Double Chocolate Layer Cake

Name: Double Chocolate Layer Cake
Cuisine: European, American
Ingredients: 3 ounces fine-quality semisweet chocolate such as Callebaut; 1 1/2 cups hot brewed coffee; 3 cups sugar; 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process); 2 teaspoons baking soda; 3/4 teaspoon baking powder; 1 1/4 teaspoons salt; 3 large eggs; 3/4 cup vegetable oil; 1 1/2 cups well-shaken buttermilk; 3/4 teaspoon vanilla; 1 pound fine-quality semisweet chocolate such as Callebaut; 1 cup heavy cream; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons light corn syrup; 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter; two 10- by 2-inch round cake pans

Instructions

This old-fashioned chocolate cake made our staff swoon! Chef Ed Kasky uses Callebaut semisweet chocolate for the cake and Guittard French-vanilla chocolate for the frosting, but any fine-quality semisweet chocolate will produce a wonderful result in either.

Updated at: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 23:01:12 GMT