Best chocolate cake recipe?

[flugelhorn3]

I've got to make one as a birthday cake. Looking for a traditional chocolate fudge type recipe, rather than a more grown up one, with lots of icing. I'm planning to decorate it with buttons. Any recipes or good tips? Thanks!

[flugelhorn3]

I've made nigella's old fashioned chocolate cake before so I'm thinking of trying her chocolate fudge cake...

[flugelhorn3]

Also tips for decorations are welcome :-)

[Tellmewhatyouknow]

Nigella's chocolate fudge cake is my favourite cake recipe. I make it at least once a month and everyone loves it.

If you make it, don't worry about how wet the batter is. It comes out of the oven beautiful and moist

[flugelhorn3]

Thanks @Tellmewhatyouknow! I used Nigella's recipe and it was the best I've ever made! I wasn't sure about it because the method and ingredients (oil mainly) seemed a bit odd to me but it really worked! It turned out to be huge too

[EmmaCB1]

Another Nigella for me... sour cream chocolate cake. Everyone loves it, kids and adults. I usually decorate with chocolate buttons.