This is the best chocolate cake ever! I have a question, though. I have made this cake twice now and both times I had great difficulty getting the cakes out of the pans. The first time I greased sides and bottoms of pans as per recipe. The second time I greased and floured the pans; this worked a little better than simply greasing. Any suggestions?

By Monica on May 10, 2013

Hello Rachel Jones, Yes, 2 measuring cups of strong fresh coffee. On behalf of Paula, Thanks for visiting our web site!

By Jocelyn Morera on April 23, 2013

Do you mean 2 measuring cups of fresh brewed coffee?

By Rachel Jones on March 29, 2013

This was a very good cake. I only added 1tsp of butter flavor. I didnt have any problems with it not coming out the pans. I used a non stick pan and also greased with shortening and flour and it came out perfectly. I didnt make the frosting above. For the frosting I used 2 sticks unsalted butter and 1 stick salted butter. Then added about 2 tablespoons of cream cheese 1 1/2 vanilla 8 oz of semi sweet chocolate. ( I warmed about 1/4 cup milk and 2 tablespoons margarine then poured over the chocolate to melt). I then mixed the choclate in with the frosting and it was delicious.

By Debra on March 03, 2013

This cake totally fell apart after not wanting to come out of the pans. I made it into a trifle with the icing and whipped cream. It's very good1 (Just ugly)

By sholmes on January 28, 2013

The frosting was confusing ...the sugar and chocolate was under the picture so it was hard to see.

By Jeanne on December 11, 2012

need to know on the frosting says to added butter,milk vanilla do i add confection sugar and how much and also how much cholate and what kind help Thanks

By Sharon Reinertson on October 21, 2012

mmmmmm we made this 4 fathers day my dad practically ate the hole cake he loved it sooooooo much

By grace on June 10, 2012

Baked this cake, but had to toss it out. Followed the recipe exactly, but all three layers stuck to the pans, even though they were greased thoroughly. The cake had a pretty good flavor to it, but just fell apart!

By Debby Brooks on May 11, 2012

paula ur t best

By joey on May 02, 2012

Paula, It looks just wonderfull! Iam going to bake it for my daughter-in-laws Birthday. Thanks for sharing.

By Louise Hockenson on April 22, 2012

I have read some of the comments and you mentioned about the frosting, what I would do add some cool-whip to the frosting, I do this alot with alot of my frostings then it isn`t going to be to rich. You could also do this with peanut butter frosting. I love to experiment when it comes to desserts. I hope this helps some people out there

By Joyce on February 15, 2012

My daughter has to have German Chocolate cake on her birthday, my late husband always wanted German Chocolate cake or white cake with peanut butter frosting...

By Sherry on June 27, 2011

The cake was very good, but we weren't fond of the icing. It was too rich. You could really taste the butter. Next time I will try a different frosting.

By Michelle on June 12, 2011

chocolate heaven cake. i am going to make today for mothers day. I am sure it will taste just heavenly. I remember making cakes from scratch as a young girl and just want to try it again. Thank you for all your great recipes

By gloria on May 08, 2011

I love all your recipes,

By maggie poveda on March 04, 2011

The cake was heavenly. I baked this cake for my daughter-in-law's birthday. The entire family loved it. The cake was very rich and tasted like a brownie. The frosting was very very rich , I think next time I will use a peanut butter frosting. I only had one issue I placed the batter in 3 nine inch pan but the batter ran over. I think next time I would use 4 pans to prevent this from occuring. Thanks for a great chocolate cake recipe.

By Nancy on February 20, 2011

i have been printing receipes but the lettering in the bottom seems to appear in some receipes for example shows short cuts and the receipe printed over why is this happening do i have to search the receipe a different way?Hope to hear from you i love your receipes great work and best wishes. Ana

By ana isabel silva on January 29, 2011

Made this for my husband's birthday, the cake was amazing. Tasted like a brownie cake, very moist and not too rich. The icing, however, not my favorite; I will use another next time.

By LindseyBarth on January 09, 2011