Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2009

I love this cake! It came out perfectly, and that's saying something, since I'm not the most experience baker! Even my mom loved it, and she runs a bakery! The cakes came out fine from the pan, and besides adding extra milk and cocoa to my frosting, I followed the recipe exactly. I will definitely make it again! Don't listen to the people who said it was bad, they probably did something wrong!

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Bubbleclipse

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: May 28, 2009

I LOVE this cake!! I am not a baker, or i wasn't, and my fiance wanted this cake for his birthday cause his sister and mother had made it for him last year. I warned him i was not good at baking, in fact i have a talent for burning anything I try to make outside of a microwave. And this cake turned out perfect. It did take a while to make, I think i probably spent about 2 hours making it, though i attribute a lot of that time spent on me learning how do do things(ex. i did not know what it ment by sifting flour) anyway turned out wonderful everyone loved it and i did not ruin it lol

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Reviewed: May 14, 2009

Almost a five star. Real fudgy dense chocolate cake. Greased the pans and lined with parchment paper, as some comments said that the cakes stuck to the pans. They came out fine. The filling is light and a perfect compliment to the cake. I did increase by half the amount of chocolate frosting. Beating for 7 to 10 minutes creates the most light and fluffy frosting.

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Char S.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Colville, Washington, USA

Living In: Deer Park, Washington, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2009

What a great recipe, not too rich just perfect in every way!! Would not make any adjustments to this recipe it is devine as it is.. ;)

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Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2009

Seriously people, this IS the real deal!I made it for my Mom's birthday cake & it was amazing.I thought the cream & sugar for the top and filling for layers would be way too sweet but it was perfect.I almost couldn't believe I made it.

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miss spice

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Living In: Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada

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Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2008

Awful!!!!! Cake stuck to the cake pans. I greased and floured just like the recipe said. All 3 layers stuck to the pans. Very disappointed. Will not try to make again.

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Sharon

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Reviewed: Oct. 6, 2008

I have never really made a birthday cake. For my husband's birthday I really wanted a GREAT cake, that reminded me of his favorite at a near by restaurant. THIS WAS IT! It tasted just like the one he loved and it made me look like I knew what I was doing. It was moist and the chocolate wasn't too strong, which we love. I had to double the frosting to have it cover the whole cake well, and I only did 2 layers of the filling, that part I wasn't sure why it called to split it into 3rds?, but excellent, thanks!

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Kami Su

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Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2008

This was a very delicious cake. The only thing was that your directions were a little unclear. I made it for my coworkers, and they loved it! I am going to make it again to give to my Pastor for his birthday.

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Darlene

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Reviewed: May 25, 2008

I have made this recepie twice. I found I needed to half the filling and double to frosting to make the correct amount. The frosting was delicious but I added milk or it was too difficult to spread. I had to grease the pans quite thick so the cake wouldn't stick. It tasted pretty good but I have to say it was just not moist enough. I will try a different recipe next time or figure out what to add so it will be more moist.

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Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2008

nice

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Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2008

everyone loved this cake. from what i have seem all cakes with water tend to be moist sticky so like one reviewer said that its a good idea to line the baking pan with butter paper. also the frosting is yummy given that you add milk and cream to it!

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Azka

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Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2008

I've made this cake for many years. I always have problems getting the cakes out of the pans, so instead of greasing and flouring the pans, I grease the pans and then line them with wax paper. When they are cool, I just gently pull up on the sides of the wax paper and the cakes come out in one piece.

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slushmonkie

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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2008

this is a great recipe it will definetly become my go to cake. I like the idea of the filling between the layers the creaminess of the heavy cream added an almost luxuirious change rather than traditional frosting throughout the entire cake. I received alot of compliments and rave reviews. A definte keeper

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ZBALES

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Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2008

I'm a cook, not a baker.. This cake still turned out great! Moist and very dense. I made & used a vanilla/almond buttercream icing. I also added a bit more cocoa.

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cookin'mamma

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Reviewed: Apr. 24, 2007

What a great recipe. I added some extra chocolate too, simply because my husband likes dark, rich chocolate. It was absolutely delicious.

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KYGrammyto2

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Home Town: Logan, West Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 29, 2007

Magnificent!!!!!! I can't BELIEVE anyone gave this cake a poor rating. They must've overcooked it or used substandard ingredients. I have made it several times now and everyone, i mean EVERYONE goes crazy!!! ADD MILK TO THE FROSTING AND IT TURNS OUT PERFECTLY, start with 1 Tablespoon and then keep the processor/mixer going and just go a drop at a time, until it's at a perfect spreading consistency. You an also add up to 1/4 cup cocoa for a more "chocolatey" frosting. truly amazing!!!!

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Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2007

This cake was very bland and on the dry side. I was so disappointed.

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Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2007

a very good cake, only reason for 4 stars being, i can't remember it all that well. i made it a while back and remembered that it was good, and i should review it. nothing exceptional but it is a good chocolate cake and it does work very well for cutting and filling/frosting. i cut it in half and spread it with lemon filling. (the recipe is on this site. its by Carol)

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Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2006

Wow! I added a really large, melted Hershey bar and a package of chocolate pudding to this recipe, baked it in a bundt pan and frosted it with buttercream vanilla icing. I made it for my husband's coworker's birthday. The next day, another coworker, who had brought a piece home to his family, offered to pay me to make him one too! It was a huge hit! This is a really good cake by itself, but I felt I wanted a little boost of moisture and chocolate. These added ingredients make it heavy, so proceed with caution, but so yummy! I also used Penzey's cocoa - beware that if your cocoa powder is a lesser quality or old, it won't be as good! :)

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Reviewed: Oct. 9, 2006

This is my favorite chocolate cake recipe of all time. I make the cake part exactly to this recipe. I have been making it for 22 years, and it is always a very big hit. On the filling my recipe calls for only 1 cup of whipped cream with 1/4 cup powdered sugar, but I always wish I had more. I think it has gotten some negative reviews because the frosting is a bit stiff for the cake (which is sticky but so worth it) and tears it. I use a softer frosting (which I think taste better on this cake) that doesn't harden until you refridgerate it, which is close to "Creamy Chocolate Frosting" SUBMITTED BY: Jeannette Mack. But a few times when I was in a hurry I used a classic chocolate buttercream like the one in this recipe and it was fine. I think once I even used a store bought frosting and no one complained. Because the cake is sticky use two spatulas one for dipping in the frosting and one for spreading to avoid getting crumbs in your frosting. Get plenty of frosting on your spreading spatula, and avoid pulling it straight off the cake. Slide the spatula off keeping it level with the cake. Spread the frosting like you would peanut butter on soft bread. This is such a wonderful cake. Don't be scared off! It is so worth the effort.

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