German Chocolate Cake (With Cake Mix)
Easy German chocolate cake recipe with cake mix, homemade with simple ingredients. Soft and moist chocolate cake layers are filled with coconut pecan frosting and topped with chocolate ganache.
Servings: 8 Slices
Calories: 385kcal
Ingredients
- 4 Eggs Large, Room temperature
- ½ cup Butter Unsalted, Melted
- 1 cup Buttermilk Or whole milk, Room temperature
- 1 box Chocolate cake mix 15.25 oz. box
- 1.5 tablespoon Cocoa powder
- 3 cups German chocolate cake frosting
- ½ cup Chocolate ganache
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, butter, buttermilk and mix for 1 minute until mixture is smooth and has some bubbles. If your eggs and buttermilk were not at room temperature, there could be some lumps in this mixture. That's why it's important to use room temperature ingredients.
- Add chocolate cake mix, cocoa powder and mix until just combined. There might be a few lumps and that's perfectly fine. Don't over-mix!
- Pour this batter into 2 greased and floured round cake pans (Dimensions: 8x2), lined with parchment paper.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cakes to cool to room temperature.
- While the cakes are baking and cooling, prepare coconut pecan frosting and ganache.
- Trim sides of the cake (optional) and if there is a dome, trim the top so that the cake is flat (required).
- Place one cake on a serving dish.
- Use a spatula to spread frosting on top.
- Drizzle spoonfuls of chocolate ganache.
- Then, place the other cake on top and press gently to secure it into place.
- Use a spatula to spread frosting on top again.
- Drizzle spoonfuls of chocolate ganache again. Enjoy!
Notes
- Butter should be unsalted to prevent this cake from too salty.
- Eggs and buttermilk must be at room temperature because they blend better and more evenly and smoothly.
- You must use a 15.25 oz. cake mix box. If you have the smaller box, open up a new box of cake mix and measure out the remaining missing quantity with a weighing scale and add that to your cake mix for a total of 15.25 oz.
- Don't frost a warm cake because the warmth of the cake will cause the icing to melt and slide off the cake. Let it come to room temperature and then assemble.
- Read additional tips and variations above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 385kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 116mg | Sodium: 610mg | Potassium: 267mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 524IU | Calcium: 132mg | Iron: 3mg