Ganache-Filled Devil's Food Cake
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By Just A Pinch KitchenCrew
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Ingredients
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1.75 cwater, boiling
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6 ozsemi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
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1 ccocoa, unsweetened
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2 ccake flour, sifted
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2 tspbaking soda
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1/4 tspsalt
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10 ozbutter, unsalted and softened
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1.75 cbrown sugar, dark and firmly packed
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4 largeeggs
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2 tspvanilla extract
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GANACHE INGREDIENTS
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1/2 cheavy cream
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2 Tbspbutter, unsalted
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4 ozsemi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
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FROSTING INGREDIENTS
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2.5 stickbutter, unsalted and softened
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2 Tbspbutter, unsalted and softened
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4.5 cconfectioners' sugar
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1 ccocoa, unsweetened
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2 tspvanilla extract
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1/4 cmilk
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2 Tbspmilk
How to Make Ganache-Filled Devil's Food Cake
- MAKE 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.
- In a medium bowl, pour the boiling water over the chopped chocolate; set aside for 5 minutes.
- Add the cocoa and stir until the mixture is smooth; set aside to cool to room temperature.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- In 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.
- Add the flour mixture and half the chocolate mixture; beat on low speed to combine and then on high for 1 1/2 minutes.
- Add the remaining chocolate mixture and beat on low speed to combine.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Set the cake pans on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes, then invert the cakes onto the racks to cool completely.
- TO 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.
- Refrigerate the ganache until firm enough to spread.
- TO MAKE THE FROSTING: In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the butter.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar and cocoa; beat one-third of the sugar-cocoa mixture into the butter.
- Mix in the vanilla; add the rest of the sugar-cocoa mixture alternately with the milk and beat until the frosting is smooth.
- TO ASSEMBLE THE CAKE: Top one layer with the ganache; add the second layer of cake and frost the sides, and then the top.
- Decoratively pipe frosting around the base and top edges of the cake.
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