Hi Jo Ann! So this recipe uses three 8″ round pans, so the recipe has about 29% more batter than a 9×13 pan comfortably holds. So I don’t recommend that. You can make the full recipe and fill the 9×13 pan about ⅔–¾ full and put the extra batter into cupcakes or a smaller pan. Start checking for doneness around 30–35 minutes.

OR scale down the recipe by about 78% of the original recipe (117 ÷ 150.8 = 0.776). Multiply all ingredients by 0.78.

Here are some other options for this volume of batter –

11×15-inch sheet pan
Two 9×13-inch pans – Slightly more capacity than needed
One 9×13-inch pan + one 8-inch round
Three 9-inch round pans
Two 10-inch round pans
One 10-inch tube/Bundt pan

You can – but I have not tested it for bake time and quantity. So if you need cupcakes, I recommend using this recipe instead https://www.kleinworthco.com/best-chocolate-cupcake-recipe/

That’s great to hear Pam! I do have a yellow and a white cake recipe – and SO many more that can be found using the search bar feature or you can access all my cakes and frosting recipes in the menu drop down under desserts > cakes. I think you’ll find some great inspiration with what comes up. But in the meantime you can check out the yellow cake recipe here (https://www.kleinworthco.com/best-yellow-cake-recipe/) and the white cake recipe here (https://www.kleinworthco.com/best-white-cake-recipe/) You can also find links to them with a preview image included in the body of the post for this chocolate cake – above the recipe card.

This recipe makes about 12 cups of batter – which is the eqivalent to a 9×13 baking pan or a 10″ bundt pan.

You can use any frosting you like. You can find all of my frosting recipes easily via the search bar – just type in frosting. I also have several frosting recipes (including the ones shown here on this cake) linked within the post before the recipe. For this cake I used my bakery buttercream frosting for the crumb coat – you can find that recipe here https://www.kleinworthco.com/best-bakery-buttercream-frosting/ – then I used fondant under the marble glaze. You can find the recipe for the marble glaze also within this post and here https://www.kleinworthco.com/easy-marble-drip-icing/.