Are you looking for a delicious chocolate cake to make that is easy (and not low cal or low sugar)? If so, I would like to share this Hershey cake recipe with you that I made last night for friends and family that came over for dinner. I got this recipe from a friend, who got it from someone else. I have made this Hershey cake several times and decorated it in different ways. You can see how I've decorated it for my "cupcake's" birthday cakes from my cake archives: Pumpkin Cake Elmo Cake Bug Cake Gymnastics Unlimited Cake #2 So here are the ingredients for the most delicious Hershey Cake: One box of Duncan Hines Swiss Chocolate cake mix Don't follow the box recipe, instead mix the cake mix with: 3 eggs 1/3 cup oil 1 1/2 cups milk Instant vanilla or french vanilla pudding (3.4 oz box) Mix all ingredients. Spray (2) 9" round cake pans with non-stick spray. Pour mix into pans Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes When cakes cool, cut each cake in half (to make 4 cake layers) Now for the icing ingredients: Mix together: 8 oz. softened cream cheese 1 cup sugar 1 cup powdered sugar 16 oz. Cool Whip 3 Hershey bars, chopped into small pieces Then spread icing in between each layer and then ice the whole cake when the last layer is on top. Enjoy! Here is a photo of half the cake from last night to show you the layers inside: (I'm sorry it doesn't look pretty, but it tastes oh so good!) Enjoy and if you try this cake recipe leave a comment and let me know how you liked it!

This was definitely a quick and easy (but still very cute) cake that I made for Cupcake #3's 2nd birthday. Again, I baked the delicious Hershey cake and then made an Elmo beach scene on the top of the cake. The plastic Elmo doll is sitting in "water" made from blue icing and the "sand" is made with crushed graham crackers. Yummy!

 Happy 2nd Birthday Cupcake #2! October 2003

This cake was made with an Elmo cake pan and I piped the cake with red icing. This was definitely a labor of love since piping this much at one time is a challenge, but it turned out so cute, wouldn't you say? Cupcake #1 and #2 loved watching Sesame Street as toddlers! This birthday party was extra special because we announced the pregnancy of our Cupcake #3 at the party. Cupcake #1 opened a "I'm a big sister" t-shirt, which wasn't new news, but then Cupcake #2 opened a "I'm the big brother" t-shirt and that's how our family found out about our third blessing. This birthday party was a celebration of life in more ways than one!

"Me love cookies!" Yum! Yum! Elmo's friend, Cookie Monster, made an appearance to celebrate Cupcake #2's two years of life! This was the last cake I piped with blue icing!