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Gemma's Best-Ever Chocolate Cake with Whipped Dark Chocolate Ganache
My new and improved Best-Ever Chocolate Cake recipe uses chocolate in ways you've only dreamt of — and it's topped with Whipped Dark Chocolate Ganache!
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ½ cup (2 oz/57g) cocoa powder
- 4 cups (24 oz/680g) semi-sweet or dark chocolate (no more than 60% cocoa), chopped very fine
- 1/3 cup (2 oz/57g) unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
- 4 cups (30 oz/900 ml) heavy cream
- 1 cup (8floz/225ml) very hot coffee
- ¼ cup (2 oz/57g) softened butter
- 1/2 cup (4 floz/115ml) neutral-flavored vegetable oil
- ½ cup (4 oz/115g) sour cream
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons (0.3oz/8.5g) vanilla
- 2 cups (10oz/284g) cake flour
- ½ teaspoon (0.1 oz/3g) salt
- 1 teaspoon (0.2oz/6g) baking soda
- 1/2 cup (4oz/115g) butter, softened
- 2 cups (12oz/340g) brown sugar