{"id":15131,"date":"2022-06-13T09:58:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/?p=15131"},"modified":"2022-07-20T13:47:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:47:28","slug":"https-www-greatwolf-com-blog-chocolate-birthday-cake-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/https-www-greatwolf-com-blog-chocolate-birthday-cake-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Cake Recipe for Any Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nothing says &#8220;Birthday Paw-ty&#8221; like some cake! ? ?? We&#8217;re so excited to celebrate our 25th Birthday at Great Wolf Lodge, North America&#8217;s number one indoor waterpark resort. Bake this delicious chocolate cake recipe and come visit the Lodge for a family vacation to try it out in person! 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We&#8217;re so excited to celebrate our 25th Birthday at Great Wolf Lodge, North America&#8217;s number one indoor waterpark resort. Bake this delicious chocolate cake recipe and come visit the Lodge for a family vacation to try it out in person! We&#8217;re proud to donate a portion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birthday-celebrations","category-food-recipes"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GWL-Chocolate-Birthday-Cake.jpg",1598,904,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GWL-Chocolate-Birthday-Cake-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GWL-Chocolate-Birthday-Cake-450x255.jpg",450,255,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GWL-Chocolate-Birthday-Cake-768x434.jpg",768,434,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GWL-Chocolate-Birthday-Cake-1024x579.jpg",1024,579,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GWL-Chocolate-Birthday-Cake-1536x869.jpg",1536,869,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GWL-Chocolate-Birthday-Cake.jpg",1598,904,false],"wpvqgr-square-answer":["https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GWL-Chocolate-Birthday-Cake-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Great Wolf Lodge","author_link":"https:\/\/www.greatwolf.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Nothing says &#8220;Birthday Paw-ty&#8221; like some cake! ? ?? 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