Double Chocolate Fudge Cake anyone?!
If you love Cracker Barrel’s Double Chocolate Fudge Cake you will love this copy cat version of it. It has been years since I have had the real version of this cake, but from what I can remember of it, this tastes very much like the real thing.
This cake is so good. It is rich, dense, and so very chocolatey.
Add some ice cream to it and it is even better.
This is a pretty typical coca cola cake, but the milk chocolate chips in this is what gives it that rich chocolate taste and makes it extra special. So, be sure to use milk chocolate in it.
If you are gluten free I even have a gluten free version of this and it tastes just like the real thing as well.
Copycat Cracker Barrel Double Chocolate Fudge Cake
Cake:
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
- 3 eggs
- 1 2/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups coca cola
- 2 cups flour
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Melt butter and chocolate chips in a large bowl in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
- Stir in eggs and sugar. Beat on medium speed until well mixed. Mix in oil and vanilla.
- Add coca cola and stir well.
- Add flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix just until combined.
- Pour into a 9×13 pan and bake at 350 for 32-35 minutes or until cake is done.
Frosting:
- 1 1/3 cups milk chocolate chips
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup coca cola
- Melt chocolate and butter in microwave stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
- Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and coca cola and mix until smooth. This will be easier to get smooth using an electric mixer.
- Spread over cooled cake.
- Let cake sit several hours before serving so that frosting will set up.
Great recipe, and great pictures! My mouth is watering just looking at that cake! What speed do you use on the mixer for the frosting?
We made this, and didn’t realize until it was ready to go in the oven, but you forgot the oven temperature. I’m guessing 350. Is that right?
Yes, it is 350. I am so sorry about that. I added it to the recipe. I hope you enjoyed the cake!
Im not sure what happened. I baked this and it took an hour and it’s all sunk in in the middle.
I am sorry. When you cut into it, was it done in the middle? I am guessing it would be after baking that long. I am not sure why it would sink that bad after baking that long. Sometimes cakes can fall in the oven, do you think that is what happened or did it fall after you removed it from the oven?
It fell during the baking process. However after I put the frosting on you couldn’t tell, and luckily it tasted pretty good. Not quite as moist as I would have liked but it was still very good. Maybe it was my oven.
I am glad it still tasted good. You will probably like my post that will go up later today. I had a different cake fall over the weekend when I made it and my son had some thoughts about it. Basically what you said and that when it was frosted it would be just fine. In fact in his eyes he thought better since the sunken middle would have more frosting. 🙂
How do you think Dr. Pepper would work? I don’t have Coke but I’ll get some if Dr. Pepper won’t work. Thanks!
I think Dr. Pepper would work fine. The taste might be slightly different, but I think it will work fine.
What other kind of soda do you suggest, I don’t have Coke or Dr. Pepper ?
I think Pepsi would work. Just about any non clear soda non diet soda should work. A cherry coke, pepsi, Mr Pibb, those type of sodas should work. I hope that helps.