chocolate "brownie" cake - Page 2

Originally Posted by ceshell

Yay yay yay yayyyyyyyyyy!! I am so glad you had a good result with the recipe, and that your dome flattened out too . I was so excited to have found such an incredible chocolate cake, I always am eager to share it with others so that they can wallow in the same chocolatey goodness LOL.

You are most welcome and hopefully lecrn will have the same fantastic results!

Originally Posted by lecrn

honeyscake,
What kind of cocoa did you use for ceshell's recipe?

Originally Posted by lecrn

Okay. I've tried the recipe & tasted:
I used 1 cup natural Hershey's cocoa, 1/2 cup Hershey's dark, & Land'o Lakes butter (that's what I had on hand). I baked the cake in a 9 x 13 pan & used a flower nail. I followed the recipe exactly.
It took the cake 1 hour to bake @ 300. It was frustrating b/c the sides of the cake was done sooner than the middle. I knew that I was over baking the sides so the middle would be done. It did dome & crack as suggested in the recipe. The cake sit all night wrapped in plastic wrap & I tried it this morning.
I tried an end piece first & it was over done. The middle was much, much better! The crumb was nice & it was very moist. I think that it had more of a choc. bitter taste than I'm used to & less sweet. I usually use a doctored choc. mix recipe. My DH tried the cake & he had the same opinion. I probably won't use the recipe for a layered cake b/c I would have to waste so much of the cake when I level
Have you tried to bake the cake @ a higher temp? Used bake even strips? Wonder if adding some baking powder would help it rise?
Maybe it would be less bitter with a better quality cocoa? If yours ain't broke, don't try to fix it!
Anyway, thanks so much for the recipe. I have a few more to try (one scratch & one mix).

Originally Posted by lecrn

I found the winning recipe!!!
After trying many recipes (scratch & doctored box) I've found what I've been looking for. It's actually a doctored box recipe submitted by cakemommytx here on CC:

TRIPLE CHOC FUDGE CAKE:
1 box BC Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake (w/ mini choco chips)
1 box DH Dark Chocolate Fudge cake
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups sourcream
2 4oz pkg chocolate fudge instant pudding
8 eggs
1 cup veg oil
2 2/3 cup chocolate milk
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup mini choco chips
Sift dry ingrediants together and then add wet, mix until incorporated and then mix for 2 minutes. Bake at 325 until toothpick comes out clean. You may have to test a few times, sometimes I hit a choco chip and my toothpick comes out all messy.

I halved the recipe using 1/2 of ea mix. I only had sugar-free choc. pudding, so I added 1 cup sugar. I also added 1/4 tsp of salt (b/c of the added sugar). I subbed 1/3 strong black coffee for 1/3 of the choc. milk and used Hershey's dark cocoa and chopped Ghiradelli choc. chips.
I used a 10 x 3 round pan & the cake rose flay all the way to the top without doming or cracks (used flower nail & cake strips). It was so moist & chocolately! It had a great texture that i can use for carving or stacking.

I'm so excited! Thanks everyone for your help. I was hoping for a scratch cake recipe, but this one is going to be hard to beat!