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Rich chocolate cake layers filled with creamy vanilla filling and topped with smooth chocolate ganache.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 560
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 0.75 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp instant coffee granules
  • 0.5 cup baking soda dissolved in brewed coffee
  • 1 cup sweetened brewed coffee
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
  • 0.5 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp hot water
  • 0.5 cup heavy cream
  • 0.5 tsp powdered sugar
  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 oz semi-sweet or dark chocolate, chopped
  • 0.5 cup heavy cream

Equipment

  • mixing bowls
  • round cake pans
  • saucepan

Method
 

  1. Prepare chocolate cake batter by mixing dry and wet ingredients until smooth.
  2. Divide batter between pans and bake until set. Cool completely.
  3. Whip heavy cream with powdered sugar. Beat cream cheese with vanilla and fold together.
  4. Place one cake layer on plate and spread cream filling evenly.
  5. Add second cake layer and press gently.
  6. Heat cream and pour over chocolate. Stir until smooth to make ganache.
  7. Pour ganache over cake and allow to set.

Nutrition

Calories: 560kcalCarbohydrates: 52gProtein: 8gFat: 36gSaturated Fat: 20gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 145mgSodium: 380mgPotassium: 320mgFiber: 4gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 18IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 18mg

Notes

Chill the cake briefly before slicing for clean layers.

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