For many Americans, a big, sweet part of our past involves chocolate – *especially* chocolate in cake and cupcakes. Check out these three heavenly classic chocolate cake recipes from Hershey’s!
If you’re looking for a vintage-style dessert for a special occasion, check out more than a hundred different classic cake recipes to suit all tastes!
Get 7 tasty classic dessert recipes from the ’60s: Quilting bee fudge cake, Pink beauty cake, Apricot velvet pie, Banana cream pie, Orange-pecan coffee cake, Spice puffs, Crispy sugar cookies
Chocolate mint sundae cake “Yes! It’s easy to get better cakes — use Spry with Cake-Improver!” says Aunt Jenny. “It is proof you’re wanting, ladies?
What is the secret of this rich, moist, delicious cake? Here’s a hint: Its full name is the Mayonnaise Chocolate Sensation cake. Get this surprisingly tasty recipe from 1985!
The double chocolate richness of Wellesley fudge cake is a favorite from way back — practically irresistible when you make it, as your grandmother doubtless did, with Baker’s Chocolate.
This rich and chocolaty Texas sheet cake is a chocolate lover’s dream cake — and it takes only 15 minutes to bake!
Indulgent much? This retro recipe for a Milky Wonder Cake makes one of the sweetest desserts ever. With the frosting, you’re looking at nine candy bars and four cups of sugar in one cake.
Here’s a classic recipe for a chocolate fudge truffle cheesecake from Hershey’s and Eagle Brand.
You make these exciting walnut brownie desserts with boxed brownie mix. They’re quick! They’re easy! And you’ll love the homemade flavor of chocolately-good brownies.
Here’s a vintage dessert recipe from the ’40s: Chocolate & vanilla parfait chiffon cake! ‘Airy-light, yet so rich-tasting as butter cake. Chocolate-y through and through!’
It’s bewitching, this black Midnight Cake – just the thing for your gay Halloween festivities. Strikingly dark and chocolaty as well as deliciously moist, tender and light – it’s the perfect black Devil’s Food.
When baked, this fudge batter pudding has a chocolate sauce on the bottom and the top of the cake. There are also four variations of this chocolate dessert recipe to try!
Stripe-it-Rich pudding poke cakes make ordinary cakes extraordinary. It’s easy! Use the Jell-O instant pudding mixture to frost, fill and stripe. Here’s how.
If you’re looking for some delicious Bundt cake recipes to serve at your next holiday party — or any time of year, for that matter
The story behind Mrs. Wilson’s Mother’s Hand-me-down chocolate cake: A cake that my mother used to bake was all part of an incident in my childhood that’s as vivid as if it had happened only yesterday.
Pass the confetti! I’ve got something to celebrate. A polka-dot confetti cake — Super good and a cinch to make! Just think — little inexperienced me — making a rich, light, yummy cake!
Are there any chocolate lovers in your house? Surprise them with this chocolate rhapsody cake. Such rich, chocolaty flavor. So lovely and tender.
Sleighbells. Laughter. Your gift of Kahlua, joyfully given. Or received. And then, glowing with cheer, these fresh-made delights — Kahlua Christmas recipes
Cottage pudding goes to town — glorified with Baker’s Chocolate! “How can anything economical taste so divine?” marveled my ritzy Cousin Sophie. Chocolate Cottage Pudding
A New Year wish you can make come true! To bake the most luscious New Year’s cakes you ever tasted, follow the easy recipes here.
Paula gives mother-in-law her comeuppance! “That little flibbertigibbet!” I thought the minute I clapped eyes on my son’s bride coming down the Pullman steps. “can’t
Chocolate Intrigue Cake New prize-winning cake idea! With love from you to the family. How does the chocolate part get that way? The Chocolate Intrigue
You’ll be the star of the party when you serve this Choc-O-Lantern Halloween cake. Bewitching and so delicious!
Just try this moist-keeping Peanut Cream Cake, rich with Baker’s Chocolate Was it you we heard wishing for a summer cake recipe? We know you’ll
Campfire Marshmallow Fudge Cake (1925) 2 tablespoons butter 2 cups sugar 4 squares bitter chocolate, melted 2 eggs 2 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking
Chocolate cake and gold cake are both star hits. So make it a night of stars with this luscious, two-toned Chocolate Whirlaway Cake!
Here are 18 old-fashioned and deliciously classic chocolate cake recipes to inspire you!
Devils’s food whirligig cake Follow directions carefully, be sure to use Crisco, and we promise you a lighter, richer, moister, more tender cake. Devils’s food
Checkerboard Cake You can use Swift’ning with perfect confidence in any type of cake. This delicate, snowy-white shortening contains a special quick-mix ingredients, gives you
Chocolate. Strawberry. Vanilla. United they bake. Here’s the triple-appeal of Neapolitan ice cream making a delicious appearance as cake. Begin with a Betty Crocker white
Get recipes for three delicious old-fashioned desserts! Find out how to make pumpkin bars, a coconut choco-swirl cake & a date bar cake.
Something fudgy is going around Very clever, this new Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Supreme Cake Mix. You can make it in layers, or bake it
Cuffins are a great new way to please your family. These delicious single-serving cakes can be baked in any standard cupcake or muffin pan!
Make a chocolate party cake Dramatic dessert: Rich cake with fancy frosting that takes just minutes. Fluffy frosting and an easy decorative design can turn
Ice cream cake & hot chocolate frosting recipes
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