Chocolate Overdose Cake

Photo: Jason and Shawnda

Three layers of chocolate, coated in chocolate, decorated with chocolate, and garnished with chocolate. Can you overdose on chocolate?

The chocolate master behind this Chocolate Overdose Cake is Jason and Shawnda.

Chocolate Overdose Cake

 

Ingredients

For the Brownie Base:

• ⅝ cup (1/2 cup + 2Tbsp) cake flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 3 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into six pieces
• 1⅛ cups sugar
• 2 large eggs, room temp
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

For the Chocolate Mousse Filling:

• 6 oz semisweet chocolate, broken into ½-ounce pieces
• 1⅞ cups heavy cream
• 1 Tbsp granulated sugar

For the Chocolate Cake:

• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, soft
• ⅞ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 oz unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
• ⅛ cup Dutch-processed cocoa
• ¼ cup hot water
• ⅞ cups sugar
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 large egg yolk

For the Ganache:

• 1½ cups heavy cream
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 18 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped into ½-ounce pieces

Instructions

1. For the full recipe go here: Chocolate Overdose Cake.

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