Decadent Chocolate Bundt Cake With Chocolate Gnache Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bundt pan with cooking spray.
• Heat coffee in small sauce pan; stir in semi-sweet chips until melted.
• Whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
• Beat eggs with electric mixer until thick and pale yellow. Slowly add buttermilk, oil and coffee mixture.
• Add dry ingredients and beat on medium speed until just combined.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes. Run knife around edges and invert onto rack. Cool.
• For gnache - heat heavy cream to almost boiling.
• Stir in chocolate chips and remove from heat.
• Continue stirring and allow to cool.
• Drizzle generously over cooled cake.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cocoa and water; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with cocoa mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Pour into three greased and floured 9" round baking pans.
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• For Ganache, place chocolate in a small bowl.
• In a small heavy saucepan over low heat, bring cream and sugar to a boil.
• Pour over chocolate; whisk gently until smooth.
• Refrigerate for 35-45 minutes or until ganache begins to thicken, stirring occasionally.
• For frosting, in a large mixing bowl beat butter until fluffy.
• Add confectioners sugar, cocoa, milk, and vanilla; beat until smooth.
• Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1 cup of frosting.
• Top with second layer and one cup ganache and sprinkle with 1/2 cup almonds.
• Top with third layer, frost top and sides of cake.
• Warm ganache until pourable; pour over cake, allowing some to drape down the sides.
• Sprinkle with remaining almonds.
• Refrigerate until serving.