I need a fabulous chocolate cake recipe...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

Please post yours here.

And forget about mixes... :)

[Captain Hilts]

1. Some include coffee or Guiness!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. I made a Guinness cake for St Paddy's Day...

It was pretty good, too! :hi:

[tabbycat31]

2. get some hershey's cocoa

and look at the recipe on the back of the box. That is fabulous chocolate cake.

I make it with a frosting with a hint of lemon/lime juice to give it a kick

[KatyaR]

7. This is an amazing cake--

Gâteau au chocolat fondant de Nathalie

- 200g (2 sticks minus 1 Tbsp) butter
- 200g (7 oz) dark chocolate
- 200g (1 C) sugar
- 4 eggs**
- a rounded tablespoon of flour

Note: like all dark chocolate cakes, this cake is best made a day ahead (or at least in the morning if you serve it for dinner).

Pre-heat your oven to 180°C (350°F). Line an 8-inch round cake pan with parchment paper (no need to if you're using a non-stick pan).

Melt together the butter with the chocolate (in a double-boiler or in the microwave slowly and for just a few seconds at a time, blending with a spoon between each pass). Transfer into a medium mixing-bowl. Add in the sugar, stir with a wooden spoon and let cool a little. Add in the eggs one by one, mixing well after each addition. Finally, add in the flour and mix well.

Pour the dough into the pan, and put into the oven to bake for 30 minutes. Turn the oven off but leave the cake inside for another ten minutes, then put the pan on a cooling rack on the counter to cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate, and take it out about an hour before serving.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=G%C3%A2teau+au+chocolat+fondant+de+Nathalie&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3MOZA_enUS332US332&ie=UTF-8



**Some versions use 5 eggs. I think that's what I used, and it came out fine. You may need to bake it a little longer than 30 minute,s but do not bake so long that it gets hard. You want it to have a somewhat gooey consistency in the middle.

If you google "Gâteau au chocolat fondant de Nathalie," you find several versions and opinions on the receipe. Another good reference for this recipe is

http://orangette.blogspot.com/2004/08/and-then-cake-came-forth.html

She uses 5 eggs. You might want to read both websites before trying this recipe, but it's really easy and gets oh so many compliments. Enjoy!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Mmm...Looks like a brownie!

Thanks!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. I've tried this

and it turned out kind of dry. Does the lemon juice help that?

[coffeenap]

3. Mmmmm, Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

2 C flour, all purpose-good brand helps
2 C sugar
3/4 C sour cream (non or low fat works fine)
1/4 C shortening
1 C water
1 1/4 t baking soda
1 t salt
1 t vanilla
1/2 t baking powder
2 eggs
4 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted, cooled (or equiv. cocoa and shortening)

Oven to 350. Prepare pans--oil and flour. (2 9", 3 8" or 1 13x9x2)
Beat all ingredients 30 seconds on low speed (mixer) to blend, then high speed for 3 minutes.

Bake until toothpick comes clean: 30-35 mins for rounds, 40-45 minutes for rect.
Cool and frost. (I have a great Sour Cream Frosting recipe too! :) )

Hope you like it!!!

[coffeenap]

4. dupe, srry

[hippywife]

5. I've never made this but

it sounds like it's made just for you:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Stout-Cake-107105

[Missy Vixen]

10. Chocolate Stout Cake rocks the free world

I make it for my birthday. It's so rich that I only eat a sliver (and share the rest with everyone else,) but it's fabulous.

:woohoo:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. I made something similar,

but without the sour cream. Sounds interesting! Thanks! :hi:

[LynneSin]

6. I had this great recipe with sweet green icing

and damnit, I left that cake out in the rain. I know I know, I should have checked the forecast first but hell I was just inspired ot put it out there. And all that sweet green icing was flowing down. And you can't begin to imagine just how long it took me to bake that cake, it took so long to bake it. What's worse is that after I made the cake I burned the recipe, I just thought "I've made this great cake with sweet green icing so why waste space keeping the recipe". Oh I'll never ever have that recipe again OH NO

:cry:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. I told you to stay away from that damn park!

Needles all over the place, and god knows what else! :rofl:

[cemaphonic]

8. Some exotic ingredients, but boy is it worth it.

One 18.25 ounce package chocolate cake mix.
One can prepared coconut pecan frosting.
3/4 cup vegetable oil.
Four large eggs.
One cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.
3/4 cups butter or margarine.
1 2/3 cups granulated sugar.
Two cups all purpose flower.


Don't forget garnishes such as:

Fish shaped crackers.
Fish shaped candies.
Fish shaped solid waste.
Fish shaped dirt.
Fish shaped ethyl benzene.
Pull and peel licorice.
Fish shaped organic compounds and sediment shaped sediment.
Candy coated peanut butter pieces. Shaped like fish.


One cup lemon juice.

Alpha resins.
Unsaturated polyester resin.
Fiberglass surface resins.
And volatile malted milk impoundments.

Nine large egg yolks.
Twelve medium geosynthetic membranes.
One cup granulated sugar.

An entry called 'how to kill someone with your bare hands.'

Two cups rhubard, sliced.
2/3 cups granulated rhubarb.
One tablespoon all-purpose rhubarb.
One teaspoon grated orange rhubarb.
Three tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.
One cross borehole electro-magnetic imaging rhubarb.
Two tablespoons rhubarb juice.

Adjustable aluminum head positioner.
Slaughter electric injector.
Cordless electric needle injector.
Injector needle driver.
Injector needle gun.
Cranial caps.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. Sounds more like a yard sale

than a chocolate cake! :rofl:

[maddezmom]

9. I did this one for a teachers luncheon and got rave reviews...didn't get to try it myself

Flourless Chocolate Cake I SUBMITTED BY: Maggie PHOTO BY: Allrecipes


INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1/2 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup white sugar
18 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate
1 cup unsalted butter
6 eggs


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch round cake pan and set aside.
In a small saucepan over medium heat combine the water, salt and sugar. Stir until completely dissolved and set aside.
Either in the top half of a double boiler or in a microwave oven melt the bittersweet chocolate. Pour the chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer.
Cut the butter into pieces and beat the butter into the chocolate, 1 piece at a time. Beat in the hot sugar-water. Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Have a pan larger than the cake pan ready, put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
Bake cake in the water bath at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 45 minutes. The center will still look wet. Chill cake overnight in the pan. To unmold, dip the bottom of the cake pan in hot water for 10 seconds and invert onto a serving plate.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Flourless-Chocolate-Cake-I/Detail.aspx?prop31=1

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Sounds interesting!

That'd be great for gluten-free dieters too...
Thanks!

[surrealAmerican]

20. I've made basically the same cake numerous times.

Use really good quality chocolate, and it impresses just about anyone who eats it.

[Arkansas Granny]

11. This salad dressing cake is almost as easy as a mix. It makes a rich, moist cake.

Salad Dressing Cake with Cocoa

2 Cup flour

2 tsp baking soda

pinch of salt

4 Tablespoons Cocoa
1 cup sugar

1 cup salad dressing (like Miracle Whip)

1 cup water

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix dry ingredients, add salad dressing, water and vanilla. Mix well. Pour into greased and floured 9 by 13 inch pan. Bake for 35 minutes in 350 degree oven.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. Will mayo work as well as Miracle Whip?

This sounds good! Thanks! :hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

21. I don't think so. I've seen recipes for this cake that say not to use it.

I have used other brands of salad dressing, however, and it came out fine.

[kath]

22. This cake is to die for (as are pretty much all of Maida Heatter's recipes):

http://www.caderbooks.com/exmcake.html

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Mmmm...

I love almonds!

I use the chocolate buttercream recipe from Craig Claiborne's New York Times Cookbook...The rum does it for me!

[kimmerspixelated]

23. My secret ingredient is...

organic coconut oil instead of veg oil. I reccommend the Garden of Life brand, because it is not overprocessed and has a wonderful coconut smell and flavor. Works for other cakes as well!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. Thanks for the tip!

I'll see if they have it at My Organic Market! :hi:

[Strong Atheist]

26. See post #25, please. nt.

[Strong Atheist]

25. Do you know this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8933080

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. I saw that thread the other day...

I'm checking...

[Strong Atheist]

29. Thank you!!!!!!!!

:hug:

[Strong Atheist]

30. Found! Thanks! nt.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. Oh good!

Where was it?

[Strong Atheist]

32. Sorry. I was busy IRL. madinmaryland found it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8933080&mesg_id=8933145

[triguy46]

33. Tunnel of Fudge:

If you accept this recipe you must promise to use all the butter and all the nuts called for. Anything less is cheating.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Tunnel-of-Fudge-Cake-II/Detail.aspx