Matilda’s Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
2 2/3 cups flour (320 g)
3 cups sugar (600 g)
135g cocoa powder (Unsweetened Cocoa Powder)
1 tablespoon baking soda (17 g)
1.5 teaspoon baking powder (6 g)
1.5 teaspoon salt (5 g)
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1.5 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup oil canola or vegetable
1.5 cup hot coffee
Ganache Ingredients:
8 ounces chocolate (you can use half dark and half with milk)
6 tablespoons butter
1¼ cup sugar
1 ¼ cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
Pinch of salt
Cake instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.
Add vanilla, eggs, buttermilk, and oil and stir until combined. Once combined, add the hot coffee.
Pour the batter into 3 greased and floured round cake pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.
Make sure the cakes are completely cooled before icing them.
Ganache instructions:
In a small pan over medium heat, heat cream and sugar until hot but just before boiling.
In a bowl add chocolate and pour in the hot cream mixture and stir until smooth.
Set in the fridge until cooled but don’t let it get too hard. Ice the cake with the cooled ganache!
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