Chocolate Cake from Homemade Cake Mix

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Description
A Chocolate Cake substutute using Homemade Cake Mix

Ingredients

 * 4 cups Homemade Cake Mix
 * 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
 * 1/4 cup butter, softened
 * 3 eggs
 * 1 cup milk
 * 2 tablespoons milk
 * 3 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate

Directions

 * 1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 8" round cake pans OR one 13" x 9" cake pan with nonstick baking spray containing flour and set aside.
 * 2) Pour one portion of the cake mix into a large bowl and stir in the cocoa powder. Make a well in center of mix and add vanilla, butter, eggs, and 1 cup milk. Beat mixture 1 minute with electric mixer at low speed until blended. then stir in 2 tablespoons milk and the melted chocolate. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl and beat 2 minutes longer at medium speed until batter is smooth.
 * 3) Pour into prepared pans and bake the layer cakes at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes, or until cake springs back when pressed lightly in center and begins to pull away from edges of pan. Bake the 9" x 13" cake for 25-35 minutes until the cake tests done.