Rich Triple Thick Chocolate Cake - September 23, 2012

I was looking for a yummy chocolate cake recipe for my father-in-law and uncle-in-law's birthday, and this is what I ended up going with. It looked good, and I was only missing a few ingredients, so I went with it. I found this recipe on the Just a Pinch site.

Rich Triple Thick Chocolate Cake

Ingredients: 6 eggs 2 sticks butter 3 c sugar 1 c plain yogurt 2 Tbsp evaporated milk 3 c all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 c cocoa powder 1 1/2 c chocolate chips ICING: 1 c butter 3 c powdered sugar 3/4 c cocoa powder 4 Tbsp evaporated milk 1 Tbsp butternut flavoring

Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 325 2. Cream together eggs, softened butter, sugar, evaporated milk and yogurt. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Mix that into wet mixture. When all blended stir in choc chips. Pour into buttered bundt pan ( I can see where this would do well cooked in springform pan). Place in oven and cook for 80-85 min. Check towards the end to see when toothpick comes clean. Remove from oven and set aside to cool for at least 30 min. 3. Mix together all the icing ingredients. (I didn't have any butternut flavoring so I used 1 tsp almond extract and 1 tsp vanilla instead) Ice cake and top with handful of choc chips if you wish.   Looks like a donut huh? Husband Review: Man oh man did I hear a lot about this cake. The hubby ate it, but I don't think he enjoyed it too much. He's my biggest critic. I really wish that I could've found some butternut flavoring, because the almond extract and the vanilla didn't really work for me for the frosting. It had a very strong alcohol flavor. The cake itself was pretty dense and it was pretty dry. My father-in-law ate it and said it reminded him of a brownie. If the cake wasn't as dry, it would have had a nice flavor. I may try to make it again and tweak it a bit to get it how I want it. Maybe a chocolate ganach icing instead?