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Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Diana
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Cuisine American
Servings 1 Bundt cake

Ingredients
  

Cake:

  • 2 cups 280g all purpose flour
  • 2 cups 400g white granulated sugar
  • 1 cup 100g unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp baking powder **See notes
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup 113g unsalted butter, softened
  • 4 large egg whites
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup 240 ml milk
  • 3 tsp instant coffee **See notes
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Ganache:

  • 1 cup 180g semi sweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cup 120 ml heavy cream or whipping cream
  • ½ tsp instant coffee (Optional **See notes)

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Pre-heat oven at 350ºF (180ºC).
  • In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Stir well.
  • Add softened butter, egg whites and eggs. Mix at low speed for about 1 minute and then at high speed for another minute.
  • Add milk, instant coffee and vanilla extract. Mix for another 2 minutes until the batter is smooth.
  • Pour batter into a prepared Bundt cake pan, tap a few times to release the air bubbles and bake for about 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool inside the pan on a cooling rack for about 10 minutes. Then, take it out of the pan and let the cake cool completely on the cooling rack before adding the ganache.

Ganache

  • Heat heavy cream at medium low until boiling point.
  • Place semi sweet chocolate chips in a medium bowl, pour the hot heavy cream over the chocolate chips and whisk until smooth. Add the instant coffee and keep whisking until it is well blended.
  • Allow the ganache to cool slightly before pouring it over the cake. Do not refrigerate.

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Notes

  • If not using a bundt pan you can also add 1½ tsp baking soda.
  • You can dissolve the instant coffee with a little bit of water before adding it to the cake or ganache.
Keyword Cakes, Christmas, Desserts, Holidays, Sweet, Valentine's Day
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