Decadent Chocolate Bundt Cake With Chocolate Gnache Recipes

MOST AMAZING CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Use butter to grease a 10-12 cup bundt pan well. Dust with a little flour or cocoa powder and tap out the excess.
• Mix together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl until combined.
• Add eggs, warm water, buttermilk, sour cream, oil, and vanilla. Use a hand mixer to beat on a medium speed until smooth. This should take just a couple of minutes.
• Pour batter into prepared bundt pan. Tap the pan on the countertop a few times to allow any air bubbles to escape.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes in a 350 degree oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes and then turn out onto the racks and allow to cool completely.
• Place roughly chopped chocolate into a mixing bowl. Pour heavy cream into a small saucepan and bring it to a simmer over medium heat.
• Once cream comes to a simmer, remove it from the heat immediately and pour over chocolate. Let stand 5 minutes, until chocolate is completely melted.
• Stir until smooth. Once smooth, stir in corn syrup. Drizzle over the top of the cooled cake.

DECADENT CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GNACHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bundt pan with cooking spray.
• Heat coffee in small sauce pan; stir in semi-sweet chips until melted.
• Whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
• Beat eggs with electric mixer until thick and pale yellow. Slowly add buttermilk, oil and coffee mixture.
• Add dry ingredients and beat on medium speed until just combined.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes. Run knife around edges and invert onto rack. Cool.
• For gnache - heat heavy cream to almost boiling.
• Stir in chocolate chips and remove from heat.
• Continue stirring and allow to cool.
• Drizzle generously over cooled cake.

DECADENT CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH GANACHE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cocoa and water; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with cocoa mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Pour into three greased and floured 9" round baking pans.
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• For Ganache, place chocolate in a small bowl.
• In a small heavy saucepan over low heat, bring cream and sugar to a boil.
• Pour over chocolate; whisk gently until smooth.
• Refrigerate for 35-45 minutes or until ganache begins to thicken, stirring occasionally.
• For frosting, in a large mixing bowl beat butter until fluffy.
• Add confectioners sugar, cocoa, milk, and vanilla; beat until smooth.
• Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1 cup of frosting.
• Top with second layer and one cup ganache and sprinkle with 1/2 cup almonds.
• Top with third layer, frost top and sides of cake.
• Warm ganache until pourable; pour over cake, allowing some to drape down the sides.
• Sprinkle with remaining almonds.
• Refrigerate until serving.