Pinteresting Recipes: Cake Batter Fudge and Chocolate Fudge

Cake Batter Fudge 

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Chocolate Fudge

Cake Batter Fudge

Well I saw a Pin last week... Cake Batter Fudge, and had to run on over to Baked From a Box (blog) to get the whole story. The recipe seemed very straight forward: yellow cake mix, butter, milk, and confectioners’ sugar (about a cup of each dry and a 1/4 a cup of each wet). Cook time? 2 minutes in the microwave, and an hour in the fridge. Here is the exact recipe:

Ingredients
    1 cup yellow cake mix
    1 cup confectioners’ sugar
    1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter or margarine, cut into small squares
    1/4 cup milk or 1/8 cup soy milk

    sprinkles (optional)

Instructions
    Mix cake mix and icing sugar in microwave-safe bowl. Add butter and milk. Don’t stir.
    Microwave for 2 minutes. Stir immediately until completely combined. Add sprinkles.
    Do not overmix as sprinkle color may bleed.

    Spread into greased pan. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

* Makes one 6 x 6” container, or double for an 8 x 8” pan.
** Notes: If the batter comes out too runny, stir in about 1 tsp or sugar or cake mix at a time until stiff. If too thick to stir in all components, slowly add 1/2 tsp of milk at a time, but batter should be thick!

The recipe seems very simple to remember however.... when making it I discovered it isn't quite that simple.  

Warning:

The brand of mix you use will vary how much of the dry ingredients you need.
I think I used at least an extra 1/2 cup of each dry ingredient. 

Speed bumps:

1. I did not have sprinkles... so ours was just yellow, no fancy colors. 
2. My first batch was way too runny and I only discovered this after it had been sitting in the fridge. The good news? It's fixable. take the mix out of the pan, powder your working surface with powdered sugar, and knead in some extra powdered sugar (and mix, if you want), then put the thickened fudge back in the pan, pat it down, and let is sit for about 30 minutes.

Verdict: YUM -

 This recipe is "stupid easy" aside from the whole eyeballing it part. Last minute party? Surprise guests? No problem, it takes less than 5 minutes to mix up the recipe, microwave it, and put it in the fridge. In an hour you have dessert (and really, that's a flexible time frame, sometimes my fudge was done in 30 minutes.

You can also go for chocolate chip cookie flavor by substituting chocolate chips for the sprinkles. Just pour the fudge in the greased pan, and then press the chocolate chips into the fudge quickly (it will start to melt, don't worry, just move quickly and pop it right in the fridge.

Also, you can use specific colors of sprinkles or chocolate candies to give the fudge a holiday feel (think red and green, or orange, yellow, and brown).

Alternate Recipe for Cake Batter Fudge

Ingredients:
    2 cups yellow cake mix (I used Betty Crocker)
    2 cups powdered sugar
    1 stick butter
    1/4 cup milk
    1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles
Directions:
    Place cake mix and powdered sugar in a large bowl and combine.
    Pour in the milk, top with stick of butter, and microwave for 2 minutes.
    Immediately begin mixing everything together – the butter may not be fully melted but will as you continue mixing.
    Lastly, mix in the rainbow sprinkles, then pour fudge into a greased cake pan.
    Chill for at least 2 hours before cutting. Store in the refrigerator.
From: Girl Meets Life

Chocolate Fudge

My husband had an idea. Cake batter fudge is awesome and all.... but what about chocolate cake batter fudge? Touche Tom, Touche! So I grabbed a box of chocolate cake mix and gave it a whirl. Good news! It works! Here is what I came up with:

Ingredients
    1 cup chocolate cake mix
    1 cup confectioners’ sugar
    1/4 cup (half stick) margarine (I haven't tried butter but it probably works)
    1/4 cup milk

    Chocolate Chips (optional)

Instructions
    Mix cake mix and icing sugar in microwave-safe bowl. Add butter and milk. Don’t stir.
    Microwave for 2 minutes. Stir immediately until completely combined.
    Spread into greased pan.
    Press chocolate chips into the fudge (liberally and quickly as they may start to melt)
    Refrigerate for at least one hour.

Verdict: YUM - 

It was good, very good. Possibly better than the original (because of the texture the chips gave it)

Just like with the cake batter recipe, you can use specific colors of sprinkles or chocolate candies to give the fudge a holiday feel (think red and green, or orange, yellow, and brown).

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