Death by Chocolate Cake
Ingredients for Cake
- Chocolate 8 ounces
- Eggs 4 Salt pinch
- Flour 1 cup
- Sour cream 1/3 cup
- Butter 2/3 cup
- Sugar ½ cup
- Brown sugar ½ cup
- Vanilla essence 1 tsp
- Cocoa powder 3 tbsp
- Baking powder 1 ½ tsp
Ingredients for Ganache
- Chocolate 16 ounces
- Cream 1 cup
- Strawberry jam for brushing the cake
Method
- Pre heat oven to 180 degree C. Grease 9 inch spring foam pan, melt 8 ounce chocolate and 2/3 cup butter in a double boiler, keep in fridge until cool, beat 4 eggs with ½ cup white and ½ cup brown sugar until fluffy, add melted chocolate and butter mixture, sieve together 1 cup flour, 3 tbsp cocoa powder and 1 ½ tsp baking powder, add this mixture to the chocolate and egg mixture with 1/3 cup sour cream, pinch of salt and 1 tsp vanilla essence, mix well on low speed for few minutes.
- Pour batter into pan and bake for 45 minutes, remove and cool cake completely. To Prepare Ganache Put 16 ounces chocolate and 1 cup cream in a pan, cook until chocolate melts, remove and cool. To Assemble the Cake Cut the cake into half horizontally, put strawberry jam over the bottom layer, add a layer of ganache.
- Now place the other layer of cake on top of ganache, glazed the cake by coating the cake with ganache using metal spatula by moving spatula middle to edge and the sides, coat evenly and slowly, put the cake into the fridge for 1 hour to harden the frosting. Decorate top of cake with chocolate curls.
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