Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2007

I made the cake part only, not the frosting. I had to add another ounce of chocolate because it wasn't chocolate-y enough for us. I made cupcakes, baked for about 15 minutes, then watched them closely til done (around 18 minutes). Moist, with a nice taste and texture. I'm pleased with this recipe.

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VICTORIAJ

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Saint Charles, Illinois, USA

Living In: Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2007

wow. this cake is so good. i added a little maple flavoring and some sweetened dark chocolate. for 2 9' round pans it took 30 minutes exactly. another thing i liked is that it didnt turn all round on top like the box cakes. i was able to put the two on top of each other without them breaking! thanks for the great recipe!!

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Rachel

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2006

this cake has a very rich choclate flavour and a very moist texture that melts in the mouth.

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numy

Cooking Level: Professional

Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2008

I hate to be the first with a negative review, but I found this cake to be fairly dry and crumbly. I am a good baker and am not sure why it didn't turn out well. I DID make two changes: I used butter instead of shortening (which I always do and have not experienced a problem before), and I added an extra ounce of baking chocolate. The flavor was pretty good, but the cake crumbled too easily. I made a 12" round cake and it was done in exactly 24 minutes. I didn't make the icing but used a rolled fondant icing instead. There is a chance that I made a mistake and it's not the recipe's fault, but I don't think that's the case. I'll keep looking.

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Sarah R

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Living In: Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2010

I used 1/2 a bag of Ghirardelli semi sweet chocolate chips in this recipe instead of 2 oz of unsweetened and baked it in my jelly roll pan. Covered it with a mixture of 1 can vanilla frosting and 1 tub of coolwhip. Rolled it up and topped it with the recipe for Chocolate Ganache on here. It turned out like a marvelous yummy gigantic swiss cake roll and everyone loved it! If you are going to make a roll cake remember to roll the cake up by placing a towel well coated in powdered sugar on the cake and rolling it up around the towel and letting it cool this way. Then it won't crack up in the end when you fill it and roll it. Yum Yum!

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Leechfam6

Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2010

add choc chips, otherwise it's great!

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CamBerWeb

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2011

This turned out beautifully! The batter was perfect and fluffy. It looked almost like chocolate pudding (i had to keep fighting the urge to eat it with a spoon!), and baked up nicely as cupcakes. I made a few changes. I used four ounces of chocolate, because I was pairing it with a very sweet frosting, and wanted it to have a deeper chocolate flavor, I used cake flour instead of all-purpose, and I used the suggestion of cream rather than milk. This will be my go-to chocolate cake! Thank you so much!

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CalmlyUnaware

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: The Woodlands, Texas, USA

Living In: Nacogdoches, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2011

Delicious! Very nice texture as well.

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aprilh

Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2012

I made this recipe as 24 cupcakes. I used butter instead of shortening and added an extra ounce of chocolate, as I had seen someone suggest. They took about 20 minutes to bake. After cooling, I filled them with raspberry filling and frosted them with buttercream frosting. They came out very moist and fudgy. My family decided that they tasted like hot chocolate in a cupcake! We all enjoyed them and I was told to make sure I don't lose the recipe! This recipe was defiinitely a hit in my house!!

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