Three layers of devil's food cake — buttermilk, hot coffee, and Dutch cocoa — with a whipped dark chocolate ganache frosting. The coffee amplifies the chocolate. The frosting sets up silky and smooth.

Chocolate Layer Cake

Stephanie Sharpe

@steph

4 months ago

Three layers of devil's food cake — buttermilk, hot coffee, and Dutch cocoa — with a whipped dark chocolate ganache frosting. The coffee amplifies the chocolate. The frosting sets up silky and smooth.

Recipe

Ingredients

·2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar, 3/4 cup Dutch cocoa

·2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt

·2 eggs, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 cup hot coffee

·1/2 cup vegetable oil, 2 tsp vanilla

·Ganache frosting: 2 cups dark chocolate, 1.5 cups heavy cream

Instructions

1.Whisk all dry ingredients. Whisk wet ingredients separately.

2.Combine, beating until smooth. Batter will be thin.

3.Divide into three buttered 8-inch pans.

4.Bake at 350°F for 28-32 minutes.

5.Make ganache: pour hot cream over chopped chocolate. Stir until smooth. Cool.

6.Whip cooled ganache until fluffy. Frost and stack layers.

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