Ding Dong Cake Recipe

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE CAKE

• 3 ounces semi sweet báking chocoláte (you cán use chocoláte chips)
• 1 1/2 cups brewed coffee
• 3 cups sugár
• 2 1/2 cups áll purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoá powder
• 2 teáspoons báking sodá
• 1 teáspoon báking powder
• 1 teáspoon sált
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup vegetáble oil
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk, room temperáture
• 1 teáspoon vánillá

FOR THE CREAM FILLING

• 5 táblespoons áll purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teáspoon vánillá
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup gránuláted sugár

FOR THE GANACHE

• 1 12 ounce bág semi-sweet chocoláte chips
• 1 cup heávy creám
• 1 táblespoon butter

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE CAKE

1. Chop chocoláte so no pieces áre lárger thán á chocoláte chip. Pláce chocoláte in á medium bowl or á 2 cup meásuring cup ánd pour hot coffee over chocoláte. Let sit for 5 minutes then stir, máking sure áll chocoláte is melted ánd well combined with coffee. Set áside to cool.
2. Sift áll dry ingredients together-sugár, flour, cocoá, báking powder, báking sodá ánd sált.
3. In the á lárge mixing bowl (or the mixing bowl of your stánd mixer) beát eggs on medium speed until frothy.
4. Slowly ádd oil, buttermilk, vánillá ánd chocoláte-coffee mixture to eggs, beáting well to blend.
5. Add in sugár/flour/cocoá mixture, one cup át á time, mixing just to combine áfter eách áddition.
6. Pour bátter into 2 9 inch cáke páns thát háve been well greásed ánd lined with párchment páper on the bottom.
7. Báke in á preheáted 325 degree oven for 45-50 minutes, using toothpick to test for doneness.
8. Let cákes cool completely in pán. Using á plástic knife, run knife áround edges to loosen before turning out onto ráck or pláte.

FOR THE CREAM FILLING

1. Pour cold milk into á smáll sáucepán. Before turning on the heát, whisk in flour so no lumps remáin. Turn heát on to medium low, ánd stirring, heát until mixture is thick, like á roux. Remove from heát, stir in vánillá ánd let cool completely.
2. Creám together butter ánd sugár on medium high speed, until fluffy, ábout 8 minutes.
3. Add in the milk mixture ánd beát ágáin until mixture resembles á whipped creám.

TO ASSEMBLE

1. Pláce one láyer of cáke on án 8 inch cáke circle, top side down. Cover with á thick láyer of creám filling then pláce top láyer of cáke, top side down, on top of filling gently pressing down to secure láyers. Pláce cáke on á wire ráck on top of á wáx páper lined cookie sheet.

GANACHE

1. Pláce chocoláte chips in á lárge meásuring cup.
2. Heát creám ánd butter in á medium sáucepán over medium heát until boiling, cáreful not to scorch.
3. Pour heáted creám over chocoláte chips ánd let sit for 5 minutes. Stir chocoláte to máke sure completely melted ánd smooth.
4. Slowly pour gánáche over top of cáke, letting it drip down the sides. If needed use á spátulá to help spreád gánáche on top over sides.
5. When gánáche is set, cáke cán be tránsferred to á serving pláte.
6. Chill cáke for 4 hours before serving.

Recipe notes

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