Chocolate Ganache Cake
Taste of Home
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"Here's to that chocolate fix we all need!" notes Kathy Kittell, field editor from Lenexa, Kansas. She uses cream in both the filling and glaze of her beautiful dessert.
SERVINGS: 12-14
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 40 min. + chilling Bake: 20 min. + cooling
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- FILLING:
- 4 squares (1 ounce each) semisweet chocolate
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- GLAZE:
- 8 squares (1 ounce each) semisweet chocolate
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat for 2 minutes. Combine buttermilk and sour cream. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beating well after each addition.
Pour into two greased and waxed paper-lined 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
In a heavy saucepan, melt chocolate with cream over low heat. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Transfer to a small mixing bowl; chill until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Chill until mixture achieves spreading consistency.
For glaze, in a heavy saucepan, melt chocolate and butter. Gradually add cream; heat until just warmed. Chill until slightly thickened.
Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with filling. Top with remaining cake layer. Slowly pour glaze over top of cake. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 12-14 servings.