Ridiculous Chocolate Cake (chocolate birthday #1)

We did some serious birthday celebrating recently: two major 40th birthdays, and a special guy turning 12!  All three birthday persons requested chocolate cake.  And, to my baking delight, all three desserts were new-to-me recipes!  Not sure I'll ever make three different chocolate cakes in four days again, but it was a fun baking spree while it lasted!

the recipe for this extremely easy, moist, decadent cake can be found here

• 1 (15.25 ounce) box chocolate cake mix
• 1 (3.9 ounce) box instant chocolate pudding
• 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Frosting

• 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup heavy cream

Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Liberally grease a 10- inch bundt pan with butter or shortening and lightly dust with flour. Set aside.

1. In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment combine all the cake ingredients. Mix on low for 30 seconds until combined and then on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour the batter into the prepared pan.
2. Bake for 55-60 minutes, until the cake is set. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then invert the pan onto a cake plate. Cool completely before frosting.
Frosting:
1. In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed beat the butter, cocoa powder and powdered sugar until combined. Add in the vanilla and cream and beat on medium speed for 1-2 minutes until creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.  
2. Frost the top of the cake and garnish with more chocolate chips if desired.