Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2012

I tried this recipe followed the instructions to the tee. I found this cake to be very dry to the point it just falls apart.

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bincruiser

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2012

I've made this cake several times. My family loves it. It's my husbands favorite chocolate cake. I first tried it when it had 5 stars, and was suprised when I came back to it and it only had 3 stars. Not Dry, but how could it be with with a cup of coffee, a cup of buttermilk, and 1/2 cup of oil. I only baked it for 35 minutes. ( that's when the toothpick came out clean). WE LOVE IT.

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Jayne

Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2011

Moist? NOT! I learned a lesson here - READ THE REVIEWS BEFORE PROCEEDING! This cake was sooooo disappointing. There is NO LIQUID in the ingredients list. This cake is the anti-moist cake. I recommend you remove this recipe from your site. . . It doesn't produce an enjoyable result. Sorry.

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Tiltymel

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

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

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

Cooking Level: Intermediate

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

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

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA

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

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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