old fashioned chocolate cake

How To Make old fashioned chocolate cake

• Step 1
  CHOCOLATE GANACHE: Put chocolate chips into a large (not plastic) bowl. Bring cream to a boil in a medium saucepan. Pour cream over chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm enough to spread.
• Step 2
  Adjust racks to divide oven in thirds. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 8-inch layer cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment; grease parchment.
• Step 3
  CAKE: Mix flour, sugar and baking soda in a large bowl.
• Step 4
  Put water and cocoa powder into a saucepan. Add butter in small chunks. Stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and the butter melts.
• Step 5
  Pour over flour mixture and beat with whisk or electric mixer until blended.
• Step 6
  Beat in yogurt, eggs and vanilla until blended. Batter will be thin.
• Step 7
  Pour into prepared pans. Stagger pans on oven racks and bake, switching position of pans once to ensure even layers, 25 - 30 minutes until a pick inserted in center of cakes comes out clean.
• Step 8
  Cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Invert cakes on rack and peel off paper. Turn cakes right side up and cool completely.
• Step 9
  Place 1 layer on serving plate. Spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Repeat with second layer. Spread remaining frosting over sides and top of cake.
• Step 10
  Garnish with chocolate curls, then dust with confectioner's sugar.
• Step 11
  NOTE FOR CURLS: Hold a bar or square of semisweet chocolate in your hands until barely softened. Slowly and firmly pull a swivel blade vegetable peeler across chocolate to make curls.
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