Get Chocolate Wasted! Make a Chocolate Mess

Okay. I'm a messy cook by nature. I have tried to be the neat and tidy little lady in the kitchen, but I fail miserably every single time. When I came across this recipe for Chocolate Mess Cake tucked away in some vintage cook books I purchased from an auction, I knew it was a sign that I had to give it a try. The most difficult part of making this cake, was waiting for it to finish cooking so I could taste it!

As I've said before, I love to find old cook books with someone's favorite recipe shoved inside on a handwrittern recipe card. This is one of those recipes. I read the ingredients and tried to picture how many times Lilly (that's the woman's name whose cook books I purchased from auction) made this cake.  There was chocolate dried to the card and it showed signs of wear. Which leads me to believe she made this often. Not to mention, she had written the recipe three seperate times on different note cards and little scraps of paper that she tucked away in random cook books. She must have loved it. 

When you're mixing this cake, the batter gets really thick. So, be prepared to put a little work in. It's so worth it though! 

Chocolate Mess

1 Chocolate cake mix
3/4 cup vegetable oil (I'm sure you can substitute this as needed)
1 pint sour cream
4 eggs
1/2 cup water
1 box Chocolate instant pudding mix
6 oz chocolate chips
Crock Pot
Cooking spray

Combine chocolate cake mix, oil, sour cream, water, and eggs. Mix well.  Then add box of instant chocolate pudding to the mix. Mix some more until smooth. After you have mixed the instant pudding in, fold in the chocolate chips.  Spray crock pot with cooking spray and then dump the Chocolate Mess in. Be sure to level the mess off once it's in your crock pot. Just take a spatula and even the top off.  Set your slow cooker to 'Low' and let cook for 4-6 hours. You'll know it's done when the middle is set and you can touch the top and it bounces back up. Depending on your slow cooker, you may need more or less time.

Once the cake is done, remove the crock portion from the base of your slow cooker and let set for 30 minutes.

Enjoy with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

This cake is really moist and rich. If you like chocolate, I'm pretty sure you are going to LOVE this cake. It's easy and tastes so good!  I'm not quite sure if you can do this with alternative cake and pudding flavors, but I may just give it a try.

I hope you try this and if you do, let me know how you liked it. You can find me on Facebook at Woman in the Man Cave and on Twitter as @NmsBauer.  Connect with me and share your favorite chocolate recipes.

Thanks for reading!

Take care,
NB