Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 8 squares semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, divideded
• 18 ounces chocolate cake mix
• 1 (4 ounce) package jell-o chocolate pudding and pie filling
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen cool whip topping
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 grease 2 round 9 inch cake pans.
• 3 chop 2 ounces of baking chocolate.
• 4 using an electric mixer on low speed, beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs sour cream, oil and water just until combined. beat 2 minutes on medimum speed.
• 5 fold in chopped chocolate.
• 6 spoon batter into prepared pans and bake 30-35 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. cool in pan 10 minutes, then invert onto wire racks until completely cool.
• 7 chop remaining chocolate.
• 8 in a microwave proof bowl combine chopped chocolate and frozen cool whip. microwave on high for 1 1/2 minutes or until chocolate is completely melted. stir after 1 minute. stir again and let stand approximately 15 minutes to thicken.
• 9 on top of one layer (which is on a serving platter), spread 1/4 of the icing/topping. add second layer and frost cake with remaining icing. put almonds in center of top of cake for decoration.
• 10 refrigerate cake overnight.