Boy was she right!

The sheers look fabulous and cost a fraction of the price of the solid curtains.

Now the look is complete and the chocolate accents the bed spread, the picture frames, etc.

When I was in high school, Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting was my favorite. Red Velvet Cake is the current winner when I am looking to satisfy my sweet tooth.

This extra chocolatety cake with chocolate frosting prepared by one of Dave Ramsey’s staff members looks extremely scrumptious.

I plan to give it a try – maybe for Valentine’s Day. The double chocolate cake would be the perfect ending to a memorable dinner with your sweetheart…or sweathearts in my case since it will probably be a family dinner.

Of course I will substitute the shortening in the recipe for butter.

Here ya go.

Cake Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup shortening
• 4 eggs (at room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 squares (1 oz. each) unsweetened chocolate
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups of buttermilk

Icing Ingredients

• ½ cup butter (softened to room temperature)
• 1 3-oz package of cream cheese (soften to room temperature)
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• Dash of salt
• 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons of whole milk
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate (1 oz. each) melted and cooled

Visit Dave Ramsey’s site for directions on how to prepare More than Enough Chocolate Cake and Icing.

I usually keep chocolate, yellow and red velvet cake mix on hand. I was looking for something new to make with the chocolate cake mix when I came across this super easy and yummy recipe for Cream Cheese Cake Mix Brownies.

Ingredients

• 18 ounce chocolate cake mix
• 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 2 eggs, divided
• 1/2 pound (1-1/2 cups + 3 tablespoons) powdered sugar
• 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease 9 x 13 baking pan.
3. Combine cake mix, butter and 1 egg. Place into prepared pan.
4. Cream egg, powdered sugar and cream cheese. Spread on top of mixture in pan.
5. Bake for 25 minutes. Cut into squares after cooling.