Chocolate Ganache Cake

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake

• 3/4 cup chocolate chips
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk

Ganache

• 2 cups chocolate melting wafers
• 1/2 cup whipping cream

Garnish

• Chocolate wafers
• grated white chocolate
• cinnamon sticks
• Serves 6 - 8
• Makes about 2 cups of sauce

Directions

Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour 2 - 9 inch round.
3. Melt chocolate on low heat, in a double boiler, or pot filled with water and a bowl on top. Set to cool.
4. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
5. Beat together sugar and butter. Add eggs in one a time, and beat in till well incorporated. Mix in vanilla. Slowly add in melted chocolate and mix well.
6. Alternating between flour mixture and buttermilk. Mix into the creamed butter and sugar. Pour into prepared pans, and bake for 33 to 38 minutes, or until and inserted toothpick comes out clean. Set to cool, once cool enough to touch turn out of pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.

Ganache

1. Place chocolate in a double boiler, or a bowl with a pot filled with a bit of water.
2. Using low heat melt chocolate, and add cream while chocolate is melting.
3. Pour ganache in between layer of cake, place other cake layer on top and pour more chocolate ganache on top of cakes making sure the sides get covered.
4. Garnish with cinnamon sticks, white chocolate shavings and broken up chocolate wafers.