Chocolate Delight Cake
This is a moist firm double layer chocolate cake with a hint of rum, filled with whipped cream and chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
Serves: 10
- Cake
- 185g plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 medium eggs, whisked
- 3 tablespoons caster sugar
- 3/4 cups (190ml) milk
- 3/4 cup (190ml) vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon rum
- 2 tablespoons of treacle or golden syrup
- Chocolate Ganache
- 110g good quality dark chocolate
- 300ml whipping cream
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:55min
- Cake: Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease or line a 23cm round cake tin.
- Place all dry cake ingredients into a large bowl, add wet ingredients, then mix well and pour into prepared cake tin.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until firm and springs back when you touch it.
- Remove from tin, slice in half through the middle, leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Chocolate Ganache: Melt the chocolate and 3 tablespoons of the cream together.
- Whip remaining cream for filling.
- When cake has cooled enough, spread a thick layer of chocolate ganache on the inside of each cake slice.
- Spread the whipped cream on the bottom piece of cake and sandwich with the top layer of cake.
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