Chocolate Iced Cake
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
25 min.
Preparation
ready in 3 h. 5 min.
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Ingredients
for
12
- For the Chocolate Bundt Cake
- 2 ozs semi-sweet chocolate (chopped)
- ¾ cup Canola oil
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- ½ cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1 Tbsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup strong-brewed Coffee
- 1 cup Buttermilk (shaken)
- powdered sugar (for dusting)
- For Ganache Glaze
- 0.333 cup heavy cream
- 3 ozs semi-sweet chocolate (chopped)
- ½ Tbsp corn syrup
- ½ Tbsp unsalted butter
Preparation steps
1.
Position oven rack to the lower third of the oven. Preheat oven to 350º F. Coat Bundt pan with nonstick vegetable spray and dust lightly with flour.
2.
In a small saucepan, over medium heat, melt the chopped chocolate, stirring constantly. Scrape the melted chocolate into a large mixing bowl and allow to cool slightly. Whisk in the oil and, sugar until smooth and creamy, then whisk in the egg,
3.
In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt together. Add half of the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture along with 1/2 cup of the coffee and 1/2 cup of the buttermilk, stirring until smooth. Add the remaining dry ingredients, plus the remaining coffee and buttermilk; whisk until smooth and creamy.
4.
Pour batter into the prepared Bundt pan, bake for about 60 minutes, or until a cake tester or wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached. Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn out cake and allow to cool completely. Glaze with chocolate ganache.
5.
For Ganache Glaze:
6.
In a small saucepan, over medium-high heat, , bring the cream to a boil. In a ovenproof bowl, combine the chopped chocolate, corn syrup and butter. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate mixture and let stand for 5 minutes, or until the chocolate melts. Whisk until smooth and creamy. Let the glaze cool for about 5 minutes, or until thick but still pourable.
7.
Dust the cake with powdered sugar, and then drizzling the glaze over the cooled cake. Let the cake stand for about 30 minutes, or until the glaze sets. Serve.
