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This is by far the best chocolate cake recipe I use. I bake all my cakes at 325 and adjust the time accordingly. If you use a heating element in your pans and adjust the bake time to work with your oven, this cake is not dry at all. It is very dense, almost brownie like. Amazing!

Can i beat the batter without mixer but by hand instead?

I made this cake yesterday, and only read the reviews once I had finished the mixture and was about to put it in the tins. It was at that point I noticed the mixture was nowhere near
Fluid enough to pour into the cake tins, which seemed to match others complaints of it being far too dry. So using a hand mixer, I proceeded to add two shots of espresso of 90ml each and about 1/3 cup more milk (full cream milk, not buttermilk). The end result was delicious and not too dry at all. Yummy!

I haven't used this exact recipe but I make one just like it. After reading reviews about the dryness, I would like to share the liquid ingredients in the cake that I make:
1 1/2 c. hot brewed coffee, 1 1/2 c. buttermilk, 3/4 c vegetable oil, 3 eggs, 3 c sugar, 2 1/2 c flour, 1 1/2 c cocoa, 3/4 tsp BP, 1 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 c fine quality semi-sweet chocolate. I make this every year for my daughter's birthday.......expensive but well worth it!

I'm a novice baker so I followed the recipe very closely without making any adjustments. My family loved the icing but everyone agreed that the cake was simply too dry. Great flavor but absolutely no moisture. Like another reviewer said- I ended up serving it with ice cream to offset the dryness. Unfortunately I didn't read the reviews before making the cake or I would have avoided the recipe all together. On a positive note, I really loved the ganache and definitely will make that again!

How I wished I had read the reviews before making this cake. I like to cook and do not consider myself a novice in the kitchen. Tried of my fail proof chocolate cake I opt to make this one. Dry cake, very dry. I had to serve Hit with ice cream. The ganache whipped up beautifully but it was to cold to spread. I let sit out and still had trouble spreading it on the cake. {Not to mention the $20.00 on just the bittersweet chocolate} Still learning

I followed this recipe to a tee and though the icing was divine, the cake was horrible. It was dry and taste like flour. I was too embarrassed to serve it to anyone so I trashed the whole thing. I had such high hopes! Oh well, money and time down the drain.

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For the frosting I used the Quick Chocolate Frosting recipe instead of the Ganache - since I needed something I could find all of the ingrediants for and it worked really well with the cake.

Just wanted to say that I baked this cake in Uganda, using local ingredients, without an electric beater (I used a wire whisk), in a gas oven with the temperature reading in celcius instead of farenheit and it turned out amazing! It was the first chocolate cake I've ever made - I made it for my husband's birthday since its not possible to buy cake mix here and everyone loved it. It was very rich and delicious. Thanks so much to whoever posted this recipe!

I baked this cake for my husband's birthday, we both agreed it was a little dry and too dense, almost like a cakey brownie. Although we were not happy with that, the ganache was really great.

This cake turn out absolutely delicious! Everyone loved it! I made a few modifications, though: First, I made it with three layers instead of two, secondly, I used some rum to moist the cake and thirdly I added a thin layer of strawberry marmalade between layers (along with the ganache). But most important of all, I let it rest 24 hours before serving, so it was rich and moist.

I know some have said they had issues with the texture and flavour of the cake and icing but mine was DIVINE! My guests couldn't stop raving about it and none of us could stop eating it. It was beyond worth the effort and time.

I made this cake in June 2011. The cake was dry and sumwhat flavor-less (no, I did not over cook it). The frosting wasn't chocolately, that is hard to say after I put tons of chocolate in it, but it didnt taste right. The household of four people all agree that something was "off" with this cake. Considering it took a lot of time to make, with odd ingredients that I had to go to the store for... it WAS NOT WORTH YOUR TIME!

I tried this recipe wit regular cocoa powder and 9 inch pans. The batter was glue consistency and the cake turned out dry. Thankfully I incorporated a raspberry glaze and lemon curd layer. The ganache was heavenly.

This recipe is amazing. When I made it, everyone loved it. it was the best cake i have ever made. It turned out exactly as expected: rich, dense and dark. Simply brilliant!

I made this for my son's birthday. The chocolate flavor is great, I know it is a dense cake, but it came out dry & I really wanted a moist cake. My son loved it.

Where are the ingredients and recipe for the ganache?

Sounds Good!

i loved it.perfect

I wonder if scoring holes in the cake and adding kahlua, irish cream, cointreau, or grand marnier would add more to this cake? Also, added to the frosting?

I believe, that 250 grams of butter is just a little more than 1 cup of butter.

What is the best recipe for a super moist chocolate cake? I used to have this recipe for a chocolate mayonnaise cake, which was really really good!

I was very disappointed in this recipe. I agree with another contributor's comment: It produced a very, very, dry cake with a brownie-like tough top that fell apart while removing from the pans. I would never make it again.

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans

I cup unsalted butter does it equivalent to 250gm ??? Please xplain to me.... Regards....
Marz Suhaimmx

Honestly I prefer this Vegan recipe, I'm not even Vegan I just love it http://www.fourgreensteps.com/community/recipes/desserts-a-goodies-/vega...

Unfortunately, this recipe is not a splendid as MS, herself. And I'm surprised she allowed it to be on her website. I baked this cake the night before my mother-in-law's birthday, and served a dry cake for the celebration.
I am an avid baker and use discretion with baking times as I consider varying oven temps. I checked it after 35 minutes, and the cake was not done. Though, the full 40 minutes produced a dry cake with brownie like crust around the rim.

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I agree with saucier-rob that the cake is delicious if you don't overbake it. I baked the cake for 30 minutes and it was perfect. I also used Martha Stewarts' ganance frosting recipe instead of the one that goes with this cake. All that confectionary sugar doesn't make sense and creates too thick of a frosting. With a few modifications the cake turned out yummy!

I agree with EWjunk - this cake was WAY too dry - and I too did not over bake it. When I got done mixing together the batter, it was like thick mud, and the resulting cake was like a dry brownie. I ended up throwing the whole thing out because it was simply unedible. This is a major FAIL of a recipe. And a waste of $25 for me.

My husband and my kids were in the mood for chocolate cake and then I cam across this recipe and everyone like the way it look. So I made it and I got rave reviews from my kids, but since my husband is not a chocoholic he was not pleased. He enjoyed it but probably won't have seconds.

I made this cake for my husbands b-day party and it was a great hit. All the cake was gone.

I found this cake disappointingly dry and crumbly - great flavor but not moist enough (it was not overbaked). I found the ganache "too much" - everyone I served this cake to said the ganache was delicious but left half of it on their plates. It's just too rich and too much of it. Normally a ganache is a thin coating on a dessert, not a huge plop on top of it! Also, it might cut some of the richness if one used a sweeter chocolate than bittersweet.

Delicious cake, especially the frosting. When baking the cake, I noticed that my cake was finished much sooner than 40 minutes, more like 35.