In honor of my baby turning one this week I wanted to share with you my new favorite cake. This is the easiest and tastiest cake I’ve ever made!

Food H & P:
1 box red velvet cake mix
1 small dark fudge instant pudding mix
4 eggs
½ cup of oil
½ cup of water
16 ounces of sour cream
12 ounces of chocolate chips

Food Rx:
Mix all ingredients together and place in Bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour or until toothpick is inserted into cake and clean when removed.

Another tasty option is using a devil’s food cake mix instead of red velvet.

It’s already a delicious cake so you can stop here and enjoy or sprinkle the top with a little powdered sugar, add a scoop of ice cream, or cool whip. You could also take it up a notch and add a buttercream frosting!

Optional Buttercream Frosting:
2 cups of powdered sugar
1 stick of room temperature butter, unsalted
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 Tablespoon of milk
Beat together with an electric mixer. If needed add more powdered sugar to thicken or another splash of milk to thin the frosting. I then place the frosting in a zip lock bag and cut the corner off. That allows me to pipe rows of frosting over the cake.

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Speaking of birthdays, our staff looks for any excuse to have a cake and celebrate anything while working in the ER. However, one thing that we do not wish to celebrate is actually birthing babies. There is something about an ER crew delivering a baby that gets the whole staff jittery. Our cut off for seeing pregnant patients in the ER for pregnancy related complaints is 20 weeks gestation. One would probably sense the urgency of a patient being whisked upstairs to Labor and Delivery for being 20 weeks and 1 day gestation. This is mainly due to the fact that an L & D unit is better equipped with supplies, monitoring, and expertise when delivering a baby. There is an occasional baby that makes his or her debut in the ER. It does bring about a lot of excitement; however, it’s still a joy that we would rather the L & D unit experience!