Hot Water Chocolate Cake and Ganache

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This cake is awesome! I have made it a number of times over the years. I have made it for partys, birthdays, special occasions and everything else. even the most discerning chocoholic loved it! Yes, the texture is different and very dense which is desireable and a change from your average crumbly cake. The buttercream and the ganache are definately worth it and in response to a reviewer below who said it was better than some professionally writen books is CORRECT. Reason being that most "professional" writers and chefs alike, write books that cater to people that don't have time and/or the skill set to make a proper product. This is called "dumbing down" the recipe to make it easier for the aforementioned unskilled.

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I have made this cake many times and a couple of times have had to do "quick" shortcuts. The original is still the best. My coworkers love this cake. Simply amazing

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When I saw this show a few years ago I knew I was going to have to make the cake. WOW. Loved the 'mug system'-so easy. Really loved the cake. Great flavor and texture. Served it to friends and always get rave reviews. Can't lose with this one. This is among my top favorite cakes of all times.

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Tim put extra chocolate in the cake on his show, all those years ago, and I still put in heaping cups of chocolate in the cake to make it extra chocolatey. The frostings are both worth the effort - the buttercream is better than most of my books from professional bakers. I sweeten it all up a little because my family would rather not have full dark choco flavor, but either way, made right, this is a winner. Tim's guest spot, which featured him as a state contest award-winner, quoted him as using his family's measuring system, but whether using a 10 oz mug or converted to oz for a more traditional measuring system - it all works. I thank Foodtv for letting non-professionals show their stuff. This is an example of a winner.

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To tell the truth I only bake when I am upset about something. I tried this cake I think last year. The cake itself I could take or leave but I have never tasted better buttercream and considering I came from a house with someone who baked for a living that is saying alot. Try the recipe it is easy to make and the Ganache and buttercream are soooooooo worth it.

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This recipe is... baffling. I find it hard to believe that no one commented on the oddness of the mug system, or the fact that this easily divides into four or five layers and makes a cake that towers. Those oddities aside, the cake has a very strange texture. It is almost angel-food-like, but much denser. It is sitting in our fridge now cause we can't get anyone to eat it, it is just too strange.