A cake with a little ganache.
Or maybe a little too much.
Nope. Not possible. Not sure there’s such a thing as too much ganache.
I like to eat it by the spoonful, but by the cakefull is even better.
The cake inside is chocolate. And actually the recipe for the chocolate cake in this post is not the actual cake in these pictures.
Why? Well, while it looks nice enough, it just wasn’t satisfied. So I made a few changes and made a better version the same day that I didn’t have time to decorate.
Instead, I’ve just been eating it straight up.
I like the simple look of the decorated one though.
High contrast.
The cake is frosted in buttercream first.
But for the middle layer of frosting, I tucked away a few of these inside.
Buttercream, speckled with miniature chocolate chips for kicks.
Perty!
Then the rest of the cake gets covered in plain white buttercream.
Easy enough.
Then comes the best part.
A reason to lick my spoon.
You’ll want the ganache to set up and thicken before you pour any on the cake.
Thicker, like this.
Oh my! Start pouring in the center, but be careful not to go too fast.
Ideally, you wouldn’t want too much to go over the sides and puddle around the cake.
Yeah, like this.
Okay, I got a little excited.
Ganache does that to me.
Now for the recipe of the second chocolate cake I made. The better one.
That said, I welcome any of your chocolate cake suggestions. I’m looking for the best homemade chocolate cake ever. Got one? Know of one? Care to share? This one’s good! But I’m not done searching.
What fun would that be anyway.
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Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and Chocolate Ganache
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
Buttercream Frosting
Chocolate Ganache:
Instructions
The ganache can take a bit to thicken. You can make it before the buttercream, to save time. Just use a wire whisk to stir it every few minutes and keep it smooth
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