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Chocolate Cake with Ganache Frosting




Source of Recipe


adapted from Farallon restaurant in San Francisco (printed in Bon Appetit, Nov. 2005)


Recipe Introduction


This is a very rich and delicious cake.


List of Ingredients




CAKE
1 cup plus 2 Tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup boiling water
1 cup whole milk (or fat free half and half)
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
½ cup butter, room temperature
1 1/3 cups sugar
¾ cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract

FROSTING
2 cups heavy whipping cream
6 Tbs. corn syrup
24 oz. high-quality milk chocolate, finely chopped
Pinch salt


Recipe



Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9” cake pans with nonstick cooking spray. Place parchment paper on the bottom of pans, then spray the paper with nonstick cooking spray. Place cocoa in small bowl. Add boiling water; whisk until smooth. Cool. Combine milk and lemon juice in another small bowl. Let stand until milk forms some thick curds, about 10 minutes. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into medium bowl.
Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add both sugars and beat until blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in cocoa mixture and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture in 2 additions alternately with milk mixture in 2 additions. Divide batter between pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes (30 if you use fat free half-and-half). Cool cakes in pans on racks. Cut around cakes to loosen; turn out of pan.

Frosting: Bring cream and corn syrup to simmer in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and salt; stir until melted and smooth. Refrigerate until cold; about 25 minutes. Using electric mixer, beat frosting until just lighter in color, about 1 minute.
Place 1 cake layer, flat side up, on plate. Spread with 2 cups frosting. Top with second cake layer, flat side down. Spread remaining frosting thickly over top and sides of cake.