Sheila's Decadent Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box vanilla instant pudding mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 6 ounces milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 4 ounces german chocolate, grated and divided
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 mix together the cake mix, sour cream, pudding mix, eggs, oil, and water-beat with electric mixer until smooth.
• 3 fold-in chocolate chips, pecans, and grated german chocolate and stir well (leave a small amount of the german chocolate to sprinkle on top of cake).
• 4 pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 baking pan and bake for 45 minutes.
• 5 icing:
• 6 cream together butter and cream cheese with electric mixer.
• 7 add sugar and vanilla and mix well then; fold-in pecans.
• 8 let cake cool completely before icing.
• 9 top with grated german chocolate.