Mother’s Day Chocolate Ganache Cake
Looking for a delicious, easy way to spoil your mum on Mother’s Day? You can’t go wrong with our chocolate cake. A timeless classic, this scrumptious dessert has all the ingredients to melt anyone’s heart: chocolate, chocolate, chocolate – and a sprinkle of Baileys. The perfect gift to celebrate Mother’s Day and spend some priceless time reminiscing old memories over a hot drink and cake.
Ingredients
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CHOCOLATE CAKE
21/4 cup Plain Flour
2/3 cup Cocoa Powder
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Sea Salt Flakes
3/4 cup Caster Sugar
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
3/4 cup Buttermilk
3/4 cup Olive Oil
3 Large Eggs, room temperature
1 cup Boiling Water
1 tsp Instant Coffee
CHOCOLATE GANACHE
11/4 cup 70% Dark Chocolate, chopped
11/4 cup Double Cream
Pinch of Sea Salt Flakes
Allergies
Dairy
Gluten
Egg
Directions
- STEP ONE
Preheat your oven. Add the dry cake mix ingredients into a large bowl and whisk them all up together until they look proper combined.
- STEP TWO
Combine all the wet cake mix ingredients in a large bowl, except the water and coffee, and whisk away.
- STEP THREE
Coffee time! Make the coffee, pour yourself a cup if your battery’s running out - and then add the rest into the wet ingredients bowl and stir well. Then, mix all the mixes together (dry and whet) using a whisk.
- STEP SIX
Spread your mixture across tins. Bake for 30-35 mins, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- STEP SEVEN
Remove your cake from the oven and let it cool for 20 mins before flipping onto a wire rack. Try and resist eating by allowing it to cool completely.
- FOR THE GANACHE: STEP EIGHT
It wouldn't be cake without ganache, especially a chocolate one. Put the chocolate, Baileys, and salt in a large heatproof bowl.
- STEP NINE
In a heavy-based saucepan, heat the cream until steaming hot but not boiling. Then, pour the hot cream over the chocolate and leave to stand for 1 minute.
- STEP TEN
Stir the ganache using a whisk until gorgeously smooth and glossy and then let it sit.
- STEP ELEVEN
Place the cooled cake on a large plate with a lid. Spoon over that mouth-watering ganache on top of the cake. Use a spoon or a small offset palette knife to glide the ganache over and down the sides of the cake.
- STEP TWELVE
Put the cake in the fridge for 30 minutes, then remove and scoop up the set ganache + spread over the sides. Now take it to your mum and show her what a good child you are!
About this Recipe
We’ve given you the basics, but there are countless ways you can take your recipe one step further and make it even more special for your mum. You could…
Dress your cake for the part with some edible flowers and fresh berries.
Add a touch of chocolate luxury to it with small chocolate hearts or shavings.
Dust some powdered sugar or cocoa powder over it and add a personalised message to it.
Decorate it with icing or frosting.
Your mum, your choices!
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