Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Chocolate Ganache Cake

My first week of this challenge, I made the most magnificent chocolate cake anybody could even imagine.  The infamous Chocolate Ganache Cake.  In order to make this cake, you need one box of Betty Crocker SuperMoist chocolate fudge cake mix, the water, vegetable oil and eggs called on the cake mix box, one container Betty Crocker Rich and Creamy chocolate frosting, 1/3 cup whipping cream, 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, and two bars of chocolate-covered toffee candy chopped coursely.  

First, you heat the oven to 350 degrees or 325 if you have a dark or nonstick pan.  As the oven is heating, I made the cake directed on the box and let it cook in the oven for 34 minutes.  After the cake was finished in the oven, I let it sit and cool.  After this step, I place one layer of the cake rounded side down on the serving plate, while after, spreaking 1/3 cup of frosting.  Top with the second layer (as if it was a sandwich) rounded side up.  Frost the sides and top of the cake with the remaining frosting.  In a one quart sauce pan, I heated the whipping cream over medium heat until hot.  Make sure that you do not boil. After it is hot, remove from heat, and stir in the chocolate cips until melted and smooth.  Let it stand for five minutes, and then carefully pour the chocolate mixture onto the cake, and on top of that, spread the chopped toffee bits all over.  Refrigerate for an hour or until ready to be served.  


When my family and I had our first piece, it tasted like heaven.  The chocolate flavor was amazing, and the different textures of the cake, made the perfect taste in your mouth.  My favorite part of the cake was the sandwich like part, with the two sides of the cake and the chocolate frosting in the middle of it. It was amazing.  This is definitely a recipe that I would continuously make, and it was gone in literally two days.  

Five Star Recipe!