Description
Made entirely from scratch, this rich, fudgy, gooey, chocolate ganache layer cake is easy enough for the most novice baker to make. I won 2nd place in my first bake-off I ever entered using this recipe!
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter
- 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ¾ cups buttermilk
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- ¾ cup whipping cream
- 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9-inch round cake pans.
- Place butter and unsweetened chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir frequently
- scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching
- until melted
- about 5 minutes.
- Combine flour
- sugar
- cocoa
- baking soda
- and salt in a large bowl using an electric mixer.
- Combine buttermilk and eggs in another bowl and add melted chocolate mixture. Beat into flour mixture on low speed for 1 minute; increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy
- about 2 minutes. Divide batter between the prepared cake pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the cake springs back when lightly pressed
- 25 to 30 minutes. Set aside and let cool.
- Meanwhile
- bring cream to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Immediately remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips until it thickens and is smooth. Allow to cool slightly
- about 10 minutes.
- Place one cooled cake layer on a cake plate and spread with a layer of ganache frosting. Lay the second layer on top and use remaining ganache frosting to cover the top and sides of the cake.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 10