I love chocolate cake. No, let me rephrase that—I LOVE chocolate cake.
Today our church will hold a picnic/potluck.
Some people bring hamburgers or brauts to grill, or perhaps hotdogs and baked beans. Others take the easy route and provide chips and dip or colas. I always bring a salad and dessert, often trying a new recipe.
I spent Friday afternoon looking through my recipe files, hoping for a bit of chocolate inspiration. I didn't find anything new. Rather, I found something old—a yellowed clipping from a newspaper, all but forgotten at the bottom of my card file. And what an intriguing name—"Better than Sex" cake, or as I prefer to call it ...
The "When Harry Met Sally" Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix, any kind will do
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk, (NOT evaporated milk)
- 1 jar ice cream topping, (see note below)
- 1 small container of frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
Instructions
- Prepare the cake mix according to package directions. Stir in the espresso powder. Bake in a 9x13-inch baking pan and let cool for about 10 minutes.
- Poke 12 evenly-spaced holes in the cake with the handle of a wooden spoon. Fill the holes with the condensed milk. This will take a few minutes. You will need to fill the holes one at a time, wait a moment while the milk soaks in, and then repeat the process until all of the milk is used.
- Next cover the top of the cake with the ice cream topping. Save about 1/4 cup of topping to drizzle on the finished masterpiece. Place the cake in the freezer for about 20 minutes. This will allow the ice cream topping to firm up a bit. Remove the cake from the freezer and cover with the whipped topping. Drizzle with reserved ice cream topping and then sprinkle on chopped nuts.
- That's it—cover the cake and store it in the refrigerator.
What Makes This Recipe Work?
- Only 6 ingredients. It's easy peasy-lemon squeezy
- No tedious cake-mixing instructions. Use a cake mix and follow the simple directions on the box.
- Use whatever flavor of ice cream topping you wish. I love chocolate fudge, but you could substitute milk chocolate, caramel, butterscotch, etc.
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