Easy Chocolate Cake With Ganache

Easy Chocolate Cake with Ganache is the best moist and soft cake for the chocolate lover! Smothered with a creamy chocolate ganache, this fancy and simple cake can be an entertaining dessert even for special days.

Like mother like son, my son always asked for homemade mom’s chocolate dessert.

After a long time, my son asked me to make chocolate dessert. He watched the kid’s video about squishy cake on the internet. Then, he told me,

“Mom, it’s so yummy and fluffy! Is it a cake?”
Can I get the same chocolate cake as in the video, please?”
“Honey, it is a toy. The name is squishy. You can play with it by squeezing the toy. After playing it, the shape will return to its original shape because the material is soft and fluffy. The shape, smell, and color are like food. But, you can’t eat it”
“Toyy mom? It’s okay, I want. Want fluffy chocolate cake pleasee”

He still didn’t understand what I was explaining. It was probably because he was only two years old. Even so, he is always tempted by anything that looks like chocolate even if it’s a toy. Until I avoid toys in the form of chocolate or processed chocolate shape. Especially squishy, ​​he might eat it because of the aroma and shape that is similar to chocolate. Haha.

Apart from that, my son still whined to eat chocolate cake as fluffy as squishy. I was thinking about how to make it. The cake toy looks tempting indeed with the decorations, but I think I’ll make it simpler.

“Mother, where’s my chocolate cake?”, he asked.

Huh, all right. He seemed impatient. I’ll make it with the ingredients I have in the kitchen. It is just to make the time more efficient. The important thing is to at least have chocolate ganache, chocolate bars, or chocolate powder. Thank God I still have them in stock!

I tried to make it and it was delicious. It was so creamy with melted creamy chocolate ganache. My son ate it voraciously until it was smudged. Of course, he was looking forward to the cake being ready. Plus, he didn’t feel disappointed because of the soft and delicious taste of the cake. I want to share it with you. as soon as posibble. It can be an cake recipe idea even for birthdays or special days. Let’s enjoy the chocolate!

The Ingredients of
Chocolate Cake with Ganache

• Cocoa powder – you can use unsweetened or processed cocoa powder. Unsweetened cocoa is for a rich chocolate flavor. Meanwhile, processed cocoa will make the cake fudgier.
• All-Purpose Flour or middle protein flavor – It is to minimize the sponge of the cake and to make a moist cake.
• Sugar – Adjust the sweetness of the cake if you like it.
• Vanilla Powder – it is to give a sweet smell to the cake.
• Baking Powder and Baking Soda – Two main ingredients to make the cake rise well.
• Salt – to add a bit of savory.
• Egg – to add the flavor and to make a moist cake. We use a different method for this cake. To make the cake has a good structure and is not too crumbly, we beat the whole egg with sugar until the size is quadruple.
• Milk – to give the smooth batter.
• Vegetable Oil – I don’t suggest changing the cooking oil to the melted butter because the texture will be different. Vegetable oil also makes the cake is moister than using melted butter.

Lastly, for the Chocolate Ganache, I use dark chocolate couverture and heavy cream. You can use other chocolate too such as milk chocolate or white chocolate.

How to Make Chocolate Cake with Ganache

Chocolate Cake

Sieve all the dry ingredients except sugar into a big bowl, then mix well.

Into another bowl, whip egg and sugar with a mixer until soft and fluffy or triples-quadruples in size.

Add vegetable oil and dry mixture then mix well. Set aside.

In a saucepan, heat the milk until bubbles appear on the edges of the pan.

Don’t let it boil and turn off the heat.

Pour the hot milk into the cake batter gradually 3 times until evenly distributed.

Pour the batter into a 22 cm x 22 cm rectangular tin.

Bake at 175° Celsius for 15-20 minutes.

Chocolate Ganache

In a bowl, bain-marie dark chocolate chips until all melted.

In a small saucepan heat, the heavy cream until bubbles appears on the edge of the saucepan. Turn off the heat. Add to melted chocolate chips and stir until well combined.

Chocolate Cake With Ganache

Pour the chocolate ganache over the chocolate cake until the cake is evenly covered.

The chocolate cake with ganache is ready to serve.

Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

• You can espresso if you like it. Yet, it doesn’t be too much. It might add a tablespoon.
• The quality of the chocolate powder, chips, and bars affects the chocolate cake and chocolate ganache. So, I use dark chocolate couverture to make it richer and darker, also strong and full cocoa aroma from cocoa butter.
• I recommend do not change substitute the oil for melted butter.
• You will get the tough cake if you overbeating the batter. Stop when the flour is just combined.
• Top the cake with your preferred topping besides chocolate ganache such as sour cream, chopped fruits, whipped cream, or sprinkle.

How to Store Chocolate Cake

If you want to store the cake only, cover it tightly with cling wrap or in an airtight container. At room temperature, when tightly wrapped, it can last up to 3 days. If you freeze the chocolate cake, it freezes for up to 2 months. To thaw it, store it until it thaws and softens. Make ganache right before serving.

Can the recipe be layer cake?

Of course! It can be double, triple, or more layer cake. You can double, triple, and so on the ingredients. Yet, be careful to divide the batter to make the proportional layer. Feel free to add your preference between each layer. Also, feel free to add topping and decorate. You can decorate based on your occasion.

This recipe will warm up the relation with your beloved. So, make sure you share this recipe to spread the warming heart to others. Happy cooking lovely friend!

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Hungry for more chocolate? Try other chocolate cake idea :

• Chocolate Tart
• Almond and Chocolate Brigadeiro
• Chocolate Marie Cake
• Chocolate Peanut Martabak