Dark Chocolate Dump Cake with Fudge Frosting

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Dark Chocolate Dump Cake with Fudge Frosting

Recipe by Jennifer RobertsCourse: Dessert

Ingredients

  • For the Cake

  • 2 cups White Sugar

  • 1 cup Cocoa

  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder

  • 1/2 cup Cooking Oil

  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

  • 2 Eggs

  • 1 teaspoon Salt

  • 2 cups Flour

  • 2 teaspoons Baking Soda

  • 2 cups Boiling Water

  • For the Frosting

  • 1 pound Powdered Sugar

  • 1/2 cup Cocoa

  • 1/3 cup Boiling Water

  • 1/3 cup Softened Butter

  • 1 tsp Vanilla

Directions

  • Make the Cake
  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • Dump all ingredients except baking soda and boiling water in a large mixing bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water (be careful, as it will bubble up).
  • Add the baking soda/water mixture to the mixing bowl with other ingredients and mix together until thoroughly combined and no large lumps remain.
  • Pour the batter into an ungreased 9×13 baking pan.
  • Bake at 350F for 30 minutes. (Note: the toothpick test will not work for this very moist cake, but it should spring back when pressed).
  • Make the Frosting
  • Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
  • Add butter, then water and vanilla.
  • Stir until smooth.
  • The frosting will melt and settle over a warm cake, or it can be spread onto a cooled cake.

Notes

  • If you choose you can decorate further with chopped nuts, sprinkles or colored icing.

What’s the Story?

I never knew my great grandma Meyers, who died shortly before I was born. But to this day my mom loves to share her memories of visiting the farm and the wonderful food (enough to feed an army) that my great grandmother would cook.  Mom would make great grandma’s rich chocolate cake recipe for every family birthday, and although I have learned plenty of other cake recipes since, this one is my favorite.

Homemade cakes can be somewhat difficult to master, but not this one! The ingredients are simple, and it’s virtually impossible to mess up. I believe the rather unflattering name “Dump Cake” came about due to the fact that you literally dump everything into the bowl, mix it up, then dump it into the pan and bake it. No separating wet and dry ingredients, no electric mixers, and no greasing and flouring the pan needed!

The frosting recipe is equally simple. I have been wanting to share this recipe, and since I was enlisted to bake a cake for my Dad’s birthday this weekend, I had the perfect opportunity to finally capture a photo of the finished product.

Jennifer Roberts

is the founder, designer and author of Jen Spends Less. Formerly an architectural drafter and designer, Jen cut her spending and embraced a frugal lifestyle to be a stay at home mom.

8 thoughts on “Dark Chocolate Dump Cake with Fudge Frosting”

  1. I found this by Googling a recipe I have to see if anyone else uses it. I got this recipe from a friend and the people who love chocolate cake always say “This is the best!” The only difference is my recipe has 2 tsps. vanilla and 1 tsp. baking soda. Easy and good!

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    • That’s neat Valerie–I know the recipe isn’t unique to my family, but I don’t often come across people who have had anything similar before. It’s my favorite! Thanks for visiting.

  2. I had a recipe for Dump Cake years ago and neither of my daughters had a copy so I Googled Chocolate Dump Cake using one of the ingredients I remembered from my recipe and found this one which is very similar to the one I lost! Thank you!

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