Elyse's Chocolate Cake

"This cake is a deep dark brown. It is so easy and comes out perfect everytime. When I moved to Israel, I gave Elyse cake decorating lessons and she shared this recipe with me. It is the only chocolate cake recipe I use. It is so easy, my husband (who can barely microwave a hot dog) made this for me and it turned out great. This is the perfect base if you are going to ice/decorate it. Just put it in the freezer overnight first and the icing spread beautifully. Just as easy as Duncan Hines and much cheaper too."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
2 round or square pans
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place all dry ingredients in the mixer.
  • Turn mixer on low and slowly add the wet ingredients 1 at a time.
  • Pour into 2 greased round pans or 2 square pans.
  • Bake 350 for 45minutes-1 hour.
  • Freezes well.
  • Hint: line the pans with baking paper for easy clean up.

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Reviews

  1. This is a MARVELLOUS TASTY cake! I made this today for our April Fools party and it was gone in seconds! Luckily, me, the baker, got a few crumbs to munch on, lol;) This is a really really tasty cake. I did use a little milk when preparing the coffee, that's the only addition I made. Also, your right about the icing---spreads beautifully and looks awesome on top! Thanks a hundred and one times for the recipe!!
     
  2. Beautiful cake! So easy to make and no effort at all. I made this for a work collegue. Staff went back for seconds. They thought the cake had been professionally made. I dusted the top with icing sugar (confectioners sugar) and had a chocolate sauce made with melted milk chocolate buttons and cream. In my oven it took 55 minutes to cook. The cake was cracked on top which gave it character and the reason I chose not to ice it. Thanks for the wonderful recipe. I'll be baking this one again.
     
  3. this was pretty good, however I baked it for the 45 min and the bottom of the bake was a tad hard (not burnt, just a little on the rough side). I used 2 round pans, and the cake rose alot, so i had to even it out, to frost with mean chef's chocolate frosting...i will be posting a pic of it in a few days.
     
  4. I was looking for a quick and easy to make chocolate cake. This cake is just what I was looking for. It was moist and rich. Everyone loved it. I'll be making this again. Thanks for posting it.
     
  5. I have made this cake many many times and it is consistently wonderful. Great flavour. This is a great cake for those who adhere to a kosher diet as there is no milk in it and can be served after a meat meal. It's rich enough not to have icing which is how we enjoy it. Highly recommended.
     
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Hi, My name is Caryn and I live in Israel. I love to cook (and eat too) and truthfully I love anything there is about food. I am married and have 3 wonderful children and I can't imagine living anywhere else except Israel.
 
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