Chocolate Overload Cake (Chocolate Suicide)

 

I developed this recipe myself by looking at other chocolate cake and death by chocolate recipes. I threw a little bit of each recipe together to create the most chocolatey masterpiece I could come up with. I'm certainly not one to use cake mixes often, but a scratch recipe just won't work in this case. I like to think of more as a cake recipe that simply uses a cake mix as one of the ingredients, since this cake does contain quite a few ingredients. 

Chocolate Suicide Cake
1 box (two layer size) chocolate cake mix
1 package (4 serving size) dry instant chocolate pudding mix (not the cooked kind)
4 large eggs
1 cup sour cream (or unflavored yogurt)
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup chocolate syrup
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chocolate (or hot fudge) sauce
chocolate filling
1/2 cup chocolate sauce
grated chocolate, chocolate curls, or chopped chocolate 
chocolate frosting
chocolate icing
chocolate sauce
chocolate ice cream, for serving
chocolate whipped cream, for serving
chocolate milk, for serving
a doctor's number handy, just in case

Preheat oven to 350◦F. Grease a bundt pan.
In a large bowl, combine the cake and pudding mixes. In a separate medium bowl, combine all ingredients before the chocolate chips. Add this to the mixes and beat on low speed for 30 second until blended. Beat on medium speed for two minutes. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes, until a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the cake (not the hole) comes out clean (it may be chocolatey though). Using a wooden skewer, poke holes at random intervals all around the top of the cake. Carefully and slowly pour the chocolate sauce over, allowing the cake to soak it up. Let cool, then take cake out of pan. Cut the cake in half horizontally and fill with chocolate filing. Then spread chocolate sauce over the filling, and sprinkle with grated chocolate. Put other cake half on top. Frost the entire outside of the cake. Top with chocolate piping and drizzle with chocolate sauce. Sprinkle with grated chocolate. Top individual slices with chocolate ice cream and chocolate whipped cream. Enjoy with a glass of chocolate milk in moderation!

Cut this cake into small pieces, it is extremely rich and chocolatey. Feel free to alter the decorations, piping, and filling as you wish. Try using a chocolate mousse, or chocolate ganache. Use as many chocolate decorations as you think you can handle! The chocolate piping doesn't show up very well on the chocolate coated cake, but I wasn't about to use something not chocolate! To complete this chocolate masterpiece, I wrote "Happy (Chocolate) Birthday Matthew!" It's what he asked for, after all!
Happy Birthday to my brother Matthew!