Ingredients
10 servings
- •1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix (such as Duncan Hines®)
- •1 teaspoon baking powder
- •1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- •1 tablespoon white sugar
- •1 ⅓ cups water
- •2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- •3 egg whites
- •1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
- •2 cups milk
- •1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- •¼ cup butter, softened
- •1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
- •½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- •½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- •1 tablespoon milk, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 5 8-inch cake pans, and line them with parchment paper.
- Whisk together the cake mix, baking powder, flour, and sugar in a large mixing bowl. With an electric mixer, beat the mixture with water, vegetable oil, and egg whites at low speed until thoroughly mixed; increase speed to medium, and beat 2 minutes. Scoop 1 cup of batter into each of the 5 prepared cake pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cakes are set in the middle, about 8 minutes; watch carefully so the thin cakes don't burn. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove to wire racks to finish cooling.
- Whisk the chocolate pudding mix with 2 cups of milk in a bowl until thoroughly blended; let stand 2 minutes to thicken. Place a cake layer on a serving dish, and spread with about 1/2 cup of pudding; repeat with remaining layers and pudding, ending with a cake layer.
- In a bowl, mash the cream cheese and butter together until thoroughly combined; mix in confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and milk, slowly adding and mixing in milk as needed to make a spreadable frosting. Ice the top and sides of the cake with the frosting. Refrigerate leftovers.
Nutritional Facts
Per 10 servings
- Calories: 586
- Carbohydrate: 101g
- Fat: 19g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 7g
- Sugar: 83g