
Hot Chocolate Cake
May 2019
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 packet hot chocolate mix
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 3 Tbs. shortening
Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 package hot chocolate mix
- 2 Tbs. instant nonfat milk powder
- 2 Tbs. butter-flavored shortening
- 1 Tbs. cocoa
Instructions
- Frosting Directions:
- Combine powdered sugar, hot chocolate mix and milk powder in a medium bowl. Cut in shortening. Store frosting mix in an air-tight container or in small storage bags. Store in a cool dry place. TO MAKE FROSTING: Combine 1/3 cup mix with 2 tsp. water. Stir with a spoon until smooth Add additional water to reach desired consistency. Will frost approximately four single layer cakes.
- Cake Directions:
- Combine all ingredients. Store mix in an airtight container. To prepare cake, mix 1/3 cup mix with 5 tsp. water. (Fill greased-and-floured pans half full of batter for best results). Bake for 15 minutes. (NOTE: Oven times may vary. If not baking in a toy oven, cake can be baked in a standard oven at 350 degrees.) Frost cake with Hot Chocolate Frosting and serve.
Notes
Turn a rainy afternoon into a baking session with these homemade mixes for mini chocolate cakes and frosting. Use child-size, oven-safe baking pans, muffin or mini muffin pans for the best results.
CAKE FROM “BAKING WITH MOMMY COOKBOOK: RECIPES FOR KID-SIZE OVENS” BY KRISTAN JOYAL AND ASHLYN
JOYAL (STRAIGHT FORWARD TECHNOLOGIES; 2011). FROSTING ADAPTED FROM WW.BETTYCROCKER.COM
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