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Chocolate Cake with Whipped Sea Salt Caramel

Ingredients

Black Magic Cake (see note on origin below)

  • 2 2/3 cups flour 320 g
  • 3 cups sugar 600 g
  • 1 1/8 cup cocoa 135 g
  • 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 15 ml
  • 1.5 cup buttermilk 350 ml
  • .75 cup oil canola or vegetable 175 ml
  • 1.5 cup hot coffee 350 ml

Ganache:

  • 8 ounces dark chocolate 70%
  • 6 tablespoons butter 85 g
  • 1 ¼ cup sugar 250 g
  • 1 ¼ cup heavy cream 300 ml
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla 10 ml
  • Pinch of salt

Caramel:

  • 1 recipe vanilla bean sea salt caramel linked below

Instructions

Cake:

  • Combine the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Stir together with a whisk until evenly combined
    chocolate cake batter
  • Add the vanilla, eggs, buttermilk, and oil and stir until combined
  • Once combined, add the hot coffee. Stir quickly to ensure the hot coffee is evenly distributed. The batter will be very thin
    chocolate cake batter
  • Pour the batter into 3 greased and floured 9" round cake pan and cook for ~30-40 minutes (ovens vary so test with a toothpick in the center and remove when it comes out clean) 350 F – make sure a toothpick comes out clean
    chocolate cake batter
  • Set aside to cool
    chocolate cake layers

Ganache:

  • To make the ganache, add chocolate, butter, salt, and vanilla into a bowl. Set aside
    chocolate ganache
  • In a small pan over medium heat, heat cream and sugar until hot but just before boiling
  • Pour the heated cream and sugar over the bowl of chocolate and let it set for 1 minute. Stir until smooth
  • Set in the fridge until cooled but not hard
    chocolate ganache for chocolate cake with whipped sea salt caramel

Assembly:

  • Take the chocolate ganache and place it in a piping bag with a tip with a 1/2 inch round opening or a ziploc and cut a 1/2 inch in the corner
  • Place one round on your cake stand and spread a thin layer of ganache then pipe a boarder of ganache around the edges (this will serve as a moat to keep the chocolate in.
    chocolate cake with whipped sea salt caramel
  • Add 1/2 of the caramel and spread it in an even layer so it remains contained by the ganache
    chocolate cake with whipped sea salt caramel
  • Repeat this and top with the final cake layer before coating the whole cake with chocolate ganache

Notes

Vanilla bean sea salt caramel recipe here
Cake recipe based off of the classic “Hershey’s Black Magic Cake”