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Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Glaze

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Glaze Best Recipe

An elite, professional-grade chocolate cake featuring an ultra-moist crumb and a high-gloss shiny chocolate ganache glaze.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 380
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Moist Chocolate Cake
  • 2 cups All-purpose flour sifted
  • 2 cups Superfine sugar
  • 0.75 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder dark
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Sea salt
  • 1 cup Buttermilk room temperature
  • 0.5 cup Vegetable oil
  • 2 large Eggs room temperature
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla bean paste
  • 1 cup Hot coffee freshly brewed
Shiny Chocolate Glaze
  • 1 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips 60% cacao
  • 0.5 cup Heavy cream full fat
  • 1 tbsp Light corn syrup for shine
  • 1 tbsp Unsalted butter softened

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease your cake pan using oil and flour or pan goop.
  2. Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl, ensuring the cocoa and flour are sifted.
  3. Add buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla; mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  4. Slowly pour in hot coffee while mixing on low to bloom the cocoa powder.
  5. Bake for 30-35 minutes and cool completely before glazing.
  6. Heat cream and corn syrup, pour over chocolate and butter, let sit for 5 minutes, then stir gently with a spatula until shiny.

Notes

For the shiniest glaze, do not use a whisk as it introduces air bubbles. Use a rubber spatula and stir slowly from the center outward.