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    2 hrs 25 mins

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    SweetSabrina's Note:

    I was looking for a beautiful, rich cake to make for Christmas this year and this was exactly what I was looking for! I found this recipe online and it originally came from Bon Appetit. I wanted something chocolate and peppermint to go with the season. It turned out to be the best cake I've ever made! My family wants it to be a tradition for me to make this cake every Christmas from now on. I hope it turns out just as wonderful for you as it did for me! It takes time but it is well worth it. The cooking/preparation time does not include the hours it needs to cool in between.

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    Ingredients:

    Serves: 12

    Yield:

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    For cake

    For peppermint mousse

    • 10 ounces good-quality white chocolate, chopped
    • 1 3/4 cups chilled whipping cream
    • 1/4 cup sour cream
    • 24 red-and-white-striped hard peppermint candies (about 2/3 cup) or 12 candy canes, crushed (about 2/3 cup)

    For ganache

    • 2 cups whipping cream
    • 16 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped

    Directions:

    1. 1
      Make cake:
    2. 2
      1- Preheat oven to 325 °F.
    3. 3
      2- Butter and flour three 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 ½-inch-high sides.
    4. 4
      3- Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in small bowl to blend.
    5. 5
      4- Place cocoa in medium bowl; whisk in 1 2/3 cups boiling water. Cool cocoa mixture to room temperature, whisking occasionally.
    6. 6
      5- Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar, then vanilla. Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
    7. 7
      6- At low speed, beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with cocoa mixture in 2 additions.
    8. 8
      7- Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes. Cut around cakes to loosen. Turn out onto racks/plates lined w/ wax paper so they don’t stick. Cool completely.
    9. 9
      Make peppermint mousse:
    10. 10
      1- Combine white chocolate, ¾ cup whipping cream, and sour cream in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over low heat just until chocolate is melted and smooth.
    11. 11
      2- Transfer white chocolate mixture to large bowl; cool to barely lukewarm, whisking occasionally, about 20 minutes.
    12. 12
      3- Mix in candies.
    13. 13
      4- Beat remaining 1 cup cream in medium bowl to soft peaks. Fold cream into barely lukewarm white chocolate mixture in 4 additions.
    14. 14
      5- Chill mousse until beginning to set, about 2 hours.
    15. 15
      6- Place 1 cake layer on cardboard round or cake tray. Spread half of mousse over top of cake. Top with second cake layer, remaining mousse, and third cake layer. Chill assembled cake until mousse is cold & set, about 3 hours (can be made a day ahead).
    16. 16
      Make ganache:
    17. 17
      1- Bring cream to simmer in heavy large saucepan.
    18. 18
      2- Remove from heat. Add semisweet chocolate; whisk until melted & smooth.
    19. 19
      3- Cool ganache until thick but still pourable, about 45 minutes.
    20. 20
      4- Place cake on rack or baking sheet. Pour ganache over cake, spreading with metal spatula to cover sides evenly.
    21. 21
      5- Chill cake till ganache sets, at least 30 minutes & up to 1 day.

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    Ratings & Reviews:

    • on April 25, 2011

      55

      I loved this cake and so did my husbands family..we had it for Easter..I made the mousse filling chocolate,however,and omitted the peppermint candies..I also used some high cocoa content bars (sections from the large bars) containing 70 & 85% cocoa for the mousse and ganache..it made for intense choc flavor. My daughter and I followed the recipe for the cake exactly..we only got 2 layers,but that was no matter because the cake was very rich and 2 was enough..still can't figure out what we did wrong..again,I say this cake was awesome and sooo rich,and we decorated it with sugar violets and a sugar rose in the center..if this old dog can figure out how to download the picture you will see it was a very good cake indeed for Easter!! Thank You SweetSabrina,yum!

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    • on January 05, 2012

      55

      Lovely homemade cake - very moist - delicious

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    • on July 09, 2011

      I made this cake this morning, man did it take forever I have two small kids and it was way too much work for me and i even used a boxed cake mix. There was alot of filling left over so I saved it for another use. I changed it around a little to my liking though. I made the white chocolate filling as directed but omitted the candies (idk how i feel about crunchy cake) and I added chopped cherries I pressed out some of the liquid so it wouldn't change the consistency too much. I used a milk chocolate ganache. as I don't like darker chocolate. Next time I'll try with peppermint extract instead of the candy to stay truer to the original recipe. With the left over ganache i put it in the fridge then rolled it into balls w/ powdered sugar and make truffles.I got a lot more then just cake from this recipe so it was a great one just too time consuming.

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    Nutritional Facts for 3-Layer Fudge Cake With White Chocolate Mousse Filling

    Serving Size: 1 (268 g)

    Servings Per Recipe: 12

    Amount Per Serving
    % Daily Value
    Calories 963.0
     
    Calories from Fat 665
    69%
    Total Fat 73.9 g
    113%
    Saturated Fat 45.4 g
    227%
    Cholesterol 196.5 mg
    65%
    Sodium 339.9 mg
    14%
    Total Carbohydrate 81.2 g
    27%
    Dietary Fiber 9.4 g
    37%
    Sugars 48.1 g
    192%
    Protein 13.2 g
    26%

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