Chocolate Ganache Cake

February 14, 2019

This Chocolate Ganache Cake is one of the best chocolate cake recipes I’ve ever eaten. Chocolate Ganache tops a very rich and decadent cake.

If you’re in the market for one of the best chocolate cake recipes, you must consider giving this one a try. This Chocolate Ganache Cake is not a typical cakey -type chocolate cake. The cake is a single layer, and it’s dense and chocolatey and very rich. It’s the sort of chocolate cake that chocolate lovers tend to swoon over.

I suggest serving this cake in slivers. It’s rich, so a sliver is just fine. And a scoop of vanilla ice cream cuts the richness of the cake a little bit. Have plenty of milk or coffee nearby to wash it down!

The recipe for this cake was originally spotted in one of Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa cookbooks: Barefoot Contessa Parties. I made it for the first time quite a few years ago to serve at a neighborhood gourmet dinner party. It was such a big hit that I know that all of us who were at that party continue to bake this cake on a regular basis for special occasions.

How to make Chocolate Ganache Cake:

An 8-inch round cake pan is all you’ll need in terms of equipment to make Chocolate Ganache Cake. It’s lined with parchment paper for easy removal after baking. You’ll just turn the cake out onto a rack to cool completely. On occasion, the center of this cake sinks a little when baked. It doesn’t happen to me every time, but I have had it a couple of times for who-knows-why? The ganache covers it up if this happens to you.

Slide some waxed paper under the rack and drizzle the whole cake with the chocolate ganache. The excess ganache can just drip onto the waxed paper for easy clean up. Then you can just let it sit for a while to get that ganache to set.

Ina Garten always calls for using extra large eggs in her recipes, so that’s what I always use in this recipe. I find that kind of annoying since most people don’t normally buy extra large eggs… but I just buy them and use them for this recipe and use the rest to make scrambled eggs or hard boiled eggs.

The easy-to-make chocolate ganache is a great finisher to the top of this cake. It’s simply made of warmed cream and chocolate chips. And it has the added flavor of instant coffee to really bring the chocolate flavor to life. I like to use instant espresso powder instead of the instant coffee since I have that on hand for other recipes.

Try this ultra rich Chocolate Ganache Cake recipe for a special occasion, and let me know what you think!

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