Ganache-Filled Devil's Food Cake
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By Just A Pinch KitchenCrew
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Ingredients
- 1.75 c
- water, boiling
- 6 oz
- semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1 c
- cocoa, unsweetened
- 2 c
- cake flour, sifted
- 2 tsp
- baking soda
- 1/4 tsp
- salt
- 10 oz
- butter, unsalted and softened
- 1.75 c
- brown sugar, dark and firmly packed
- 4 large
- eggs
- 2 tsp
- vanilla extract
- 1/2 c
- heavy cream
- 2 Tbsp
- butter, unsalted
- 4 oz
- semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 2.5 stick
- butter, unsalted and softened
- 2 Tbsp
- butter, unsalted and softened
- 4.5 c
- confectioners' sugar
- 1 c
- cocoa, unsweetened
- 2 tsp
- vanilla extract
- 1/4 c
- milk
- 2 Tbsp
- milk
GANACHE INGREDIENTS
FROSTING INGREDIENTS
How to Make Ganache-Filled Devil's Food Cake
- 1MAKE THE CAKE: Preheat oven to 350; butter two 9-inch cake pans, and line the bottoms with circles of wax paper, then butter and flour the paper.
- 2In a medium bowl, pour the boiling water over the chopped chocolate; set aside for 5 minutes.
- 3Add the cocoa and stir until the mixture is smooth; set aside to cool to room temperature.
- 4In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- 5In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar and add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; beat in the vanilla.
- 6Add the flour mixture and half the chocolate mixture; beat on low speed to combine and then on high for 1 1/2 minutes.
- 7Add the remaining chocolate mixture and beat on low speed to combine.
- 8Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- 9Set the cake pans on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes, then invert the cakes onto the racks to cool completely.
- 10TO MAKE THE GANACHE: In a small saucepan, bring the cream and the butter to a simmer; add the chocolate, cover for 5 minutes, then stir until smooth.
- 11Refrigerate the ganache until firm enough to spread.
- 12TO MAKE THE FROSTING: In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the butter.
- 13In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar and cocoa; beat one-third of the sugar-cocoa mixture into the butter.
- 14Mix in the vanilla; add the rest of the sugar-cocoa mixture alternately with the milk and beat until the frosting is smooth.
- 15TO ASSEMBLE THE CAKE: Top one layer with the ganache; add the second layer of cake and frost the sides, and then the top.
- 16Decoratively pipe frosting around the base and top edges of the cake.
About Ganache-Filled Devil's Food Cake
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