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By The Food Flamingo

Chocolate Walnut Cake

Name: Chocolate Walnut Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1/3 cup cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 cup buttermilk room temp.; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 1/2 tsp vanilla *optional; 1/3 cup hot brewed coffee; 1 egg room temp.; 1 cup dark chocolate (175g); 1/2 cup heavy cream (120ml; 3/4 cup chopped walnuts

9 steps

Prep:15minCook:30min

Moist, fluffy and fudgy, this chocolate walnut cake is the perfect snack sized cake! It's topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache and sprinkled with chopped walnuts.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:16:06 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories329.8 kcal (16%)

Total Fat20 g (29%)

Carbs35.6 g (14%)

Sugars23.1 g (26%)

Protein4.7 g (9%)

Sodium205 mg (10%)

Fiber2.7 g (10%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

1 cupall purpose flour

1 cupgranulated sugar

⅓ cupcocoa powder

½ tspbaking powder

1 tspbaking soda

½ tspsalt

½ cupbuttermilk

room temp

¼ cupvegetable oil

½ tspvanilla

⅓ cupcoffee

1 cupdark chocolate

½ cupheavy cream

¾ cupchopped walnuts

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat you oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius). Grease your baking tray with some butter or oil then line with parchment paper.

Step 2

In a large bowl sift together your flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Step 3

Make a hole in the middle of the dry mixture and add in the buttermilk, vegetable oil, egg , hot coffee and vanilla. Mix until just combined.

Step 4

Lastly fold in the chopped walnuts.

Step 5

Pour the batter into your baking tray and bake for 30 min or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool completely.

Step 6

For the ganache, in a medium sized bowl add your chopped dark chocolate and heavy cream. Melt in a microwave in 30 second bursts until smooth. You could also melt it using a double boiler.

Step 7

Let the ganache cool down in the refrigerator for 15 min. ( or 5-7 min in the freezer)

Step 8

Spread the ganache on the cooled cake and sprinkle with some more chopped walnuts.

Step 9

Slice it up and enjoy!