Beatty's Chocolate Cake

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This is a wonderful cake...rich and moist and not at all hard. But several of the reviews remarking on the thin batter made me look into something and I realized that this is virtually the chocolate cake recipe from the back of the Hershey cocoa box! I doubt Ina even knows this as it is her friend Michael's grandmother's recipe. The changes are the coffee replacing the boiling water and buttermilk instead of milk. I think she may slightly vary the amount of baking soda or powder too. I just think it's a riot b/c the Hershey recipe was already my favorite easy chocolate cake and now it is vastly improved...oh and I added my own twist...a little orange zest in the batter and some fresh squeezed orange juice in the icing (I used the one from Hershey as I am leery of the raw egg thing I also added raspberry jam between the layers. But it is superb on its own too! Anyway, funny twist on a classic. :

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I'm back online reprinting this recipe for someone who wants it who is now stuffing their face with it.

Really good Chocolate cake recipes are hard to come by. This one is right up there.

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Very moist and the best homemade chocolate cake I've ever had. I don't drink coffee, so I substituted with 1/4 chocolate balsamic vinegar with 3/4 hot water. Still tasted pretty darn perfect to me. Everyone loved it.

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I not only had to make this for Mother's Day but the week after. Never had a cake that was so good.
Kathie

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This cake was not only the best chocolate cake I've ever made, but it was the best chocolate cake I've ever tasted! It was moist, with a rich flavor and received raving reviews from everyone who tried it. I was a little nervous at first because the batter was very thin, but it turned out perfectly. I did not make the frosting because of the raw egg yolk, used another buttercream instead.
Will make this cake again and again,
Thanks Ina

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I made this for my wife's birthday and it was the best cake my wife ever had!! And she loves chocolate cakes!

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This cake is amazing. I made it for the first time a few months ago and have since made it many more times upon the request of friends and family (who either want the cake again or have heard about it and want to try it. It's such a staple that whenever I make it, I combine a second batch of the dry ingredients together in a big ziplock bag so that I can dump them in the mixer and easily add the wet ingredients for the next time.


I like to make variations with the icing. It's nice with just whipped cream as the frosting --not as heavy and rich.

My favorite though, is Ina's ganache on top with a tiramisu mascarpone type cream in the middle. (Put some instant espresso in warm water and add it to mascarpone to flavor and thin it out a bit, also add some sugar for sweetness. I wrapped up a slice of cake with this variation for my uncle to take home with him. He had to go on a plane and they wouldn't let him through security with food... so he sat down and my aunt found him a few minutes later licking the aluminum foil it was wrapped in. That good.

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Ihis recipe creats a chocolate cake that was stole from the Greek Gods of many centuries of a long time ago. I take my hat off to honor the origanal baker who created this wonderful cake that is rich with wonderful flavoe that it must of come from the Gods.

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this cake is delicious and simple. a word to the wise--use the parchment circles! i had a mess when removing from the pans. to cut down on the coffee flavor I did 1/2 c coffee and 1/2 c half-and-half with great results. For the frosting I did two teaspoons of brewed coffee, rather than the ultra-concentrated with instant. With these changes you get a very chocolately cake (not coffee tasting at all.

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remeber to put cake on parchment paper.
Then cut around the bottom when cake is placed on presentation plate to ensure clean plate