Chocolate Cake with Ganache and Praline Topping

Name: Chocolate Cake with Ganache and Praline Topping
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters all purpose flour; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 59 milliliters buttermilk; 0 teaspoons coarse kosher salt; 59 milliliters natural unsweetened cocoa powder; 177 milliliters (packed) dark brown sugar; 1 large egg; 59 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 237 milliliters pecans, toasted, chopped; 177 milliliters powdered sugar; 237 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 237 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 118 milliliters boiling water

Chocolate Cake with Ganache and Praline Topping might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 575 calories. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of water, vanillan extract, buttermilk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inchcake pan with nonstick spray. Line withparchment. Spray parchment. Dust withflour, tapping out any excess.

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Place butter and cocoa powder in mediumbowl.

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Cocoa Powder

Butter

Pour 1/2 cup boiling water over; stir.

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Water

Letstand 2 minutes; whisk until blended.

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Whisk

Whiskflour, sugar, baking soda, and coarse salt inanother medium bowl.

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Baking Soda

Coarse Salt

Sugar

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Bowl

Whisk buttermilk, egg,and vanilla in large bowl. Gradually whiskcocoa mixture into buttermilk mixture; whiskuntil smooth.

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Buttermilk

Vanilla

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Add flour mixture in 3 additions,whisking to blend between additions (batterwill be thin).

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All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Pour batter into prepared pan.

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Bake cake until tester inserted intocenter comes out clean, about 30 minutes.Cool in pan 10 minutes. Run knife aroundpan edges to release cake. Invert onto rack;remove pan and parchment. Cool completely.

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