Chocolate Truffle Cake
By
Angela Gray
@angiemath
10
Blue Ribbon Recipe
What an insanely good chocolate cake recipe. People will absolutely think you got this from a bakery. The cake is moist and tender, but sturdy enough to hold the frosting and ganache layers. This chocolate frosting is rich and smooth. Where this cake gets special is the chocolate ganache filling. It's rich and chocolaty with a slight orange flavor. The rich Lindt truffles are the perfect topping and make the layer cake extra fancy. This cake will make a special occasion extra special. If you're a beginning baker, we'd suggest having someone help you in the kitchen. There are a lot of steps, but the outcome is the perfect cake for a chocolate lover.
The Test Kitchen
★★★★★ 11 votes5
Ingredients
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RICH CHOCOLATE CAKE (3 LAYERS)
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1 ccocoa, unsweetened
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2 cboiling water
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1 cbutter or margarine, softened
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2 1/2 csugar
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4 largeeggs, room temperature
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1 1/2 tsppure vanilla extract
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2 3/4 call-purpose flour
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2 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspbaking powder *not a typo, just 1/2 tsp.
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1/2 tspsalt
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CHOCOLATE GANACHE FILLING WITH GRAND MARNIER
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9 ozsemi-sweet chocolate chips
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1 cheavy cream
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1/2 TbspGrand Marnier
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2 tspgrated orange zest
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SATINY CHOCOLATE FROSTING
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6 ozsemi-sweet chocolate chips
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1/2 cmilk
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1 c(2 sticks) butter or margarine
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2 1/2 cpowdered sugar
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CAKE GARNISH #1
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1bag of Lindt truffles, milk chocolate and white chocolate
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1 largejar of chocolate jimmies/chocolate sprinkles
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CAKE GARNISH #2
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1bag M&M's of your choice
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1 ccreme filled Pirouettes (Pepperidge Farm), 27 oz.
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How to Make Chocolate Truffle Cake
- Take your chocolate jimmies (chocolate sprinkles). Gently take your hand and press them into the sides only. Continue until you have gone all he way around. Gently remove the wax paper strips and discard. Put remaining filling into a piping bag and pipe 12 medium size swirls on top of the cake. I used a #21 tip. Space them out before you start piping to make sure you get 12 and they are even. Top each swirl with a Lindt chocolate truffle and a white chocolate truffle, alternating. If the bottom of your cake is messy where you pulled out the paper, you may use the same tip to pipe a border around the base of the cake.
- ALTERNATE GARNISH: Pipe a border around top and bottom lip of cake. Take Pirouette creme filled wafers and line them up around the sides of cake. (They do not have to be all the same height). Add M&M's to the middle of the cake .
***Finished Cake #2 in my photo #2 made in (3) 9-inch pans. Serves at least 14, huge cake.