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Tiered Chocolate Buttercream Cake Recipe

Tiered Chocolate Buttercream Cake

2007, Ina Garten, All Rights Reserved

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  • on March 23, 2013

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    I baked this cake and loved it. Really great chocolate flavor. The icing is good but next time I might cut down the coffee in the icing. It kind of overpowered the chocolate flavor. But this is my new favorite chocolate cake... yum....

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  • on January 17, 2013

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    It's the best chocolate cake ever! I have made it a few times already. I think it's a great recipe for a large gathering. However, if you want to make it for a small crowd, you'd probably want to cut down the recipe in half or instead try Ina's Beatty's Chocolate Cake recipe for the cake and use this recipe for the frosting. I make a few changes to the Beatty's Chocolate Cake's recipe. First, I cut down the amount of freshly brewed coffee from 1 cup to only 1/4 cup and replace it with 3/4 cup of reduced fat sour cream. Adding less coffee makes the cake less bitter and the sour cream makes it really moist & delicious. I would recommend using the Dutch cocoa powder in this recipe. I know it's about 3 times the cost of the regular cocoa powder, but it's a good investment and well worth it. I love the chocolate buttercream frosting. It's divine, but I also cut it down in half since it makes a lot of frosting.

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  • on January 12, 2013

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    This cake and icing is very good. The cake can get dry but is an easy fix with some coffee simple syrup. Overall 5 STARS!!!!!!!!!! icing is probably my favorite a must try

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  • on September 19, 2012

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    This cake was good. I followed the recipe exactly and it was moist. It makes a huge cake(i think it weighed 10lbs, so you really need lots of people around to eat it. It's very filling. My daughter requests it for her birthday.

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  • on August 23, 2012

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    I have made this cake almost a dozen times. I actually made it for a friend's wedding. People ask me to make it for them all the time! They absolutely love it. It is not dry and it's not overkill on the chocolate either. I used the frosting recipe for the wedding cake and used milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet. But if I make it for my kids or a home gathering, I use homemade whipped cream frosting. YUM! I love everything Ina makes!

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  • on April 14, 2012

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    This is a very good cake. However, because I didnt want to do the tiered cake, I used two standard 8 inch rounds. I made the mistake of overfilling them, it was a mess. Just so you will know ahead do not fill over 2/3 or 3/4 full if using the standard round cake pans. There will be left over batter.
    The cake is dense and moist, very chocolatety.

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  • on July 19, 2011

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    Greatest. Cake. Ever.

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  • on July 14, 2011

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    She made it look so easy, it I had no problems following her directions after watching the show.

    Delicious!

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  • on June 28, 2011

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    this cake is super good i am an eleven year old who LOVES to bake im going to do this and a half of the recipe for my birthday cake which is a four tier cake im doing the same cake pans in the recipe but adding a 10 inch on the bottom

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  • on November 03, 2010

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    I have made this cake a few times and it always comes out great! I use a buttercream frosting instead of the chocolate and its wonderful!

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