Deep Dark Mocha Torte

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Ain't yo mamas chocolate cake! Awesome for chocolate lovers :excited

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Ingredients

  1. cake
  2. 1 packagesBetty Crocker SuperMoist chocolate fudge cake mix
  3. 1 1/3 cupwater
  4. 1/2 cupvegetable oil
  5. 3eggs
  6. 1/3 cupgranulated sugar
  7. 1/3 cuprum
  8. 1 1/4 tspinstant espresso coffe (dry)
  9. mascarpone filling
  10. 16 ozmascarpone cheese
  11. 1 cuppowdered sugar
  12. 1 tspvanilla
  13. chocolate ganache
  14. 1 1/2 cupsemi sweet chocolate chips
  15. 6 tbspBUTTER
  16. 1/3 cupheavy whipping cream

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Grease bottoms only of 2 round, 8 1/2 or 9 1/2 in pans, with shortening. Lightly flour.

  2. 2

    Beat cake mix, water, oil, and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pans.

  3. 3

    Bake 29-39 min or until a toothpick inserted in center, comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

  4. 4

    Meanwhile, stir sugar, rum, and coffee ( dry) in 1 qt saucepan, until coffee is dissolved. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally, remove from heat. Cool completely. Make Mascarpone filling and chocolate ganache.

  5. 5

    Cut each cake layer horizontally to make 2 layers each. Brush about 1 tablespoon of rum mixture over cut side of each layer; let stand 1 minute to soak into cake. Fill each layer with about 2/3 cup mascarpone filling. Frost side and top of cake with chocolate ganache. Store I'm Refrigerator.

  6. 6

    *Mascarpone Filling *

  7. 7

    Beat all ingredients in medium bowl with electric mixer on low just until blended

  8. 8

    * Chocolate Ganache*

  9. 9

    Heat all ingredients in 1 qt saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Refrigerate about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened

  10. 10

    *from Betty Crocker SuperMoist Cake Mix Recipes* April 2004 edition

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