hershey's dandy cake

Oak Ridge, TN
Updated on Dec 30, 2012

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

  • Step 1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan.
  • Step 2
    Combine 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.
  • Step 3
    Stir 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.
  • Step 4
    Bake 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.
  • Step 5
    Prepare 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.
  • Step 6
    Carefully spread chocolate topping over top of cake, covering peanut butter. Allow topping to set, then cut into squares.

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Category: Cakes
Category: Chocolate
Method: Bake
Culture: American
Ingredient: Sugar

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