Chocolate Pistachio Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Blend first 6 ingredients; then beat 2 minutes.
• Mix pecans and chocolate chips and sprinkle in bottom of greased and floured Bundt pan. (optional).
• Remove 1 cup of cake batter and place in a small bowl; add chocolate syrup.
• Mix well. Set aside.
• Place remaining batter into Bundt pan, then pour chocolate batter on top of first batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes.
• Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar, if you don't use pecan-chocolate chip streusel.
• You can use butterscotch instant pudding for a chocolate butterscotch cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Blend cake mix (dry), pudding (dry), eggs, sour cream, oil, and extract in large mixer bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly, until moistened, about 1/2 minute.
• Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl frequently, 3 minutes.
• Toss chocolate chips with a little bit of flour (to help suspend them in the batter).
• Fold chocolate chips into batter.
• Sprinkle top of batter with chocolate jimmies.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 50 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool 15 minutes; inverted on wire rack.
• Remove pan; cool completely.

Steps:

• Place rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degreesF.
• Lightly mist a 12-cup Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray, then dust with flour. Shake out the excess flour. Sprinkle the pecans and choc chips evenly in the bottom of the pan. Set the pan aside.
• Place the cake mix, pudding mix, sugar, water, oil and eggs in a large mixing bowl.
• Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 min more (I set timer). The batter should look thick and smooth.
• Remove 1 cup of the batter to a small bowl. Pour the choc syrup into the small bowl and stir until the mixture is well combined. Set aside. Pour the remaining batter into the prepared pan. Pour the choc batter over the top, trying to keep the choc batter away from the edges of the pan.
• Swirl the choc batter into the white batter using a dinner knife. Place the pan in the oven.
• Bake the cake until it is golden brown and springs back when lightly pressed with your finger, 55 to 60 minute Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool for 20 minute
• Run a long, sharp knife around the edge of the cake and invert it onto a rack to cool completely, 20 min more.