Copycat Portillo’s Chocolate Cake Recipe
Check out this knock-off recipe for Portillo’s Chocolate Cake. It can be made as a sheet or bundt cake.
I sure love Portillo’s! My mouth is watering just thinking of their Tuna Steak Sandwiches. That thick charred fish topped with lettuce, tomato, red onion, and their tartar sauce on a sweet bun. YUM!! I want one right now!!!
My family, on the other hand, loves Portillo’s Chocolate Cake. It’s so rich, thick, and moist. It is one of those cakes that leave you thinking about it long after you finish your meal. You may not have heard of Portillo’s, but you can make this fantastic cake at home. It’s super easy and delicious. Your family and guests will be asking for more! I let them eat it before I reveal the ingredients.
Knock Off Portillo’s Chocolate Cake
The ingredients for this cake are pretty simple. It is so simple that it uses a premade cake mix. Yes, you get a restaurant-quality cake using a cake mix. I even use a store-brand cake mix.
Portillo’s serves this as a double-layer cake. I make it as a sheet cake, and it tastes just as good. I really do take the easy way out! Use this recipe to make a copycat Portillo’s Cake Shake.
While this cake would taste great as is, I top it with a basic chocolate buttercream frosting.
Easy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
1 cup (2 sticks) of softened butter
3-4 cups of powdered sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1-2 tablespoons of whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
Mix the butter until fluffy. Add 3 cups of the powdered sugar, the cocoa powder, one tablespoon of milk, and the extract (I prefer Almond) and mix until fluffy. Add in more powdered sugar or milk for desired consistency. Frost the cake has cooled. I just frosted mine in the dish I baked it in.
Have you ever eaten at Portillo’s? Even if you haven’t, you should try this out for your next get together and reap the compliments!
How to Make a Pinata Cake
See how easy it is to make a pinata cake with a cake mix and candy. Surprise someone special!
We meet at a friend’s house each week to watch The Bachelor. Recently, a couple in our group got engaged, so I made them a congratulations pinata cake. I took the cake to this week’s viewing party.
This cake is straightforward to create! Bake a cake mix in two round cake pans to make a double-layer cake. I used a devil’s food cake mix. When the bottom layer was placed on my cake plate, I cored out a circle in the middle of that layer and filled it with Valentine’s M&Ms as I assembled the cake. I wanted to make sure that there were a lot of M&Ms spilling out, so I overfilled the hole. Then, I scooped a little cake out of the bottom of the top layer before assembling it. The cake was held together and topped with a whipped chocolate canned frosting. I put a large cookie cutter on the top of the cake and put Valentine’s colored sprinkles inside of it. It looked really nice against the brown of the frosting.
Next, I cut diamond shapes out of scrapbook paper for my banner. I knew I could not cut nicely, so I made a pattern that I printed on the back of the paper.
I just wrote the banner letters by hand, used some double sticky tape to string them on a small rope, and then tied them to straws. Even though it was a little big, it was an adorable cake.
