Blackout Cake

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Growing up in Brooklyn, We lived only a few blocks from an Ebingers bakery and besides the cupcakes and coffee cakes, we got the Blackout cake almost every time we went, but it didn't have cookie crumbs.The cake was covered with the pudding,not icing,and the pudding was covered with the last layer of the cake crumbled up. I nixed the cookies and the icing.

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One of the best chocolate cake recipes. I made these as cupcakes as well and they came out perfectly.

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Hi If someone can tell me is the cocoa (preferable Dutch processed sweet or unsweet??

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I made this cake for Easter and for Mother's Day, and it was fantastic both times. The first time, I tried to cut one of the layers in half and it didn't quite work, so I just put the pudding between the 2 layers. The flavor of the cake and pudding were great, but I would have preferred the icing a little sweeter. I recommend leaving the 2 layers whole as the cakes are delicate and putting the pudding between the 2 layers-you'll have more than you need, but you can always keep the extra pudding to eat. I skipped covering the outside of the cake in crushed cookies, but perhaps next time I make it, I'll do it. I made the cake and pudding one day and the icing the next. This cake requires a bit of work, but it's fantastic and worth the effort. Everyone who tried it enjoyed it.

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My Mom worked at Ebbinger's bakery in Brooklyn as a teen and I attempted this cake as a surprise for her birthday. Success! The cake was moist, the pudding perfect and the icing the perfect touch! The recipe is a little intimidating but worth the effort.

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This is one of the best chocolate cakes I've made thus far. It is superb: moist, rich and so chocolaty! And I love that I don't have to spend time creaming butter. I didn't taste the flavor of the coffee. I didn't make the icing or pudding. Instead I made a double layer cake with cherry pie filling on top and in between the two layers and drizzled melted chocolate on top. So decadent. My 3 friends literally finished it in one sitting...

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Ive tried making this cake twice now, its so delicious. but both times that I've made it... when it comes out of the oven it seems inflated...and then while cooling it collapses on itself. any suggestions?? its soooo delicious but it just turns into a huge mess to serve!

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Everything you would ever want in a chocolate cake.
The pastry is very moist and rich.
The pudding is delicious.
Icing compliments both cake and pudding wonderfully.
The cake is not overwhelmingly sweet.
This is now my new favorite chocolate cake.

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I have never made a cake from scratch before, so I thought for sure it would turn out horrible.... but I was very wrong. I made it for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day and he loved it. I think it tastes even better when it is refridgerated (and lasts longer too. Just watch when you add the egg while making the pudding, it can easily turn out "scrambly."

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This was a very rich, delicious cake. It was very moist and the wafer cookies on the outside provided a nice contrast in texture. Very good, I would recommend this to any chocolate lover.