NBR: Choc. Cake recipe needed!

KariChadDora

DH's birthday is Friday and I would like to bake a cake from scratch... which I have never actually done before, only cakes from box!

I have been googling all morning but I am so overwhelmed with the choices.  Does anybody have any tried and true recipes they would like to share? 

I would prefer to make a layer cake (so I can use my round cake stand) and chocolate is a must.  DH distates all nuts, but loves caramel, butterscotch, chocolate, etc.  

 And go!

 TIA!

war_eagle

It's not a layer cake, but Pioneer Woman's chocolate sheet cake is the bomb!

greenclown

I made this cake earlier this year for DH's birthday.  It was to die for.

kittybits21

hershey's perfect chocolate cake is incredibly moist. recipe's in my blog and at hersheys.com, sooooo good.

KariChadDora

greenclown:

I made this cake earlier this year for DH's birthday.  It was to die for.

 

I have this recipe opened in another tab and was thinking about it...  was the frosting easy to spread?

Jay_Cee

kittybits21:

hershey's perfect chocolate cake is incredibly moist. recipe's in my blog and at hersheys.com, sooooo good.

I second this cake recipe. You can't go wrong with it!

KariChadDora

Jay_Cee:

kittybits21:

hershey's perfect chocolate cake is incredibly moist. recipe's in my blog and at hersheys.com, sooooo good.

I second this cake recipe. You can't go wrong with it!

 

Hmmm... this looks really good and perhaps a bit easier, maybe a good one for me to start with.

greenclown

KariChadDora:

greenclown:

I made this cake earlier this year for DH's birthday.  It was to die for.

 

I have this recipe opened in another tab and was thinking about it...  was the frosting easy to spread?

Yup, and I suck at cakes.