Debbie Simpsons Chocolate Cake Recipes

DEBBIE'S RED RHUBARB CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Stir chocolate cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs in a mixing bowl until moistened. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Spread rhubarb over the bottom of the prepared baking dish and sprinkle cherry gelatin mix and sugar evenly over the rhubarb. Pour cake batter over the rhubarb layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake layer comes out clean, about 1 hour; check for doneness after 45 minutes. Let cool before serving.

LITTLE DEBBIE CAKES

Steps:

• Make the cake mix as directed on the box, but instead of making in cake pan, bake in a jelly roll pan to make the layers. Cut with cookie cutters when cool. Store the leftover crumbs in a zip top bag for other uses.
• While the cakes are baking, make the middle. Combine the first 3 ingredients and beat on high for 5 minutes, gradually adding the milk and vanilla. Beat 5 more minutes on high. Spread between two cut-outs.
• Stir together all the icing ingredients. Place the cut-outs on a wire rack above a pan or plate to catch the drippings. Spoon the icing over the cake and let it drizzle over the sides, making sure to coat all the surfaces.
• Decorate while still "wet" before it sets.

DEBBIE'S CHOCOLATE SLICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C (350F).
• Sieve flour and cocoa into a mixing bowl.
• Add sugar and coconut.
• Mix in vanilla extract, butter and egg. (I do the mixing in the food processor, but a wooden spoon in a big mixing bowl will do just as well).
• The mixture should now resemble moist breadcrumbs.
• Empty mixture into a shallow, greased lamington (bar) tin measuring approximately 27cm x 17cm (11" x 7").
• Using your fingers, spread mixture evenly into tin. If you need help to get it smooth on top, use the back of a spoon or roll the side of a glass over it, but don't press down too hard. It doesn't have to be perfectly smooth.
• Now bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until slightly firm.
• While it's baking, make the icing sugar by combining all the ingredients in a bowl and beating with an electric mixer.
• While the slice is still warm, spoon over icing and smooth out evenly.
• Allow it to cool a little more and then sprinkle over some more coconut and, if you like, decorate with glace cherries.
• While still warm-ish, cut into squares, but don't remove the squares until it's completely cool.