
"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.
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- 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 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- GANACHE:
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- In a large 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 inserted in the center 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 ganache, 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 ganache over top of cake. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 12-14 servings.
Originally published as Chocolate Ganache Cake in Taste of Home
February/March 2007, p19
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Reviewed Dec. 11, 2011
"This cake was good but very rich. I used whitechocolate pudding for the filling. made it for Thanksgiving, everyone said how rich it was but kept eating it! TPressnell Springfield Ohio"
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Reviewed May. 27, 2008
"Can I use unsweetened cocoa powder instead of baking cocoa?"
