Dear John This cake was very good, then I am not much in to to much chocolate, but it was very tasty. I could add a syrup or chocolate pudding filling in the center if I wanted a much more richer taste,but it was very good. If you do add more,let me know It is why I enjoy groups like this because as we send recipes, we all get to play around with ideas,test them out and share. It is how we learn, or at how I learn different techniques and ideas. Thanks sugar "Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders, Let me walk upon the waters Wherever You would call me. Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander And my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my Savior." ~So blessed,Sugar From: blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Rawlings Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:18 PM To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [blindcooks] Re: Hershey Bar Cake Sugar: While I believe I already have the ultimate in chocolate cake recipes, this one does look and sound pretty good as well. I wonder, however, how much chocolate flavor really gets to shine through. The hershey's syrup would provide some, but if Hershey's milk chocolate is used in combination with all that sugar, then I don't see the chocolate flavor would be all that intense. Still, I'd like to give it a try just to see how it would turn out. Emily and I attended the retirement party of a curnal in the air force at a nearby base to where I live, and there was an amazing chocolate cake served at the reception. This cake had by far the most intensely-chocolate flavor I have ever tasted in any cake in my entire life. I'm not sure if it was the cake itself or a filling between the layers; all I know is that it was amazing and lacked nothing at all. Making a chocolate cake with that much flavor has been set as one of my personal culinary goals now. But, I digress.... Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: Sugar <mailto:sugarsyl71@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: 2006 Christmas Recipe <mailto:2006ChristmasRecipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 1:19 PM Subject: [blindcooks] Hershey Bar Cake Hershey Bar Cake cid:110BC01F-22F8-45C0-8815-2FB25F6DFDE6 By Carroll Pellegrinelli - About.com Desserts / Baking Hershey Bar Cake is my best friend's hallmark recipe for chocolate cake. Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 55 minutes Total Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup buttermilk 2-1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup butter, softened 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 2/3 cup Hershey's chocolate syrup 7 Hershey (milk chocolate) bars (about 11 ounces), melted and cooled Preparation: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease either 2- 9x5 loaf pans, 2- 12x8 pans or 1 tube pan. Measure buttermilk and set aside. In medium bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda with wire whisk. Set aside. Cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla with an electric hand mixer. Add syrup and melted chocolate and mix completely. Blend in buttermilk. Gradually add flour mixture until well combined. Pour into prepared pans. Bake loaf pans for 55 minutes or until tested done. Bake rectangular pans for 25 minutes or until tested done. Bake tube pan for 45 minutes to an hour or until done. Cover it with foil immediately. This has a steaming effect and keeps the cake moister. Keep covered until cake is completely cool. "Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders, Let me walk upon the waters Wherever You would call me. Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander And my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my Savior." ~So blessed,Sugar