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Sounds Delish! I cant wait to try it! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for posting ;)

Tried this today, love it, thank you!!! My new fav chocolate cake recipe!

I just tried this recipe but made them as cupcakes… this is uber yummy!! Thanks for sharing!

I have used this recipe a ton of times as cupcakes. I just made it in cake form and I am wondering how this cake holds up under fondant. it seems a little spongy and I am worried it will collapse under the weight.

Any advice would be appreciated

Hey Jennifer! I know what you mean, it’s so soft you think it wouldn’t hold under fondant. However I still use this recipe for my cakes and have covered it several times in fondant and it still holds up fine. I would suggest using a ganache to mask the cake to give it added strength under fondant. Good luck!

Esther. Thank you so much for the quick reply. Actually I mostly use ganache on my cakes. I am not a big fan of buttercream just for that reason, the stability. Glad to hear you use this recipe all the time under fondant. Sometimes when people post recipes you just aren’t sure how they use it:).

I so can’t wait to finish this up. I usually pair the cupcakes with peanut butter buttercream, which btw the combo is to die for :) but to tomorrow I am using raewyn’s caramel ganache with choco pan’s caramel fondant. Can’t wait to try that combo.

Made this cake last night, delicious!!!