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1. Place a rack in the center of the oven 4. Break the chocolate bar into pieces,
and preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly and place those pieces in a small micro -
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mist a 12-cup Bundt pan with vegetable wave-safe bowl along with the choc o ate
oil spray, then dust with flour. Shake syrup. Microwave the chocolate at high
out the excess flour. Set the pan aside. power for 1 minute and then stir until
smooth; return the bowl to the micro -
2. Place the cake mix, water, oil, eggs,
wave for a few seconds if needed. Fold
and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Blend
the melted chocolate into the remaining
with an electric mixer on low speed for
plain batter until well incorporated.
1 minute. Stop the machine and scrape
down the sides of the bowl with a rub ber 5. Pour the chocolate batter into the
spatula. Increase the mixer speed to prepared pan, smoothing it out with the
medium and beat 2 minutes more, rubber spatula. Spoon the pecan batter
scraping the sides down again if needed. evenly over the top. Place the pan in the
The batter should look thick and well oven.
combined.
6. Bake the cake until it springs back
3. Measure out 2 cups of the batter and when lightly pressed with your finger
place it in a medium-size mixing bowl. and is just starting to pull away from the
Stir in the corn syrup and pecans. Set sides of the pan, 43 to 47 minutes.
the bowl aside. Remove the pan from the oven and place
it on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes.
Run a long, sharp knife around the edge
R of the cake and invert it onto a rack to

cool completely, 20 minutes more.
the Cake Mix Doctor says
7. To prepare the glaze, break the
This glaze is incredibly easy, but you chocolate bar into pieces, and place those
must use vegetable shortening, not pieces and the shortening in a small
butter, margarine, oil, or any of the microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at high
blends or spreads. power for 1 minute, and then stir until
The light corn syrup in the batter the chocolate has melted; return the
allows the pecan batter to swirl bowl to the microwave for a few more
perfectly throughout the cake. seconds if needed. Stir in the vanilla.
Spoon the glaze over the cooled cake,