Reviewed: Apr. 24, 2012

Had to rate in the middle on this one. As a cake I did not care for it at all. Baking time is way off and after almost two hours I pulled it from the oven. The middle was still a bit gooey and the outside was hard enough it made cutting difficult. As many said it is brownie like so next baking I made it as brownies and one word...AWESOME!

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Debster

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2011

This is not one of our favorites for chocolate cake. But we did change it for a vanilla cake that came out good. All we did was omit the chocolate and coffee and add a Tablespoon of vanilla.

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rjones

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Aug. 22, 2011

It was probably me, but this one turned into a giant brownie :(

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diplobrat

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Herndon, Virginia, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 3, 2011

The PERFECT Chocolate cake!

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Tracy

Reviewed: Apr. 25, 2011

I followed the recipe closely but changed the baking temperature to 325 degrees in hopes that it would bake more evenly. I even used a baking core and cake pan strips. Unfortunately after 90min the top was crunchy like a brownie and the inside was apparently still VERY undone. 10 min after taking it out it had completely caved in on itself.

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elizabeth.davis27

Reviewed: Apr. 4, 2011

I am in two minds about how to rate this cake. I had read other's reviews which said that the cake took ages to cook, and I intended to fill the cake anyway, so I decided to bake it in two shallow 9" pans instead of a 3" deep. Other than that, I followed the recipe to a tee. This is NOT a good chocolate cake. The top didn't just crack, it created a crisp almost crusty top, while the inside was still bordering on gooey. While trying to cut off the top, my husband commented that it looked more like brownies. It then struck me that this is an AWESOME brownie recipe. The dense, gooey texture of the "cake", the rich chocolate flavour and the crisp top is a 5 star brownie. I only wished I'd baked it in square tins, as I ended up cutting it into squares. 5 stars as brownies, 3 stars as cake.

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NikkiH

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Prescott, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2011

Flavor is great but the cooking time is inaccurate...no way this was tested! After to hours it was still uncoiled in the middle!

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Wildernest

Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2011

great cake!

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Yorkielova

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Orlando, Florida, USA

Living In: Hollywood, California, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2010

THIS CAKE TOOK SOO LONG TO MAKE. I put it in the oven for one hour and when i took it out it was still the texture of batter except the sides were starting to cook. THen i put it in for another hour and by the end of that it was okay but the inside was still a little to uncooked. I followed the recipe exactly so I don't know why this happened. I suggest putting more flour in the batter.

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sgdrulz

Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2010

I made this cake today ..everything went smooth except that the inside looks like its undercooked and the outside is a little hard..it kinda reminded me of brownies...the flavor is good though. Not sure what I did wrong.

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