Bill Knapp's Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) box devil's food cake mix
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 14 ounces light corn syrup

Recipe

• 1 beat together cake mix, warm water and eggs with electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth.
• 2 pour into a greased and floured 9x13-inch baking pan.
• 3 bake at 325 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until tester in center of cake comes out clean.
• 4 let cool on wire rack.
• 5 while cake is baking, prepare topping: in top of double boiler, over simmering water, combile butter, chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and corn syrup.
• 6 cook over the simmering water, stirring occasionally, until smooth (20-30 minutes).
• 7 remove from heat and beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 8 cut cake into squares and top with a generous spoonful of warm topping.
• 9 top each square with a scoop of vanilla ice cream just before serving.
• 10 store topping in refrigerator, tightly capped, for up to a few months; freezes well.
• 11 reheat in microwave a serving at a time.