Combine all ingredients until smooth.
Chocolate Drizzle
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Combine on stove top on low until melted; drizzle over cake.
Don’t have time for a from-scratch recipe? It’s OK to use a mix! Just adapt the recipe above.
I don’t know about you, but for me fitness means more than extended self-denial. If I don’t get something sweet now and then, I get extra cranky. This is a great recipe for a bit of chocolate when I need it — and it’s the perfect recipe for a party!
What do YOU do for Valentine’s Day?
xoxo
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking soda added to 1 cup sour milk (add 1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice to milk to make it sour)
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup boiling water
- Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese (softened)
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Chocolate Drizzle
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat eggs, add to mixture. Add milk, cocoa, flour. Add vanilla and boiling water, mix well.
- Spray or butter Bundt pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.
- Let cool, frost and decorate (add sprinkles as desired).
- Combine all ingredients until smooth.
- Combine on stove top on low until melted; drizzle over cake.
This looks fantastic, and I love the cute little heart sprinkles!
Oh YES please!! In love with all the chocolate, in love with all the sprinkles!! 🙂
Oh my goodness this looks absolutely incredible!!
OMG! That cake has just the right amount of chocolate….ALOT!!! It looks amazing. Definitely pinning!
Oh my goodness, I JUST finished my workout and now I want to dive head first into that gorgeous cake!!
xoxo,
Laurie
How much butter is “1 cube”, for the cake recipe? Looks great, can’t wait to try it out!
One cube (stick) butter is 1/2 cup! Enjoy1
Forgot to mention I may just make this for Valentines Day I already have heart shapes same color as your sprinkles. My daughter will get a kick out of it she’s only four but really loves when I do special things like this for her. So glad I ran across this.
awesome cake…thanks for sharing!!!
I absolutely love and take full advantage of my cheat day. This cake doughnut looks so scrumptious rite now and wish it was my cheat day already but it’s only Friday morning so I have about twenty four hours to go as I have designated Saturdays as my cheat day.
Thanks so much for including the from-scratch recipes! Could you please clarify if that’s a cup of butter in the cake, and what size package of cream cheese should be used in the frosting?