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This is a wonderful chocolate cake! I also use hot boiling coffee in place of the water. My Aunt had this recipe back in the 60's hers called for a cup of oil instead of a 1/2 cup. I use these changes and also I have been using the Special Dark cocoa from hershey, it is wonderful. The first time I used the dark cocoa I used peanut butter frosting. Just the other day I made another one and forgot I was out of peanut butter. I made caramel sauce,poked holes in the cake and poured sauce over it. Melted some semi-sweet chocolate also poured this over the cake. Put back in oven for about 5 minutes. Very rich and very good. Kind of like a turtle cake.