What would be a good Chocolate cake recipe that would stand up well under fondant? I am just starting out and would love any and all tips etc...
Making a Gift box style cake with 2 tiers for a friends 75th birthday, and using fondant to decorate.

Thanks so much.
Sharlene

scratch or mix?
scratch, i use a victoria sponge recpie.
mix, the wasc is very popular on here.
xx

Oh heck....this is perfect: the ONLY chocolate cake I'll ever have anything to do with.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Double-Chocolate-Layer-Cake-101275

Very dense, very sturdy!

This is the one I use under fondant with excellent results, and it tastes amazing too:

\\http://cakecentral.com/recipes/7367/amazing-chocolate-wasc-cake

You'll have to copy and paste the link, and remove the slash at the beginning. This website jacks up posted links.

Jamie, I tried the epicurious chocolate recipe today. I made cupcakes out of it, replaced some of the sugar with brown sugar and added some Frangelico...it was great. thanks for the heads up on the recipe.

yum that sounds good too, especially with caramel SMBC! How do you make that? Is that similar to the brown sugar SMBC?

I used nutella SMBC as a filling and Frangelico SMBC for the top. unfortunately I ate 3 of them, and am now feeling the pain. LOL!

You wouldn't happen to have a good red velvet recipe stashed in your arsenal your willing to share? I tried Rose Levy Beranbaum's and Martha Stewart's (which is similar to Cake Man Raven and Paula Deen) - not sure I'm happy with either one.....

Sandi

Yes...brb

http://cakecentral.com/recipes/7377/sarahs-red-velvet-cake-tweaked

That recipe is to die for!...the most tender crumb you'll ever eat! Caramel SMBC-can be made one of two ways. Fold fresh made (cooled) caramel into the SMBC, or, sub out the sugar in your SMBC recipe for brown sugar, cook as normal. Very very very good. I

thanks, I'll give it a shot!