The best chocolate cake is Ruth Reichl's the Cake that Cures Everything. Google it. You will love it. I have made many, many chocolate cakes and this one always pleases everyone.
I agree with Judy below. It's a tender but very crumbly cake. The cake has a deep chocolate/cocoa flavour. I think it needs the ganache or a sweet chocolate frosting to go with it. Short answer to the original question: No.
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I decided to go ahead and make this to answer my own question. This is an easy cake to make, great for the serious chocolate lovers. It seems very crumbly when cutting, but it is a moist crumb and the ganache very good. I am not sure I can proclaim it 'worlds best' but I will make it again.
BB, can you share that recipe?? My mother has (or had--I'll have to see if she brought it from the old house when she moved) the original Betty Crocker cookbook from the early '60s. Is that the one you have?
Berry baby please post if possible! I googled Betty Crocker’s Best Ever Chocolate Cake and an astonishing number of different chocolate cake recipes come up. I’d like to try the one you’ve used. Thanks!
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