Comments on: double chocolate layer cake

By: aliplus3

aliplus3 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:50:08 +0000

This sounds absolutely amazing, and I’m plannign to make it for my husband’s birthday this weekend. Baking the layers tonigth adn freezing them (thanks for the tip Deb). But I don’t understand the diff between dutch process cocoa and non-Dutch processed cocoa. Is it terrible if I use the dependable Fry’s cocoa I always bake with (made by Cadbury’s)? Help? Also, what kind of icing did you use for the lovely coloured decorations on the cake?

By: Lara

Lara — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:36:55 +0000

AMAZING!! It was my bday yesterday and I made this cake and it was so, so, so good.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:04:13 +0000

Made this into cupcakes and they are without fail the best chocolate cake I have ever eaten.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:30:41 +0000

Delicious!

By: Maija

Maija — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:56:34 +0000

Another fan here! Made the cake for my son’s 1st birthday. Covered it with while fondant and everyone “hated” me for making such a good cake. So, thank you for posting the recipe!
Adding picture instead of website :)

By: Katheryn

Katheryn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:13:44 +0000

Can I substitute the coffee for something else?

By: Krista

Krista — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:37:47 +0000

This cake is fabulous! I made it (along with your ganache and raspberry filling) for the groom’s cake at my nieces wedding this past weekend. It was a huge hit! You were right about it being so moist though.. I had some trouble moving it around.. and almost lost the whole thing at one point. It was so worth the time that went into it though! Just need to make it on a smaller scale next time :) Thanks!

By: Brittany (He Cooks She Cooks)

Brittany (He Cooks She Cooks) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:07:58 +0000

I’ve noticed a few other questions regarding dutch process cocoa, but haven’t found an answer. Do you know why this recipe urges against dutch process and the chocolate peanut butter cake recommends it?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:04:41 +0000

Deb – I made this cake for my mom and sister’s birthday recently. It was absolutely delicious!!!! Loved it!!!! The only problem I had was the middle of the cake kind of sank in. Do you know why this happened or have any suggestions to avoid this in the future?

By: deb

deb — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:44:31 +0000

I recommend freezing the layers before you work with them. I talk about this and other layer cake tips in this post.