Hello
Everybody loves a moist, rich chocolate cake. It brightens people's mood and their day. The recipe I'm sharing today is a cake, if decorated well, would be worthy of a lovely birthday party and leave it plain, you can have it with your tea or coffee or just like that 'cause don't we all love chocolate!
I made it this year for my hubby's birthday and the kids sprinkled it with their favorte sprinkles and that's it. I didn't really need to do much to make it look pretty. And oh man! it tasted heavenly. If you are a chocolate lover you must absolutely must try it out. It is one of the easiest chocolate cake recipes and I promise it would be your go-to cake for ever.
So go ahead, an occasion isn't needed for a decadent, rich , moist chocolate cake. Let me know how it goes.
Prep Time: 40 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Yields: 12 slices
Ingredients:
Chocolate Cake
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup hot black coffee
Chocolate Ganache
1 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
Method:
Prepare three 8 inch cake pans with parchment paper circles in the bottom, and grease the sides. Preheat oven to 300°F (148°C).
Add all dry ingredients to a large bowl and whisk together. Add eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and vegetable oil to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Add hot coffee to mixture. Mix well.(The coffe only enhances the chocolate flavor)
Divide batter evenly between cakes pans and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove cakes from oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes, then remove to cooling racks to cool completely.
Chocolate Ganache Preparation:
Bring heavy cream to a simmer on the stove top, stirring occasionally. Just as soon as you see a simmer, remove from heat and poor over chocolate chips.Make sure all chips are covered.
Place lid on chocolate chips to trap the heat and let sit undisturbed (no mixing) for 5 minutes. Remove lid and swirl the chocolate chips with a whisk starting in the center and working outward until smooth. Let it cool a bit before using it on the cake.
Assembling the cake
Once cakes are cool, remove cake domes from top with a large serrated knife. Place first layer of cake on cake plate. Spread some ganache on top in an even layer. Add second layer of cake and add ganache on top in an even layer. Add final layer of cake on top and spread the remaining gaanche on top and on the sides.
Finish off with sprinkles or other decoration.
Hope you and your family enjoys this cake as much as mine does.
Happy Cooking!
Everybody loves a moist, rich chocolate cake. It brightens people's mood and their day. The recipe I'm sharing today is a cake, if decorated well, would be worthy of a lovely birthday party and leave it plain, you can have it with your tea or coffee or just like that 'cause don't we all love chocolate!
I made it this year for my hubby's birthday and the kids sprinkled it with their favorte sprinkles and that's it. I didn't really need to do much to make it look pretty. And oh man! it tasted heavenly. If you are a chocolate lover you must absolutely must try it out. It is one of the easiest chocolate cake recipes and I promise it would be your go-to cake for ever.
So go ahead, an occasion isn't needed for a decadent, rich , moist chocolate cake. Let me know how it goes.
Cook Time: 35 mins
Yields: 12 slices
Ingredients:
Chocolate Cake
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup hot black coffee
Chocolate Ganache
1 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
Method:
Prepare three 8 inch cake pans with parchment paper circles in the bottom, and grease the sides. Preheat oven to 300°F (148°C).
Add all dry ingredients to a large bowl and whisk together. Add eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and vegetable oil to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Add hot coffee to mixture. Mix well.(The coffe only enhances the chocolate flavor)
Divide batter evenly between cakes pans and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove cakes from oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes, then remove to cooling racks to cool completely.
Chocolate Ganache Preparation:
Bring heavy cream to a simmer on the stove top, stirring occasionally. Just as soon as you see a simmer, remove from heat and poor over chocolate chips.Make sure all chips are covered.
Place lid on chocolate chips to trap the heat and let sit undisturbed (no mixing) for 5 minutes. Remove lid and swirl the chocolate chips with a whisk starting in the center and working outward until smooth. Let it cool a bit before using it on the cake.
Assembling the cake
Once cakes are cool, remove cake domes from top with a large serrated knife. Place first layer of cake on cake plate. Spread some ganache on top in an even layer. Add second layer of cake and add ganache on top in an even layer. Add final layer of cake on top and spread the remaining gaanche on top and on the sides.
Finish off with sprinkles or other decoration.
Hope you and your family enjoys this cake as much as mine does.
Happy Cooking!
No comments:
Post a Comment