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Chocolate Brownie Cake Recipe

Chocolate Brownie Cake

Emeril Lagasse

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2003

Show: The Essence of EmerilEpisode: Chocolate Goodness

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate This RecipeRead users' reviews (36)

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  • on June 29, 2011

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    When I was making this cake it dawned on me that for a brownie type of flavor the recipe did not call for much cocoa but I made it as per the recipe. While it is good with the frosting, I would certainly double the amount of cocoa that I use next time. I see one of the reviews below agreed and that person suggested using a high end goumet cocoa instead of just good old Hersheys.

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  • on June 02, 2011

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    Haven't tried making this yet.

    Does anyone know how long this cream cheese icing could sit out of refrigeration? I'm going to try making a tier cake and will need at least a full day to put it together, and since I'll be covering it with fondant I can't refrigerate it. If it's too iffy I may just opt with the sour cream chocolate frosting recipe from The Cake Mix Doctor.

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  • on June 03, 2010

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    Usually I think that Emeril's recipe's are too complecated for me... But this recipe was so simple. It was easy to make and didn't have alot of clean up time. The cake and the frosting are absoulutly amazing and will be my new favorite chocolate cake recipe. If you love chocolate, this is a recipe for you!

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  • on May 23, 2010

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    I made this cake for my neices birthday cake. She dosent like cake and wanted brownies...This cake was a huge success and everyone wanted the recipe. I recommend this cake to anyone for any occassion.

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  • on March 18, 2010

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    I've been making this cake ever since Emeril was on GMA with the recipe. We all love it, even me, and I'm usually not much of a cake person. But I do have problems every time I make the cake with it overflowing the cake pans, and dripping all over my oven. It always comes out all burnt around the top, and I have to slice away a good portion of it before frosting...kind of waste. So I always wind up with not as much cake as there is frosting to cover it. I'd really like to get some feedback from people as to whether I'm doing something wrong, maybe with the parchment paper. We really do love the cake, but I'd like to get this straight.

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  • on February 02, 2010

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    My husband loves Brownies, he just loves chocolate, I'm looking forward to making this recipe but before I do, Does anyone know if you can substitute the butter-milk for whole milk? I know I already rated it, but I've never made an Emeril dish that wasn't a hit in our home. Thanks

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  • on April 23, 2009

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    Alot of people commented on this cake lacking intensity and flavor. That very might be the case if you are lacking a well stocked baking pantry. It's safe to say Emril as a chef did not use a cheap or mild cocoa. He doesn't specifiy what type but I knew if it's so little cocoa to a cake you should us "Dutch Process BLACK cocoa"! Their goes your intensity right their! This cake will not come out good without it. For a few extra kicks I threw in half a black of darck chocolate chips. And threw the other half on the top of the cake. Also I added a teaspoon of instant coffee into the mix. You don't taste the coffee, but it enhances the chocolate dramatically. I made this cake today for my husband birthday. I did it with a raspberry filliing. I decorated it with chocolate chip and fresh raspberries.

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  • on August 18, 2008

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    The cake was nice and moist, but it was lacking in flavor. There is alot of butter in this recepie,and the taste of the butter was way too much. Also, there was not enough chocolate flavor(not even close. Additionally, there was no resemblence to a brownie. The thing that saved this cake was the frosting, it was delicous!

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  • on March 03, 2008

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    Normally I skip Emeril altogether-I find his style a bit too much all around, however... This will become my "standard chocolate cake" recipe henceforth! It is everything a chocolate lover desires: dark, rich flavor, moist texture, the kind you pick at every time you walk past it...
    Making it for the second time in a week-today IS my birthday... Added chopped hazelnuts and chunks of 85% organic bitter chocolate... I'm a chocoholic, what can I say.

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  • on January 22, 2008

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    I wanted to do this cake for my girlfriend, but I'm not a great cook (I'm a grilling guy, not so much a kitchen type. I asked my friend to make it for my girlfriends birthday and we all agreed that this is by far the best chocolate cake ever!!!

    I'll try to make it next time with my friends help.

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