This is really a very good cake recipe! I do not like frosting AT ALL (to the point of scraping it off the cake) and this mousse "frosting" is a great alternative -- it's rich and chocolatey without being too much. I took some other peoples advice and used 1/3 C. water instead of 1/2 and made 2 square 1-layer cakes instead of 1 frosted layer (after reading the "sliding" issue, I thought this would be good -- plus I can take 1 cake to the dinner and keep 1 for our family!). I would recommend this for any chocolate lover (and I can see so many possibilities for this using different flavored cakes -- amaretto, cinnamon, orange, etc.). Thanks for the recipe!

Reviewed On: Jun. 13, 2009

I have to be honest here...when I looked at the ingredients all I could think of was "yuk." BUT, I read the great reviews and needed something relatively quick for dinner, so I tried it. I apologize for anything 'bad' I ever thought about this! It's really, really good! You can't tell there are beans in it (for those of you who, like me, who "yukked" at that part) and my husband, who's a little picky but a good sport about 'new recipes' loved it, too. (He went back for 3rds that night and took the rest for lunch the next day!). It's very filling, too. The only changes were that I made my own mashed (garden) potatoes, used the canned sloppy joe sauce instead of the tomato sauce and, being a vegetarian, I used the veggie version of the ground beef. I will make this again, for sure - no "yuks" this time!

Reviewed On: Dec. 29, 2008