Chocolate Ganache Celebration Cake
Recipe by BakeZone Kitchen
A moist two-layer chocolate cake with a silky dark ganache — the base cake we use for birthday orders.
- Prep
- 35 mins
- Bake
- 35 mins
- Total
- 3 hrs
- Yield
- One 20 cm two-layer cake, 12–14 slices
- Level
- Intermediate
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Browse workshopsInstructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 175°C and line two 20 cm tins.
- 2
Whisk the dry ingredients together. Add the eggs, soured milk and oil and whisk until smooth.
- 3
Pour in the hot coffee and whisk — the batter will be thin. Divide between the tins.
- 4
Bake 30–35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in the tins, then turn out onto a rack.
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For the ganache, bring the cream just to a simmer, pour over the chocolate, wait 2 minutes, then stir from the centre until glossy.
- 6
Let the ganache thicken to a spreadable texture (about 1 hour at room temperature in an air-conditioned room, or 20 minutes in the fridge).
- 7
Level the cakes, sandwich with ganache, then cover the top and sides. Chill 30 minutes to set.
