Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2009

It was EXTREMELY dry. I could barely eat it. The flavor was not THAT good, but WAS good at the same time. Next time I won't make this recipe.

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Jules

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Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2008

What I did was I baked it shorter than the given time. And it was really nice! or should I say--almost perfect!

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YISSECUY

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Reviewed: Sep. 20, 2008

This recipe needs to be renamed. "Sahara Chocolate Cake" would be more appropriate. I upped the butter and cut the bake time as suggested and I still got a dry mess. I guess I'll pay more attention to the number of stars a recipe has next time...

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tigerlily

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Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2008

This recipe turns out dry, dense, and not very flavorful...to call it "Moist Chocolate Cake" is very deceiving.

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leekjlee

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Reviewed: Aug. 1, 2007

Needs (ALOT of) improving. p.s. to anyone reading this, don't make it. BIG waste of time.

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Alice

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Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 27, 2007

After reading some of the reviews about it being too dry I decided to add an extra 1/4 cup of butter and 1 tablespoon of oil then reduced the cooking time to 30mins. It turned out deliciously rich and moist.

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gehnt

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Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2007

I made this cake in the 2 9" rounds. I ran out of cocoa powder and had to substitute 1 oz unsweetened chocolate for 1/4 cup. Worked fine. The baking time is definately off. I baked for 30 minutes and it was a little dry. Will start testing at 20 minutes next time. Otherwise, it's a great cake. The batter was very nice and thick. Be sure to beat the butter and sugar until fluffy, a good 7-10 minutes. Maybe that is where previous reviewers had dryness problems.

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MHROMAN

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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2007

The frosting was outstanding, however the cake was incredibly dry. I even added an extra egg when I noticed how thick the mix was. Yes, oil or water or both were needed for this cake to be a success, maybe it just was forgotten when typed up.

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Moriah

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Rio Linda, California, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2006

This cake is so nice l thought l wouldn't like it.

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mirrny

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lewisham, Greater London, England, U.K.

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Reviewed: Jun. 20, 2006

I am baking the cake at this very minute but I had a hard time following the directions. I had my fingers crossed that it will come out OK but it didn't. Sorry Holly.

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Maternity Lady

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Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2006

the flavour is great. clearly an error was made in typing. It needs a cup ofmilk and some oil. The cake was ok because I served it for my daughter's birthday with some ice cream. I am sure the milk and oil would go a long way with moistness.

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CLESHO

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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2005

Unfortunately I made this cake for my Dad's birthday, it looked like a cow pie, and was so dry that one needed a gallon of milk to choke down this monstrosity.

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Amsli Zisou

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Reviewed: Jan. 22, 2003

This cake was dry even when trying to mix it. I added 1Cup of water and an additional cup of sugar. Keep poking with a wooden toothpick until it comes out clean.

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MARGAVAGE

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Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2002

this cake was madd dry. it was falling apart everywhere. it was the worst lookin cake i ever made. it was edible so i gave it 2 stars.

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QUEENPENWIN

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Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2001

Unless I did something terribly wrong. This was unbelievable dry. I even cut the 45 min bake time.The frosting recipe did not make enough to even cover cake. The cake was to dry to eat.

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