Used this recipe for the top of my daughter's princess castle cake (bottom was David's yellow cake). I have baked store bought and from scratch chocolate cake many times, but this is fantastic! At least I know what's going into the cake and it's from my own pantry. I loved how this cake turned out! Just the right amount of chocolate. My daughter is a chocolate lover (just like mom). Followed the recipe, and the end result was a moist, just enough sweetness, and delicious chocolate cake. I baked the cake for 35 mins (older oven) and turned out fine. I used a stick to pierce middle of cake around 30 mins time, and came out unclean, so baked for another 5 mins. The recipe is easy to follow. I decorated castle cake with buttercream frosting. I will continue to use recipe and recommend to friends. I post post pic of cake soon. Thanks for recipe.

Reviewed On: Jan. 15, 2010

I made this cake for my daughter's 5th birthday. She asked for a castle cake. This recipe calls for a lot of egg yolks but now I know the reason. It's quite a delicious and moist cake. I doubled the recipe (used this cake for the castle base) and used 9 x 13" pan. The cake turned out well but I have to remember to invert cake onto a cake board instead of cooling rack as cake broke apart a bit. Not to worry though, easy to fix with icing. I didn't find the cake to be dry, a bit dense but just what I needed. You need to make sure to follow recipe and when cake top springs back or stick inserted to middle of cake comes out clean (this is what I did) remove from oven (prevents dry cake). Definitely better than store bought, packed yellow cake. I will use this recipe again. My daughter thinks this cake is very yummy and she knows cake!

Reviewed On: Jan. 15, 2010

I don't know what I did wrong! The bars were bland except for the extreme sweetness of marshmallows and chocolate on top. Will need to try out another RR bar recipe, haven't given up yet!

Reviewed On: Jan. 14, 2010