This recipe was very good. It was a rainy Sunday and my husband wanted chocolate cake, and I was out of butter, which my usual recipe calls for. It was extremely easy to make, and it turned out very moist. I did add about a 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, which enhanced the chocolate flavor. A great recipe in a pinch since the ingredients are almost always on hand. I will definitely make it again.

Quick, easy and tasty! Very very moist cake! Nearly as easy as making a box cake but way more delicious. Definitely a keeper =)

This is my new chocolate cake recipe! It was fabulous - better than the bakery I usually use for birthday cakes. I couldn't get to the bakery, so I used this recipe and a yellow cake recipe and put them together. I frosted them with Rick's Special Buttercream Frosting from this site. Delicious!

This cake turned out perfect. I, with the help of All Recipes conversion, halfed the recipe and used a 9x9 cake pan. As I live at altitude I made the corrections, less sugar, less baking powder & soda and more liquid. I also subtituded boiling coffee for the water. I had some concern as the batter was very thin but it it baked perfectally. I frosted the cake with a chocolate butter frosting.

Delicious and easy to bake! Made about 30 cupcakes and adjusted baking time to 18 minutes. Will definitely make again!

i forgot the boiling water!!!!! after putting the batter into the oven i realized i left out the boiling water!!! shocker though...it was really delicious even without but a bit dry. i won't hold that against this recipe though. the water probably would have made it moister.

Good basic chocolate cake and not hard to make either, my husband made the cake into cupcakes with my 3 year old son. Thanks for this as it will be our rainy sunday cake recipe!

I made this cake as a groom's cake and the entire crowd was just blown away by this cake. It's fabulous!

Oh my, what a cake! My boyfriend, who doesn't like cakes ate it all up and said it was the best chocolate cake I have ever made! I used 2x8" round tins and baked the cakes for 25-30mins. I used 1 cup of cocoa and 100g choc chips. What a delicious cake! It tastes better the longer you keep it, so best to cook 1-2 days in advance. Tastes so moist, like choc brownies.

This recipe was SO delicious, fast, and easy to make. I woudn't change a thing to it other than i would recommend having a very well greased pan and waiting for it to cool first before taking it out! Other that that, i would make this recipe again in a heartbeat.

This is a fantastic cake. I found it, too, on the back of the Hershey's cocoa box, but (this is cool) if you 1/2 the recipe, use buttermilk instead of milk, put it in a 8x8 or larger corningware dish that's been sprayed with non-stick spray and microwave it uncovered for 6 minutes on high or until it loses its shine on top and then cool it in the freezer (if you have room) and you can have a really good chocolate cake (moistest I've ever had) in less than 30 minutes (if you cool it in the freezer). Excellent with just about any icing and very good plain, too.

I increased the cocoa powder to 1 cup as some of the reviewers recommended and used one of the butter/ confectioner sugar/cocoa based frostings from this site. Very good and beats a box mix in the same time. Nice!

This cake is so moist! I followed the recipe just as stated and used chocolate cookie buttercream frosting from this site as well. What a great cake--got lots of compliments and recipe requests from my family.

I followed the recipe carefully and it was perfect! I made individual cakes instead of a big one. Make sure that your mold(s) is well buttered and coated.

Very very moist and yummy. My whole family loves me now!

Didn't care for this. *However*...my 10 yr old - who's pretty good in the kitchen - made this...*and* we didn't have vanilla of all things! Oh well. We will try this again and hopefully I'll have better things to say :)

Fantastic! Really came out wonderful (oh well, there goes the diet:) Pair this with Caroline's Chocolate Fudge Frosting - just to die for.