This recipe for spicy orange zest beef is not meant to resemble Chinese food or even Americanized Chinese takeout. This dish is quick, simple, and surprisingly delectable while still being a lower-fat option.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 18 |
| Yield: | 1 (9×13-inch) cake |
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
- 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup white sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Combine cake mix, cherry pie filling, and three eggs in a large bowl until well blended; pour cake mixture into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 to 40 minutes. Let cake cool completely.
- To make the frosting: Combine sugar, butter, and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Spread frosting evenly over cooled chocolate cake.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 291 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 48 g |
| Cholesterol | 40 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 280 mg |
| Sugars | 28 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is my new favorite chocolate cake recipe ! It is so moist! The only change I made was using store bought fudge frosting and putting it on the cake while it was still warm. It really satisfies the chocolate craving! Thank you for this great recipe!
I made this. Only with changes. I used 1/2 teaspoon almond extract to the cake mix n instead i drained the can of cherries. Put a thin ribbon of frosting around the top of the bottom layer then added the cherries. Frosted n decorated. Hubbys bday cake. He n his family were impressed! Yes!
Everyone loved this cake! There wasn’t a crumb left when I took it to a family cookout. I let the icing get a little firm because I knew it would have to sit for a while before being eaten and boy, was it ever eaten! This is my go-to for pot luck desserts now. I wouldn’t change a thing about this recipe except for maybe more chocolate! 🙂
My family LOVED this! My oldest son asked for a Chocolate Cherry cake for his birthday and I found this recipe. My youngest son seriously doesn’t like cake and we’ve struggled on what to serve as a dessert for his birthday. He shocked me when he said he wanted this cake for his birthday too!!! After 16 years, he gets his first birthday cake this month!!! I followed some of the recommendations like using a Bundt pan, and adding 1 tsp almond flavoring (I’m going to try adding vanilla too). I cut up the cherries just a little bit so that they wouldn’t sink to the bottom and that worked for me. I used powdered sugar for a topping with a Maraschino cherry on top of each bump on the Bundt. I recommend this to all chocolate covered cherry lovers 🙂
Moist and delicious
Made it as written! I would half the frosting, but no worries. This is a good easy cake. I cooked it in the bundt pan and filled the center with frosting. Prefect birthday cake that was all eaten up!
Easy and good
Cake needs fat or it ends up puffy and bland. And the pie filling got mixed too much into the batter and disappeared. I wasn’t a fan of this. Next time I’ll add the oil like the cake mix requires and then swirl the pie filling in after it’s poured in the pan or something.
Absolutely delicious! Fixed it in a Bundt pan and frosted it with chocolate store bought icing. It is a family favorite!
Used to bake this cake all of the time back in the eighties, but had lost the recipe. Just happened to think of it one evening, looked it up, then made the cake the next day. Cake is very moist and flavorful. Love the complimenting taste of chocolate and cherry!
Sometimes I use almond extract, my preference.
I made this using a gluten free yellow cake mix. I made chocolate frosting and it was very good. Very easy recipe.
We loved this cake!
I have never made the frosting (weirdly, not a frosting fan), but I love the cake! Have also tried it with white cake mix and apple pie filling. Planning to try it with strawberry pie filling next! Love to have options.
Very moist! A family favorite
It was a hit… my fam loves it!
This was SO easy, and I did not change a thing! The frosting was perfect, the cake moist and delicious. Everyone loved it, and I will definitely be making it again
Turned out great .
I add 1 tsp of almond extract to this recipe to enhance the flavor of the cherries.
I actually accidentally left out the chocolate chips and it was still phenomenal. I will definitely make this again.
Easy. The only change I made was that I used ready made icing. Yes, I’ll make it again!