This week's assignment for Baked Sunday Mornings is the Chocolate Coffee Cake with Dark Chocolate Glaze -- which I think might be my favorite chocolate cake of all time. I first made this cake back in January, and I instantly fell in love. There is nothing not to love about this cake. The cake itself is light, moist, and very chocolatey with a delicate, fine crumb (it's also the same cake used in the Baked grasshopper cake). The coffee buttercream is lusciously smooth, and absolutely delicious. And the chocolate ganache and chocolate-covered espresso beans on top? Gorgeous. This cake is a showstopper.
The combination of the chocolate cake with the coffee buttercream is divine. This is the type of celebration cake where just having the cake is cause enough for celebration; it's absolute sweet splendor.
Recipe: "Chocolate Coffee Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache," from Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented, by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. Recipe available here at Baked Sunday Mornings.
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I made this cake again recently, and I didn't change a thing. Well, I did make a point of trimming the cake a bit when I leveled the layers, because I was taking the cake to work (on the subway) and I wanted to make sure that the cake would fit into a 5-inch tall bakery box.
Recipe: "Chocolate Coffee Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache," from Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented, by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. Recipe available here at Baked Sunday Mornings.
Previous Posts:
- "My New Cake Crush: Chocolate Coffee Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache," January 14, 2012.
- "My Cake Has a New Set of Clothes: Grasshopper Cake," January 24, 2012.
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