My mother recently stayed with me for over a month due to the coronavirus. Initially, I was a bit concerned because we have not lived together for quite a while. Bringing someone into your home for an extended visit can be stressful, even if it is your mother. However, my time with mama went great.
During her visit, she often said that she would never be able to repay me for what I was doing for her. What she does not realize is that anything I have done for her, ever, will never repay all she has ever done for me! She made many sacrifices over the years to give me the best of everything. So for that mama, the debt is mine to pay.
Mother’s Day may be a little different this year. We will not be waiting in lines at restaurants to treat mom to that special meal. Our families will most likely not be gathering at her house. Shopping for her may even be different. In some circumstances, you may not be able to see or talk to your mother. Although Covid-19 may have changed things, it can’t stop us from celebrating the mothers in our lives.
For those of you living with or near mom, here’s a super easy and delicious cake that even the kids can make. Depending on their age, they may need a little help from dad.
This Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect way to show mom how much you love her.
If you want to decorate your cake as I did here are a few suggestions. It was a little tricky until I got the hang of it. I did have the advantage of taking a picture of the good side. I filled a piping bag, with no tip, with the cream cheese frosting and snipped off the end. My suggestions are to start on the outside of the cake working toward the center. I found that if I kept the piping bag away from the cake a bit and just “draped” the icing in place that it worked best. If you have extra frosting, pipe it into the center.
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25-ounce) package Devil's food cake mix
- 1 (3.9-ounce) box chocolate instant pudding mix
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Spray a 10-inch bundt cake pan well with Baker's Joy, set aside.
- In a bowl, add the cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, mayonnaise, eggs, water and oil. Mix using a mixer or whisk until the mixture comes together and there is no dry mix left in the bowl.
- Add the chocolate chips and fold into the batter using a spatula.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan. Tap the pan on the counter a few times.
- Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean.
- Cool in pan, on baking rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely before icing the cake.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Beat the cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer until combined, but do not overbeat.
- Add the vanilla extract and powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
- To ice the bundt cake, fill a piping bag with no tip. Pipe from the outside of the cake working your way up and over the top and toward the center.