Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2011

Good recipe. Cake turned out moist and easy to make. Frosting was easy, just make sure you whip the cream in the stiff peaks. Working the chocolate into it will stiffen it a little more which will allow it to hold it's shape when you frost the cake. I added strawberries my cake. I did cut the edges off as they were a little hard. Overall the cake was tasty and easy to make. However, the cake was a bit dense and you probably couldn't eat a big slice.

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Top_Ramen

Reviewed: Jul. 12, 2010

I think this is the first time I have ever given a 5 star rating for a chocolate cake. This one tastes (to us) the way a cake should taste - moist, tender and not too heavy. The cake flour does make a difference and certainly only butter. Also, it does not have the baking soda taste that so many chocolate cakes have.

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EILISH40

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, U.K.

Living In: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2010

it was probably me but i couldnt get the icing to work . but the cake part was good.

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kevin

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2009

The cake flavor was great but beware, it will rise high and will sink as it cools. I will make it again but plan for this.

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wanna

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Flint, Michigan, USA

Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2009

Chose this recipe because I had all those ingredients. Big mistake. The frosting was runny and the cake was dry. Best chocolate cake recipe on this site so far is Better than sex chocolate cake.

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myisle

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: San Francisco, California, USA

Living In: Manteca, California, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2009

Not a fan, my sons were highly disappointed especially since it was to be their dad's birthday cake. Followed directions to a 't', but not too much about it was good. Will stick with my old fashioned & original recipes from now on.

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KyR

Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2009

This is the best chocolate cake recipe! My whole family loves it! I have made it about 3 times now. When I make it, I make 2/3 of the recipe (8 servings) and make it in a 9x13 rectangular pan, or a molded pan that I have that looks like a flower. I use light buttermilk and I frost it with canned chocolate frosting because canned frosting has less fat and calories than the homemade kind. It always turns out great and tastes awesome!

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Nissa

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2009

I'm a slight novice to cooking. I can follow recipes really well and I've done alot of cakes on allrecipes.com. So I have to say, I was a bit disappointed with this cake. It appeared very dry. That's something I can deal with if it turns out to taste good, but the problem was the icing. I added the chocolate mixture to the beat heavy whipped cream and the two layers separated after about 20 seconds of blending. It would have been nice to know how long to mix them after adding cooled chocolate mixture to heavy cream. Now I don't know what to do about the icing!

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Torrence Gill

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA

Living In: State College, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2009

Very good chocolate cake. Very moist. The only problem I had with it was not greasing and flouring my pans enough. The cake stuck a little. Purely my fault though. Delicious!!!

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MONICA397

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Marrero, Louisiana, USA

Living In: Bixby, Oklahoma, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2009

I do not like heating chocolate on the stove because of the high risk of burning. I microwaved all the chocolate mixtures, starting with 30 seconds, then in 10 second increments. Overall this cake was tasty. The icing needs to be refrigerated because it is really thin and smooth.

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