Decadent Dark Chocolate Cake With Ganache Frosting

Submitted by thefoodcritic

"I got this recipe at a friends bridal shower. It was gorgeously surrounded by red rose pedal on a pedestool platter. It is really easy and tastes like you spent hours on it."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3⁄4 cups flour
• 3⁄4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 (12 ounce) package chocolate chips
• 1 cup whipping cream

directions

1. grease and flour pans. Combine dry ingredients. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Stir in 1 Cup boiling water. (batter will be thin) Pour into pans. Bake 30 minutes at about 350. cool and freeze cake.
2. For the chocolate ganache frosting: combine chocolate chips and heated whipping cream and stir until smooth. Put over the frozen cake and the ganache will set faster. Store in the fridge.

Reviews

[FQuintanilla]

This recipe was my first attempt ever at making a cake.. not from a box. And.. it was awesome and turned out perfect. The only thing I realize I did wrong was not add the whipping cream to the cake mixture, but it was still perfect. I used a dark chocolate for the ganache.