This is a great recipe to have on hand when you don't have the time to bake from scratch. I used a devil's food cake mix, and substituted butter for the oil. Next time I'll use a butter recipe fudge cake mix b/c oil -based cake mixes taste a bit bland to me. I also used the chocolate ganache recipe from this site as a glaze. It turned out to be a very fudgey and rich chocolate cake, and is now a permanent fixture in my recipe book!

Made this cake for a coworker's transfer party, and again to take on vacation. It was a big hit both times. One warning though, I tried it another time with the "whipped" canned icing, and it wasn't as good. This is now my go-to chocolate cake recipe!

I'm sorry, but we didn't care for this cake at all. I had to use a vanilla cake mix w/ vanilla icing becuase that is what I had. But otherwise I made it as directed. It turned out more like a bread pudding cake and we can't stand the texture of bread pudding. Now if you like bread pudding then this might be the cake for you! I ended up throwing it all away and making something else. If you do make this, make sure you grease your pan very well. I did, but it still stuck in the pan and came out in clumps.

This was an amazing cake! I really don't like alot of frosting, putting in the cake was just perfect.

This tasted great but was kind of unattractive in the pan so a added Easy Chocolate Bundt Cake Glaze from this site to the top; it set up well and hid the defects. I baked this cake in a 9 x 13 glass pan for 55 minutes. However, I gave this recipe only 4* b/c it wasn't a pound cake; it was just a really good chocolate cake. Anyway, this dessert went over very well, but its very rich so don't cut too big a piece for yourself:) I'll be making this easy cake again I'm sure!!!

I top this with the Satiny Chocolate Glaze recipe from this site - I am required to bring this for every family gathering. Moist and decadent!

This recipe gets rave reviews when I serve it to friends and family. I have also tried it with other flavor cakes mixes. Yellow cake mix and vanila frosting also great. I will cntinue to make this cake for a long time. So moist and flavorful. You will not believe how easy it is.

Wonderful recipe.. everyone was asking for the recipe and it tasted and looked as though I spent more time on it than I actually did.. I topped it with powdered sugar and mmmm .. I also used fudge frosting with chocolate chips as that is all I had. Great recipe

This recipe was disappointing. It probably would've been better to just make the cake and add the frosting on top.

I was disappointed with this cake. I think it still tasted like box cake and don't even bother with the frosting I couldn't even taste it. I give 3 stars because of ease but I will not make again.

This was tasty, but I wouldn't say it qualifies as a pound cake - it has the weight and texture of boxed cake, not the density of pound cake. Several folks suggested adding chocolate chips - I tried this and it ruined the recipe. The chips sank to the bottom of the batter once I put it in the oven, and the chips melted and adhered to the pan. In spite of my greasing and flouring the pan, the chips portion stuck in a clump and took off the top of the cake when I popped it out. I cut up the remaining cake into slices and spread them on a platter sprinkled with powdered sugar so it was presentable. It was good, but not a pound cake.

I got a coupon for a free container of frosting with the purchase of a cake mix, so I used it. I rarely buy cake mixes, and never frosting, but was glad to have it on hand for this recipe. The cake turned out just great. I read ALL the reviews before making it, so I made the following changes. Used french vanilla cake mix and chocolate frosting. Instead of 1 1/3 cups water, I used 1 cup water and 1/3 cup coffee liqueur and threw in about 1 cup of chocolate chips. I put the bundt pan on a cookie sheet, just in case, and got about 9 cupcakes out of the additional batter. I made sure to grease and flour the pan really well, which worked fine, the cake popped right out. We loved it!

I make this cake about three times a month and the family would prefer more. I even sumitted it to a local cookbook in our area and got rave reviews! Wouldn't change a thing.

Good chocolate cake. I added 1 cup of chocolate chips to the batter for some extra chocolate, baked it in a 10" spring form pan for 70 minutes and frosted the top with chocolate fudge frosting. 5 thumbs up.

I made this for an auction and it went for $450.00. I used a wheat free, gluten free cake mix called Pamela's Luscious Chocolate Cake and Dr. Oetker Organics Chocolate Icing Mix I made it again for a MOP's Moms meeting and received rave reviews. This is the best chocolate pound cake recipe I've ever made that's NOT from scratch!

What a disppointment! I expected something special and it just tastes like a boxed cake, but more oily. All those extra frosting calories added for nothing. It also made a mess in the oven. The batter measured fine into the pan but it oozed over during baking. Don't waste your time on this one.

Delicious!!! I actually made the cake in a 9x13 cake pan instead of the bundt, and it turned out perfect! It was moist and chocolately, but not too sweet. Very good recipe!