hershey's dandy cake
Another great recipe from my Hershey's Chocolate recipe box that my daughter gave me. The photo is from the recipe card by Hershey's.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
20 squares
Ingredients
- CAKE
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine
- 1/3 cup hershey's cocoa
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 - eggs
- 3/4 cup dairy sour cream
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- CHOCOLATE TOPPING
- 12 ounces package hershey's dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spread, or oil)
How To Make hershey's dandy cake
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Step 1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan.
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Step 2Combine water, butter and cocoa in small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture boils; boil and stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat and set aside.
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Step 3Stir together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs and sour cream; beat until well blended. Add cocoa mixture; beat just until blended (batter will be thin). Pour into prepared pan.
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Step 4Bake 25-30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not remove cake from pan. Spread peanut butter over warm cake. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
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Step 5Prepare CHOCOLATE TOPPING: Place 2 cups chocolate chips and the shortening in small microwaveable bowl. Microwave at MEDIUM (50%) power for 1½ minutes, stir. If necessary, microwave at MEDIUM an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when stirred.
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Step 6Carefully spread chocolate topping over top of cake, covering peanut butter. Allow topping to set, then cut into squares.
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