Chocolate Ganache Cake

🧂 Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter softened
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder sifted
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• For Chocolate Ganache
• 10 ounces good quality chocolate chopped
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoon corn syrup

Instructions

• 1 Heat oven to 350 F
• 2 Grease Valentine Bundt Pan or two 9-inch round baking pans.
• 3 Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
• 4 Add eggs and vanilla, combine well.
• 5 In separate bowl mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda
  and salt.
• 6 Add flour mix alternating with buttermilk to butter mixture, combine until
  mixed.
• 7 Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
• 8 Bake 30-40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean.
• 9 Cool 10 mins prior to inverting on wire rack.
• 10 After cake is cooled coat with Chocolate Ganache
• 11 For Chocolate Ganache: chop chocolate into small pieces, place in heavy bowl.
• 12 Heat cream just to boiling point, remove from heat.
• 13 Add corn syrup to cream, stir well, then immediately pour over chocolate.
• 14 Let sit for about 2 minutes, then gently stir cream and chocolate together.
• 15 Keep stirring gently until chocolate and cream are combined.
• 16 Stir slowly or you will get air bubbles in the ganache.
• 17 While still warm pour slowly and evenly to cover cake.
• 18 Decorate centre with your favorite berries.

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