The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2009
Here are a few tips that you can apply to most cakes. 1) Grease your pans and then line with parchment paper, grease parchment paper 2) Use 1 cup coffee and 1 cup milk 3) You don't have to sift the dry ingredients, just take a whisk after you combine them and whisk well 4) Use a LARGE Tablespoon of Mayo when you add the eggs 5) Add 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil with eggs 6) Replace vanilla extract with vanilla bean paste 7) Replace all-purpose flour with cake flour Also, if you plan on frosting this, let the cake cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap (make sure no cake is exposed to air), then stick in the freezer over night. Take it out and put it on your cake board pulling off the parchment paper ONLY when you are ready to add the next layer..this will keep your cake from falling apart on you. "Crumb" coat it with a thin layer of frosting and stick in the fridge to harden up. This will prevent crumbs from getting into decorating frosting. Hope this helps! This will add moistness for those of you who were finding this cake to be dry!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2009
I picked this one based on the review of the pastry chef (and because I was out of mayonnaise and could not make "aunt Joyces Chocolate Cake"from this site.) They made the suggestion of subbing buttermilk for the water. I went with 1 cup buttermilk and 1 cup boiling water. I also greased AND floured my 9x13 metal cake pan ( I don't have any round ones)I had NO problem getting the cake out. This cake took about 35-40 minutes before it was done using the toothpick check. Even though we all liked it, it was a bit dry. If I ever find myself out of mayo again, I will pick a recipe other than this to try. Maybe if I had used the 3 round pans it would have worked better. 4 stars is still good...just not my favorite.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 24, 2009
Very good!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 23, 2009
tasteless and dry v dissapointing
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2009
This cake was amazing, moist, and flavorful. ever. My 14 year-old son made it for my birthday, it was the best cake I have ever had!! We had no problems with it coming out of the pan. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.
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Reviewed: Sep. 18, 2009
Like many other reviews on this cake, I could not get the cake out of the pan. it came out very dry and crumbled and I couldn't even salvage it to frost it. I tried this recipe twice as I floured the pans the first time I tried it.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2009
My cake completely crumbled. I re-read the directions and am sure I didn't do anything wrong. But it was very good. It was so good I will try again.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2009
This is a lovely cake. I used the coffee variation instead of boiling water. I also used homemade cherry jam to spread between the layers, then used a mocha icing to cover and decorate the cake. It was a big hit at the dinner party I took it to. I'll be making this cake again today for my nephew's 7th birthday, without the coffee. This cake has an excellent moist, slightly dense texture that keeps it from being too crumby. Also, the recipe is super easy.
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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2009
Spectacular! I made 2 batches: - Batch one was a half batch, which I made into 12 large cupcakes. I replaced the boiling water with boiling coffee and used canola instead of butter. Turned out lovely! About 20 mins at 330 F approx. - Batch 2, also a half batch, I made with spelt flour as I can't have wheat. Same as above, oil for butter and coffee for water. This time I added some instant coffee to the coffee to give it a bit more coffee taste. Turned out AWESOME! These were even fluffy which is difficult for spelt. For both batches, I took the advice of others and whipped the egg whites separate and folded them in....this may be why they turned out so fluffy and nice, not dense like some people have claimed :) I decorated mine with whipped vanilla icing and plain M&M's. YUM! Thanks, this one is for keeps!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2009
I saw the reviews and I thought this would be a good cake to make but it was disapointing.
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Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2009
The flavour of this cake was really good. Very chocolatey. However the texture was much too heavy. Almost like mud cake. I think there are too many eggs in it.
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Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2009
I made this with only one change--I subbed coffee for the 2 c. of water. It made a 9x13 pan and a smaller 8" round. I topped both with a simple vanilla buttercream frosting. Delicious!
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Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2009
I first made this for my son and nephew's birthday. Since then I have made almost every week because everyone loved it so much and has ordered it for pretty much every party. It was fantastic and now I can stop looking for the perfect recipe. This is it!!! Did not have to make any changes. It is great as is. Thank you!
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Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2009
Made for my wife's bday. Was my first cake from scratch and it was fabulous!!
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Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2009
I don't know what I did wrong, but I made this for my daughter's birthday and no one liked it. I'm going back to my old recipe
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Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2009
Amazing!!
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Reviewed: Sep. 2, 2009
I’ve been looking for a chocolate cake recipe for a long time and now I have found it. It’s fantastic and when paired with the “Heavenly Chocolate Mousse” from this site as a filling it is, well, HEAVEN! In addition to the chocolate mousse for a filling, I covered the cake with whipped cream, toped with chocolate curls and covered the base of the cake with strawberries. DELICIOUS!
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Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2009
I get requests for this cake ALL the time. I didn't tweak any of it the first time and it was excellent. The second time I just added 1/4 cup of strong coffee and using only 3/4 cup of cocoa/water mix and it tasted even better. Super moist and fluffy.
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Reviewed: Aug. 31, 2009
hmmmm.... not bad, didnt come out, but it tasted ok (special). not what i was expecting. a little dry even after following site's suggestions. cant say i'd try it again.
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Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2009
A great chocolate cake. I made it for a co-workers birthday, paired with simple vanilla buttercream, and it got rave reviews. I only had two round pans, so I made two, taller layers and discarded about a cup of batter. Great chocolate flavor.
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