Chocolate Blackout Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    CAKE
    1 1/4 cups cake flour
    1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1/4 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    5 ounces unsalted butter
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    3 large eggs
    1/2 cup buttermilk
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1/2 cup strong brewed coffee
    2 cups dark chocolate ganache
    Chocolate Pudding
    4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
    2 tablespoons unsalted butter
    2 tablespoons cornstarch
    1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    1/2 cup sugar, divided
    2 1/2 cups milk, divided
    1 large egg
    2 large egg yolks
    ICING
    2 cups dark chocolate ganache (Dark Chocolate Ganache)
Preparation
    For the Pudding: Melt chocolate and butter in bowl over simmering water.
    In medium bowl, whisk cornstarch, cocoa, and 1/4 cup of the sugar into 1/2 cup of the milk.
    Then whisk in eggs and yolks.
    In saucepan bring 2 cups of milk and 1/4 cup of sugar just to a simmer.
    Temper with egg mixture, return all to pan and whisk constantly until bubbles boil up for 3 seconds.
    Remove from heat and strain.
    Thoroughly mix in melted chocolate.
    Cover surface with plastic.
    Cool for 1 hour then refrigerate.
    For the Cake: Preheat oven to 350.
    Spray and line with parchment 1 8-inch cake pan.
    Tripple sift together: flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
    Cream butter and sugar.
    Add eggs one at a time until incorporated.
    Beat until light and fluffy- 6 minutes Mix liquid ingredients together.
    Alternately beat in wet and dry ingredients.
    Pour into cake pan.
    Bake until tests done.
    About 30-40 minutes.
    Cool.
    Make ganache.
    Let sit until spreadable.
    Turn cake out of pan.
    Trim top to flatten (save scraps) and slice into 3 layers.
    Toast scraps on sheetpan for 5 minutes, cool and process coarsley in food processor.
    Spread pudding between layers, frost with ganache and coat sides with crumbs.

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