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Powdered-sugar-dusted triple chocolate cake in a rectangular glass baking dish with a chocolate-chip-filled slice on a red-and-white plate.

Triple Chocolate Cake

Chocolate pudding mix gives this easy cake a soft, fudgy crumb, with chocolate chips melting through every slice. A dusting of powdered sugar is all the finish it needs while still warm.

By Betty Lou Gardner1 hr 10 minUpdated 2026-08-25

This Triple Chocolate Cake is rich, fudgy, and deeply chocolatey with a soft pudding-enriched crumb and melted chocolate chips throughout! Easy enough for weeknight baking but decadent enough for birthdays and potlucks, it’s the kind of dependable chocolate cake that stays moist and always disappears faster than expected.

Betty Lou Gardner in a family archival photograph

Granny’s Kitchen Notes

From Betty Lou Gardner

I make this for suppers because it stays moist even if it sits awhile. I sometimes add a little espresso powder when I make it for grown-ups. I like it better warm than cold.

How to Make Triple Chocolate Cake

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Chocolate cake mix, instant pudding, four eggs, water, oil, and chocolate chips together in a large mixing bowl before stirring.
01

Combine and Mix the Batter

Add cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil, and chocolate chips to a large bowl, then stir until evenly blended.

Triple chocolate cake nearing doneness in a metal 13x9-inch pan inside the oven.
02

Bake Until Just Set

Spread the batter in a greased 13x9-inch pan and bake until the center is set and springs back lightly.

Baked triple chocolate cake cooling in a metal 13x9-inch pan on a wire rack.
03

Cool Slightly

Let the cake rest in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes so the crumb settles before slicing.

04

Finish and Serve

Dust with powdered sugar just before serving and enjoy slightly warm, plain or with whipped cream or ice cream.

Powdered-sugar-dusted triple chocolate cake in a rectangular glass baking dish with a chocolate-chip-filled slice on a red-and-white plate.

Triple Chocolate Cake

Chocolate pudding mix gives this easy cake a soft, fudgy crumb, with chocolate chips melting through every slice. A dusting of powdered sugar is all the finish it needs while still warm.

By Betty Lou Gardner

Prep10 minCook45 minTotal1 hr 10 minDifficultyEasy
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Ingredients

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Instructions

  2. 1 package chocolate cake mix, 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix, 4 large eggs, 1¼ cups water, ¼ cup vegetable oil, 1 cup chocolate chips
  5. powdered sugar

Serving Suggestions

Nutrition (Approximate Per Serving)

Yield

1 (13x9) cake — Serving size: 1 slice

Calories
310
Carbohydrates
46 g
Protein
4.5 g
Fat
13.5 g
Saturated Fat
4.5 g
Cholesterol
60 mg
Sodium
500 mg
Fiber
2 g
Total Sugars
28.5 g

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