Dark Chocolate Cake

"Save the Earth. It's the only planet with chocolate". - My favourite quote :).
This is my all time favourite chocolate cake. Tasted many chocolate cakes but never beat this cake in taste. I got this recipe from Hershey's website.


I am sending this recipe to "For the Love of Chocolate - April 30th" event.

Ingredients:

Unsweetened cocoa powder (I used Hershey's dutch processed) - 3/4 cup

Sugar - 1-3/4 cups

All-purpose flour - 1-3/4 cups

Baking powder - 1-1/2 teaspoons

Baking soda - 1-1/2 teaspoons

Salt - 1 teaspoon

Eggs - 1

Milk - 1 cup

Vegetable oil(Canola) - 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence - 2 teaspoons

Boiling water - 1 cup

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour (or spray oil) two 9-inch round baking pans.
• Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
• Add egg, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
• Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.

I made the chocolate Ganache using the below recipe:

Ingredients:

Butter - 1 stick
Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1/3 cup
Powdered sugar - 1 cup (or as required)
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

• Melt butter, add cocoa and boil 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients and beat until smooth. Spread while warm.

Enjoy the rich moist dark chocolate cake.