Best 8 Chocolate Ho Ho Cake Recipes

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Indulge in the delectable delight of the chocolate ho ho cake, a captivating confection that tantalizes taste buds with its rich, chocolatey flavor and soft, fluffy texture. This classic cake, adorned with a luscious chocolate frosting, is a nostalgic favorite that evokes memories of childhood treats and festive celebrations. Whether you are an experienced baker or a novice in the kitchen, this comprehensive guide will provide you with the essential steps and tips to create a perfect chocolate ho ho cake that will impress your friends and family. So, let's dive into the world of baking and embark on a sweet journey to create this iconic and beloved dessert.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

HO HO CAKE



Ho Ho Cake image

A rich chocolate cake, topped with a fluffy vanilla filling and a smooth chocolate frosting. Just like our favorite childhood treat.

Provided by Mary

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h10m

Number Of Ingredients 20

3 cups all purpose flour
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
10 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups cold water
2 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 cup cold milk
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter (softened)
10 tablespoons butter (melted)
6 tablespoons cocoa
2 1/2 tablespoons hot water
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar
1 raw egg

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add the remaining ingredients and whisk until smooth.
  • Pour into a greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool completely.
  • Meanwhile, start the filling. Whisk together the flour and cold milk in a saucepan. Cook over low heat until bubbly and thick. Set aside to cool.
  • When cool, add the sugar, vanilla, and butter. Beat until smooth and fluffy. If it doesn't look like it's coming together, just keep beating it. Spread onto the cooled cake.
  • To make the frosting. Beat together the butter, cocoa, hot water, vanilla, powdered sugar, and egg. Spread frosting over cream filling. Chill for 30 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 piece, Calories 392 kcal, Carbohydrate 74 g, Protein 4 g, Fat 10 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Cholesterol 13 mg, Sodium 254 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 55 g

HO HO CAKE



Ho Ho Cake image

Inspired by the Hostess® favorite, the Ho Ho Cake features layers of cake and cream filling topped with chocolate.

Provided by Olene Grieshop

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Cake Mix Cake Recipes     Layer Cake

Yield 18

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 (9 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 ¼ cups milk
1 cup white sugar
½ cup margarine
1 cup shortening
½ cup margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 ½ teaspoons hot water
3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 ¾ cups confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Prepare and bake cake as directed on the package for a 9 x 13 inch pan. Cool completely.
  • Combine flour and milk in saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick. Cool completely. Cream 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup margarine, and shortening. Add cooled milk mixture, and beat well. Spread over cake. Refrigerate.
  • In a small bowl, beat egg. Stir in vanilla, melted chocolate, hot water, confectioner's sugar, and 1/2 cup margarine. Pour over second layer. Refrigerate.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 382.5 calories, Carbohydrate 37 g, Cholesterol 11.7 mg, Fat 26.6 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 6.9 g, Sodium 244.5 mg, Sugar 28.9 g

HO HO CAKE



Ho Ho Cake image

Make and share this Ho Ho Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Lali8752

Categories     Breads

Time 40m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 (18 1/4 ounce) box chocolate cake mix
3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
1/3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
1 1/3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
1 (16 ounce) can dark chocolate icing
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon water
1 cup powdered sugar

Steps:

  • Prepare cake as directed on package for two round pans.
  • When cool, "slice" through cakes to make 4 "thin" cakes.
  • Beat sugar, shortening, vanilla, milk, salt and water for 7 minutes.
  • Add powdered sugar and beat for 5 minutes longer.
  • Lay one layer of cake on plate.
  • Spread Cream filling on top only, do not go all the way to the edge.
  • Lay another layer of cake on this.
  • Spread cream filling on this too.
  • Again layer and filling until you have all four layers on here.
  • Ice the whole cake with the chocolate icing.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 433.4, Fat 25.6, SaturatedFat 5.6, Cholesterol 47.5, Sodium 427, Carbohydrate 50.3, Fiber 1, Sugar 34.7, Protein 4.3

EDNA'S HO HO CAKE



Edna's Ho Ho Cake image

This treat serves up appealing flavor in big fluffy wedges of chocolate and cream. It's like a giant Ho Ho snack cake. -Edna Miller, Mount Hope, Ohio

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 15m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
2/3 cup sugar, divided
2/3 cup shortening
1/3 cup butter, softened
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dash salt
2 prepared 9-inch round chocolate cakes
GLAZE:
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1/4 cup baking cocoa
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
2 to 4 tablespoons milk

Steps:

  • For filling, in a small saucepan, combine flour and milk until smooth; stir in 1/3 cup sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Transfer to a large bowl; cool. Beat in the shortening, butter, vanilla, salt and remaining sugar until smooth. Spread between cake layers., For glaze, melt butter and cocoa in a small saucepan. Whisk in confectioners' sugar and enough milk to achieve a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over top of cake, allowing some to drape down the sides.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 734 calories, Fat 37g fat (14g saturated fat), Cholesterol 102mg cholesterol, Sodium 519mg sodium, Carbohydrate 92g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 9g protein.

CHOCOLATE HO HO CAKE



Chocolate Ho Ho Cake image

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 (15.25 ounce) chocolate cake mix
Ingredients called for on cake mix
5 Tablespoons flour
1 cup half and half
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup butter (softened)
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
2 cups powdered sugar

Steps:

  • Make cake according to directions on package (or use your favorite homemade chocolate cake recipe). Let cake cool completely.
  • In a medium saucepan, whisk flour into half and half over medium heat on stove top. Whisk constantly until very thick, similar to the consistency of thick pudding or custard- it will take a couple of minutes. Cool completely (place in refrigerator if you want to speed the cooling process). Stir in vanilla. In a mixing bowl, mix 1 cup softened butter and granulated sugar until fluffy. Add cooled flour/milk mixture to butter/sugar mixture and beat until light and fluffy (will take a couple of minutes). Spread on cooled cake.
  • Dump chocolate chips in a bowl. Heat heavy cream and pour hot cream over chocolate. Let sit for a minute; stir gently to melt. Cream butter and powdered sugar in another bowl and then stir the two mixtures together. If you want it to be thicker, add more powdered sugar. If you want it to be thinner, add more whipping cream. Spread on cake immediately because the frosting starts to set up and become grainy in appearance if you let it sit for long.

Nutrition Facts : Servingsize 1 serving, Calories 7539 kcal, Fat 378 g, SaturatedFat 231 g, Cholesterol 860 mg, Sodium 3715 mg, Carbohydrate 1048 g, Sugar 810 g, Protein 65 mg

HOMEMADE HO-HOS



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The cake is a classic French Biscuit au Beurre made with "Dutched" cocoa powder, drizzling in the clarified butter at the end for a unique delicious flavor. The filling used in the commercial version of this is probably made with whipped shortening rather than butter but I just can't bring myself to write a recipe with that ingredient as a filling. I did eat these for a year straight when I was about 12 and hung out at my friend Jenny Marshall's house. Her mom bought them but mine didn't. So I had to get my fill while playing at her house.

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 3h25m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

5 eggs
2 yolks
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup clarified butter, warm
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream
12 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 ounces cocoa butter or 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • To make the Cake: Butter the jelly roll pan and line it with parchment paper; then butter the paper to assure release.
  • Bring a saucepan of water to a simmer.
  • In the bowl from a standing mixer, combine the eggs, yolks, sugar, vanilla in a bowl and whisk briefly. Set the bowl over the simmering water and stir until warm and the sugar looks dissolved. Attach the bowl to the standing mixer fitted with a whisk, and whip until light and fluffy, about 6 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, sift together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder 3 times.
  • Remove the bowl from the mixer and, while folding the egg mixture, sift in the flour mixture, little by little, until incorporated. Drizzle in the clarified butter, while folding the batter.
  • Immediately pour the batter into the prepared pans dividing equally and smooth the tops with a spatula. Bake until lightly browned and it starts to pull away from the edges of the pan, about 14 to 16 minutes.
  • Remove the cakes from the oven and let sit in the pan for 1 minute. Run a knife along the edge to release the cake then flip it out onto parchment paper. Brush the paper (the one you lined the pan with) with water and let soak for 2 minutes. Peel it off the cake. Trim dry edges from the cake. Let cool covered with plastic wrap.
  • To make the Filling: In the bowl of a standing mixer, combine the sugar and butter and mix on low speed until well blended; then increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes. Add vanilla and cream and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute more, adding more cream for spreading consistency, if needed.
  • Spread the sponge cakes with a thin layer of the filling, leaving a 1/4-inch space at the far edge. Roll the cake tightly on the long side until you have rolled a 1 1/2-inch thick log. Cut the log off from the remaining sheet of cake and place seam side-down. Repeat with remaining cake. Chill the logs for 30 minutes; then cut into 2 1/2-inch sections.
  • To make the Glaze: Melt the 2 ingredients together in the top of a double boiler or a bowl set over barely simmering water, stirring occasionally. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat. One at a time, gently drop the cake rolls into the hot chocolate. Lift out with a fork and let excess chocolate drip back into the bowl. Place on the cookie sheet and let set at room temperature until the coating is firm, about 1 to 2 hours.

CHOCOLATE HO-HO CAKE



Chocolate Ho-Ho Cake image

I was looking for a way to jazz up a chocolate cake mix and found this on recipes4cakes.com. The cake got rave reviews at a potluck when I made it and I want to make sure I don't lose the recipe. The cooking time for the cake is approximate as each mix may have a slightly different time.

Provided by Erindipity

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 1 9x13 cake

Number Of Ingredients 7

18 ounces fudge cake mix
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup butter, softened
5 ounces evaporated milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
16 ounces chocolate frosting

Steps:

  • Prepare cake per directions. Allow to cool completely.
  • Cream butter, shortening, and sugar until smooth.
  • On low speed, mix in evaporated milk and vanilla, then beat on high speed until light and fluffy.
  • Spread cream mixture over cake.
  • Microwave frosting for 30 seconds or until melted, spread over cake and chill until set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 6999.5, Fat 399.1, SaturatedFat 146, Cholesterol 285.1, Sodium 6011, Carbohydrate 875.2, Fiber 16.4, Sugar 658.3, Protein 45.8

HO HO CAKE RECIPE - (4.3/5)



Ho Ho Cake Recipe - (4.3/5) image

Provided by stokeslm

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 box Devil's Food cake mix
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1 stick butter, softened
1 (8-ounce) container Cool Whip
1 tub milk chocolate frosting

Steps:

  • Prepare and bake the cake as directed on the box, splitting batter into 2 round cake pans. Filling: Mix and cream together the butter and cream cheese. Add powdered sugar and fold in Cool Whip. After the cake is completely cooled, slice layers in half. Put them in freezer for 10-15 mins to help stay firm prior to cutting. Place the first layer on a plate and spread 1/3 of the filling. Top with next layer and 1/3 of filling. Top with next layer and 1/3 of filling and place last layer on top. Frost entire cake with milk chocolate frosting.

Tips:

  • To make the Ho Hos even more decadent, try using a richer chocolate ganache. You can also add a layer of whipped cream or ganache between the layers of cake.
  • If you don't have a cupcake pan, you can bake the cake in a 9x13 inch baking pan. Just increase the baking time to 25-30 minutes.
  • To make sure the Ho Hos are completely cooled before dipping them in ganache, place them in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
  • If you don't have time to make the ganache, you can use a store-bought chocolate frosting instead.
  • For a fun twist, try dipping the Ho Hos in white chocolate ganache instead of dark chocolate ganache.

Conclusion:

With their moist chocolate cake, creamy ganache, and iconic design, these Ho Hos are sure to be a hit at your next party or gathering. They're also a great way to show your loved ones how much you care. So next time you're in the mood for a sweet treat, give these Ho Hos a try. You won't be disappointed!

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