ChocolateCakeRecipes.net - If you are adding melted chocolate to a plain cake batter, do you add extra flour?

If you are adding melted chocolate to a plain cake batter, do you add extra flour?

And if the chocolate is unsweetened cooking chocolate, do you add more sugar? How much would be right, do you think? Thank you!!

Using ½ cup of cocoa would be much easier..... save the melted chocolate for the icing (below).

Cakes made w/ melted chocoalte usually do not have much flour in them to begin with, and use melted butter.

Chocolate Frosting

24 oz semisweet chocolate (chips ok)
1½ cups heavy cream
2 Tbsp light corn syrup
½ tsp pure vanilla extract
4 Tbsp (½ stick) unsalted butter, room temp

For the frosting, place the chocolate chips and heavy cream in a bowl set over a pot of simmering water, stirring occasionally, until the chips are completely melted. Off the heat, add the corn syrup and vanilla and allow the chocolate mixture to cool to room temperature. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk the chocolate mixture and softened butter on medium speed for a few minutes, until it's thickened. Spread the frosting evenly on the cake.

--Ina Garten
ummm, not sure.....the chocolate will make the cake hard though, because once the chocolate cools, it will get hard. Add something to make the batter stay fluffy. good luck!!!