On the Box Back Was the Best Chocolate Cake Recipe

Chocolate cake. Good chocolate cake is special, but great chocolate cake turns lives around.

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They're also elusive. Years in a bakery taught me that the perfect chocolate cake recipe was hard to find.

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It must be chocolaty, but not too sweet to overwhelm icing or ganache.

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I had a wonderful cake recently. It appeared in a huge, six-layered slice that immediately reminded us of "Matilda".

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My hometown New York restaurant Claud is famous for this cake.

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This cake is easy to make with items you probably already have.

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It also only requires an electric mixer (not stand), but you can whisk it by hand.

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