Really liked this. The kids don't tend to like butter cream and other icing so this is perfect birthday cake for them. Moist and chocolatey. The icing on top is superb.

Followed the recipe exactly but found it a little dry, not sure what I did wrong

was worried that the dark choclate would be too much but the cream and condensed milk brought it down. was beautiful !

Mine turned out more like a brownie. Was too dense and rich to be served like a cake -would be better served warm with some ice cream

Simply delicious. Icing deserves a special mention - best choc icing I have ever had!

Thinking of making this:)

Fantastic cake. Made it into a sandwich birthday cake, middle layer filled with some of the topping and decorated as recipe state. Kids and adults all love it, an absolute fab cake for everyone as long as you're not worried about calories! Making it again for my other daughter's birthday tomorrow. Whoop! Whoop!

Can you use this icing as a filler, for example if I was sandwiching two of these together in a kids themed cake or would a buttercream filling be best for this?

Really easy to make and looked great. However, this was way too rich and the texture was really heavy, certainly took some eating! I won't be making this again.. : (

Absolutely loved it. This recipe has become my staple chocolate cake recipe. It makes a great birthday cake and I've even turned them into cupcakes once, topping them with a vanilla bean icing and some caramel. I use yogurt and a bit of baking powder to substitute the soured cream as soured cream is quite difficult to find here. Also, I use dark chocolate because I generally find things too sweet.

Gloriously rich and crumbly! I used this as a base to make chocolate fudge cupcakes (with peanut butter icing, naturally!) The only problem I had with them was they were a little -too- crumbly when in cupcake form. Also, I popped down the baking time to 20-25 minutes and it seemed to work just fine. Otherwise, this is fabulously simple to make.

Made this for my ten year old's birthday. Very easy to make and has already been requested by my oldest son for his birthday in 2013. Perfect served warm with ice-cream.

Have to say, I'm not completely convinced by this cake. I bake regularly and even following the recipe it was heavier than I expected. I wouldn't rush to do this again.

Made this today for a rugby gathering. Followed the recipe exactly and it turned out perfectly. Eaten slightly warm. Very positive comments from everyone - delicious.

Oh yea, forgot to add that mine turned out exactly like the picture! Awesome.

I baked this earlier in the day and followed the measurements in the recipe but substitute the sour cream for plain yogurt n used brown sugar as I have brown sugar in my pantry. The cake turned out to be heavenly - very chocolate -y, dense n moist.
I placed icing in the fridge first as suggested.
Looves this cake, definitely my favourite so far !!
So easy to make and yummy!!

I have a problem with this cake! I've made it twice now and twice its fallen apart when I've taken out of the tin! Arghhh....why! Help?! Apart from that the cake it self is delicious :)

Just in case you think the answer is it's under cooked I don't think that's the problem as the knife came out clean when I prodded it about :(

Thanks

I made this cake for my brother's birthday and the whole family loved it. The cake was beautifully moist and the icing complemented it really well. The icing had just the right consistency too. I used Co-op 50% dark chocolate which gave the cake a rich chocolate taste without being sickly. Also wasn't too expensive to make. I decorated mine with chocolate curls rather than hundreds and thousands.

Lovely cake, very easy and delicious! Not all that fudgy, slightly dry at the corners, and the icing dribbled off the sides but it tasted great! Not too rich, 5 tbsps cocoa was fine, but I'm not sure what the sour cream really added. I'll definitely make this for friends' birthdays in the future! :)

Easy to make and delicious!