Hello again!
I am looking for a Chocolate Cake recipe to use under fondant.. I have a white cake recipe from here , which I use all the time...but now I need a good chocolate one.. Thanks
Ditto...watch it carefully in the oven, tho. Goes from moist and delicious to dry in the blink of an eye. Don't wait for it to "spring" use a toothpick and remove when there are still moist crumbs ...
I use the Chocolate WASC receipe from this site. It uses coffee in place of water and that really makes the chocolate flavor more intense. It doesn't make it taste like coffee in case you were wondering 
. The origional receipe calls for water and instant coffee. I just make a pot of really strong coffee and let it cool because I never have instant on hand. It makes a really dense cake and it holds up very well under fondant.
I always use the Hershey cocoa recipe. It is so rich and great with every topping.
Depends on the texture I am looking for and what the end product will be for me. My favorite tasting cake is this one from Ina
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/beattys-chocolate-cake-recipe/index.html
oh and I also adore Dorie Greenspans chocolate butter cake!
I have used the choc WASC but just wasn't sold on it. I will try it again though just to make sure.
I made the Hershey's cake last week and it was good too. Seemed like it had a better texture for carving and that type thing.
I hope you find "the one"! 
crazylady baker.. the ina garten cake is similar or the same to the hersheys "black magic" cake
i may have to take a look see at dorie greenspans cake..
crazylady baker.. the ina garten cake is similar or the same to the hersheys "black magic" cake
i may have to take a look see at dorie greenspans cake..
You are so right. Maybe that's why I liked it too...lol I love coffee in my choc cake recipes.
I don't remember the exact name of Dorie's choc cake but I will try to dig out my recipe and see if I wrote the exact name down and what book it came from.
Rose Levy B has some great choc cakes as well but not everyone is a fan. I love her cakes 
thought this might be a good addition to this post too...
when making your cakes what kind of cocoa powder do you use?
I don't always have dutched on hand and lately have been using the dark choc power from Hersheys. Its pretty good.
This one is yummy from Dorie cookbook. Try the Devils Food White Out cake. I only used the choc cake recipe on the devils food cakee. I had other ideas for filling and frosting than what it had in the book.
i have used the american chocolate butter cake from the cake bible when i need sculpted cake.. Im not a chocolate cake fan, so when I have it, I want it to be rich and chocolaty..
I use regular hersheys that I buy in the 5 pound bag. I do usually keep 1-2 pounds of dutch on hand because i use it for RV cake
so the devils food white out cake huh? ima have to look at that..
I have just recently started making the Hershey's chocolate cake. I used to make the darn good chocolate from the cake dr. cookbook. Well, I am now hooked on the Hershey cake. I have a question though. I have only made round cakes (2-- 8" cakes) and the recipe is perfect for that size cake. What about a 9X13 pan. Will the cake go to the top? Or do I need to double the recipe? TIA.
I use the hershey recipe also and I really like it. It's really good with ganache.
dhccster~ one batch will fit ina 9x13. I would not double it.
I once made 3 batches for a 12x18 because it holds 3 boxed mixes, so I thought I needed 3 batches. Omg! it was a disaster, I almost had a fire in my oven. Cake batter was everywhere!
So if you ever make it in a 12x18, just double it.
I use the hershey recipe also and I really like it. It's really good with ganache.
dhccster~ one batch will fit ina 9x13. I would not double it.
I once made 3 batches for a 12x18 because it holds 3 boxed mixes, so I thought I needed 3 batches. Omg! it was a disaster, I almost had a fire in my oven. Cake batter was everywhere!
So if you ever make it in a 12x18, just double it.
THANK YOU!!! I thought I would ask before I had a disaster!!!
I use the hershey recipe also and I really like it. It's really good with ganache.
dhccster~ one batch will fit ina 9x13. I would not double it.
I once made 3 batches for a 12x18 because it holds 3 boxed mixes, so I thought I needed 3 batches. Omg! it was a disaster, I almost had a fire in my oven. Cake batter was everywhere!
So if you ever make it in a 12x18, just double it.
Due to the occasional "volcano" in my oven, I bought a silicone liner to put in the bottom of my oven. Worth evvvvvvverrrrrrry penny.
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