Chocolate Cake Recipes

Ingredients

Softened butter for greasing pan
1.5 sticks butter (12 T)
3/4 c brown sugar, packed
1 can (20 oz) Crushed pinepaple
1 jar (20 oz) maraschino cherries, drained
6 oz white chocolate, finely chopped
1 package plain white cake mix
3 large eggs
2 t vanilla extract

Method

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350.
2. Lightly grease a 13×9 pan with butter, set aside.
3. Place 6 T of the butter in a small microwave safe bowl and microwave until melted (35-45 seconds), or melt on stove top.
4. Stir brown sugar into the melted butter.
5. Turn this mixture into the prepared abking pan, and spread with back of a wooden spoon until it completely covers the bottom of the pan.
6. Allow to cool for 2 or 3 minutes.
7. Drain the pineapple with a fine mesh strainer, reserving the liquid, mash with rubber spatula to drain as much liquid as possible.
8. Measure out 1 c of liquid and set aside.
9. Pour the drained pineapple onto the brown sugar mistureand spread evenly with rubber spatula.
10. Pat cherries dry and randomly arrange on top of pienapple. Set pan aside.
11. Cut the remaining 6 T of butter into pieces.
12. Place the butter and the white cocolate in a small microwave safe bowl and microwaveon high until butter has melted, about 1 minute.
13. Stir until the white chocolate throughl melted and mixture is smooth.
14. Place the cake mix, 1 c pineapple liquid, eggs, vanilla and white chocolate mixture in large mixing bowl.
15. Blend with electric mixer on low for 1 minute. Stop mixer and scrape down sides of bowl.
16. Increase mixer speed to medium, and mix 2 minutes longer. Batter should be well combined and thick.
17. Pour batter over the pineapples and chrries, smoothing wiht rubber spatula.
18. Bake cake until it springs back when lighly pressed, 43-48 minutes.
19. Remove pan from oven and place on wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
20. Run knife around edge of cake and invert onto serving platter so that the cherries and pineapples are on top. Slice and serve warm. Store at room temp up to 3 days.

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