"Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake

As most of you know, I spend my days fielding baking questions for a pretty big baking mix company. Over the course of a day I might talk to 100 different consumers about their trials and tribulations with muffins, cookies, cakes and any number of baked goods. I often have people suggest alternate methods for baking a product but I rarely have someone suggest a specific recipe to me - and until Monday I hadn't had any consumers suggest a recipe that I actually wanted to try. And then Amy from Lexington told me about Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake.

Through out my conversation with Amy I could tell that she was a woman that knew a good cake when she ate one. We had several favorite mixes and flavors in common and she had mentioned some more advanced recipes that she had tried - so I took her word for it when she said this was the "best chocolate cake I have ever made." I had to try it.

Wednesday night I had some extra time on my hands so I picked up the ingredients I needed and went to work. The recipe is simple for a "from scratch" cake and the ingredients were mostly things I already had in my pantry or fridge. Always a bonus. Once the cakes came out of the oven I stole a few crumbs and could already tell I was in for a treat. I cooled the cakes and made the frosting which was intensely chocolate flavored. I frosted the cake and covered it for the night, I had promised co-workers that I'd be bringing the cake in for them to try so I couldn't sneak a piece.

The cake was a triumph. I had several people ask me for the recipe and many "oohs" and "aahs" as it was devoured throughout the day. If you love intense chocolate flavor and a slightly denser cake (almost like a flour less cake consistency) then this is a cake you should try. But I'll warn you ahead of time - plan to share it with others because you won't want this lethal confection hanging around your house.

The recipe can be found here.

Now get in the kitchen and bake!