This cake was amazing! I followed the directions exactly, and it turned out beautiful-so moist and has a ton of chocolate flavor! Will definitely make again!

Thank you. Was a big hit. Great recipe, easy instructions. Found my new favourite Cake recipe!

I made this cake for my husband for valentines day this year. It is an excellent tasting cake...we really liked the cream cheese buttercream frosting and it absolutely cures that after dinner chocolate craving. I didn't give it 5 stars because it was VERY time consuming. The steps and ingredients were very basic, it just took a long time to prepare. I would suggest making only half of the ganache this recipe calls for and it will be plenty. Overall a very good recipe - definitely something to make for a special occasion.

This sounds good. if you like this cake, try Oprah's Chocolate Mousse Cake, it is to die for!

This cake recipe was FANTASTIC!!!! I had no problems with the actual cake itself. The ganache went well. I made sure to chill it after spreading the ganache over the first layer, and the buttercream spread well on top. I think next time I will try to have more ganache between the two layers. But it was delicious! I added a garnish of sweetened whipped cream on top of each piece to counteract the bitterness of the ganache. It was delicious, and everyone raved about it! I will definitely be making this again!

This was a fabulous cake! I would call it a 'mud cake'. Very dense rich and amazing!!!!! yum, I got rave reviews about this. I made it chocolate/orange flavored for my husbands birthday party. I didn't have any unsweetened chocolate so I had to use the substitute recommended on AR (cocoa and oil). It turned out great, but I would love to try it with the actual chocolate. Oh, and I used mostly natural yogurt instead of sour cream. Beautiful, thanks so much ElizabethBH!!

The best chocolate cake ever--a family favorite that we only make occasionally because it's so rich!

Great cake! Made this for a dinner for 5 birthday celebrants, & they all loved it ~ couldn't stop talking about it! The waiter & the table next to us also tried it & raved about it. Now I did do something unusual to personalize it for the celebrants who were all from New Mexico, a state that loves its chiles so much that chiles are the official State Vegetable! I added NM hot green chile jam to the cake batter (1/3 cup jam per 9" layer) & NM red chile powder to the ganache. A total & memorable success! The addition of jam to the cake batter of course affected the texture, but it was still terrific: moist & rather dense. I will make it again without those changes & update my review later. ~~ I chose another frosting (butter cream which I also spiked with red chile powder) - because I did not want the raw yolk of this recipe's frosting. ~~ The bottom layer was frosted, chilled in fridge to firm, then the thick fluid of ganache was poured & spread over that. For a very easy decorating method, I put some ganache into a squirt bottle. Alternatively, liquid ganache can be poured over each layer. Note: for easy & perfect removal from pans, line pan bottom with wax paper trimmed to fit it. Grease it & the sides, then dust it all with a mixture of flour & cocoa powder. Adding cocoa powder prevents the appearance of a film of white flour contrasting against the dark chocolate ~ an old baker's trick. Allow pans to cool on racks for 10 mins. before turning out.

This cake was amazing! Even 3 days later was still as moist as day one! I didn't use the icing, I used a ganache, thickened for the middle and smooth for the overall cake. WOW!

over rated.