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Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2008
I own my own bakery and I am always looking for a great chocolate cake recipe. I made this cake just to try it out to see if it was something that I would use for my customers in the bakery. The cake was too bitter, too dense and I found that it didn't have a good taste. The taste testers (my employees) have tasted good and bad cake and we were all in agreement that while it wasn't the worst cake, it wasn't good either. Sorry...I will try again, but I am not holding out hope.
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Living In: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2008
Took alot of prep time and no one really liked it except for the small kids
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2007
The cake tasted great, but the center sunk in and was mushy.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2007
Delicious! Even though I had a horrid time making this it was not the recipes fault! I forgot to add the cup of boiling water so I hade to take the cake out of the oven (had only been in there a few seconds) and pour it back in the bowl and add the water in! Anyway, despite that, it was delicious. Moist and soft! I used a butter cream icing from this site and then sprinkled crushed chocolate chips on top. I made them into cupcakes. For the chocolate squares I used cocoa because I did not have the squares. It worked perfect because the back of the box told me that for one square of chocolate use 3 tablespoons of cocoa and 1 tablespoon of oil. I used the equivalent of 5 squares like everyone said. Great recipe!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2007
I followed other's advice and used more chocolate, but I used 8 oz bittersweet chocolate chips instead of 3 unsweetened, 1 cup coffee instead of water, 2 eggs for a more dense cake, and 1.5 cups of brown sugar because the chips are sweet. Came out great! Used ganache on top and whipped ganache between layers. Thanks for the recipe!
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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2007
My family loved this cake. It was super moist and tasty. I change 1/4 cup of flour for 1/4 cup of cocoa and it worked fine. I was a little scared about the running batter, but it worked just fine. I really recommend this recipe!
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Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2007
This was my first scratch cake and I loved it. I will make this cake now instead of buying the boxes.
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Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2007
Yummy! Hubby was real happy when he walked in the house to smells of this cake! The caramel icing is good, but I think I will try a chocolate buttercream next time. Thanks!! Just what my sweet tooth was looking for this evening.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2007
Okay, I think I've finally found the BEST chocolate cake recipe EVERRRR!! I increased the chocolate to 10 oz and reduced the sugar to 2 cups. This cake came out soooo thick and moist and fluffy. Don't be afraid of the caramel frosting--I was hesitant about it at first but I'm glad I made it because it tastes so so good (I did decrease the powdered sugar to 1 cup because we don't like overly sweet things). Try this cake!!!
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Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2007
This wasn't the chocolate cake I was looking for. Kids didn't think it was that great either. I increased the chocolate but still wasn't chocolatey enough. I will continue looking for the perfect chocolate cake recipe.
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Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2007
This cake was excellent. I used triple the amount of chocolate, as recommended. I didn't have unsweetened chocolate, so I reduced the amount of sugar. I also used coffee instead of the boiling water which added a nice taste. I split the recipe in half and made one 9" cake and had enough batter left over to make 6 cupcakes. The cake was very fudgey and yet was not too heavy. It was also very moist. I served it with white chocolate mousse and strawberries and everyone loved it. I would definetly recommend this recipe.
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Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2007
This cake is excellent. It is very straight forward and easy to do. I used the buttercream frosting as well and gave it as a birthday cake- it was such a big hit.
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Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2007
This was a home run. I,like many others added extra chocolate, 6 squares. I thought I overcooded it because it wasn't done in 35 min., so I added another 4 min. and the edges looked a bit too done. I always make my cakes the day before and sure enough the next day it was wonderful. My family loved it. I will definatley make this cake again, and again, and again. Thanks for this great recipe.
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Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2007
This cake WAS fabulous, moist, rich dense... it was good. I used cocoa and oil instead of baking chocolate and it was still rich. I did increase it to the equivilent of 5 ounces of chocolate, like some reviewers suggested. Instead of the caramel frosting, I topped it with my own caramel pecan topping which was awesome. Cook 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 2 T. flour and 1 egg in a saucepan until thickened. Stir in 3/4 cup chopped pecans and 1 tsp. vanilla. Thanks for the recipe.
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Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2007
I made this last night for a baby shower. The caramel frosting was a huge hit. Like some other reviewers, I used more than 3 oz. of chocolate. I had 2 oz. of a Nestle Dark Chocolatier bar and added 4 oz. of unsweetened chocolate to it. It was amazing! I'll definitely be making this cake again.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.56 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2007
This cake came out great. Like others, I used 5 pieces of chocolate, which I think was the perfect amount. Also, I didn't make the caramel frosting but a coffee butter frosting (found on allrecipes), which everyone just raved about. The icing and cake really complimented each other. Definetly will make this cake again.
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Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2007
this was a very moist and wonderful cake. I frosted it with a Ganache icing...very delicious...thankyou.
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Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2007
Very good. Thick and rich. I also added some extra chocolate and frosted with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting from this site. Not too sweet, very adult cake. Pretty easy to prepare. I would make this again. Use softened butter.
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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2006
Oh, my this is good. My 11 yr old son (first time making a cake) made this tonight. It was better than any cake I've made. Only problem was with the icing. It must have harden to fast and had crunchy chunks of caramel (but eh, what's wrong with that).
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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2006
This became an instant hit. Even I who normally is not a chocolate fan found this recipe to be fabulous.
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