Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and whipped cream icing

Baraka M Glory
Baraka M Glory @cook_glory
Mombasa, Kenya

This was a personal challenge, hubby asked for a cake today and I decided to go all in😁😁 for the love of cakes and of chocolate

#authormarathon

Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and whipped cream icing

This was a personal challenge, hubby asked for a cake today and I decided to go all in😁😁 for the love of cakes and of chocolate

#authormarathon

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Ingredients

  1. 1&1/2 cups self raising flour
  2. 1/2 cupunsweetened cocoa powder
  3. 1/2 tspsalt
  4. 1 tspbaking powder
  5. 1/4 tspbaking soda
  6. 2 tspinstant coffee
  7. 1&1/2 cups icing sugar
  8. 4large eggs at room temperature
  9. 2 tspvanilla essence
  10. 1 tspchocolate essence
  11. 6 tbspbutter /magerine
  12. 1& 1/4 cups milk

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Assemble all your ingredients

  2. 2

    In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, baking soda and instant coffee

  3. 3

    In a another bowl, mix together icing sugar and butter until smooth and fluffy.

  4. 4

    Add in vanilla and chocolate essence and mix, then add in the eggs one at a time as you continue to mix.

  5. 5

    Add milk and the dry ingredients in 3 portions, beginning and ending with milk.

  6. 6

    Bake in a 175°C preheated oven for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

  7. 7

    Place the cake on a cooling rack to cool completely then cut it into two equal pieces

  8. 8

    Put a generous dollop of whipped cream frosting on one piece and even it out. Then place the other pieces on top.

  9. 9

    Pour the ganache on the cake and ensure the cake is completely covered.

  10. 10

    Decorate with frosting as desired

  11. 11

    The inside should look like this... Enjoy!

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I'm an adventurous cook, I love experimenting in the kitchen.A passionate foodie.I love good food.Cooking is fun and relaxing, I often tell my loved ones that for me cooking is therapeutic. It fills me with a great calmness.To see more of my recipes link to @cooking_withg on IG and barakazkitchen on FB.
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