High Altitude Red Wine Chocolate Cake
Dense and fudgy red wine chocolate cake, topped with rich, creamy dark chocolate ganache.
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Equipment
- 6-inch Round Cake Pans (x2)
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour, fluffed, spooned and leveled
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 6 tbsp unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp coarse Kosher salt (if using table salt, use half the amount)
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- ¾ cup red wine
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup whole milk
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
Ganache
- 3 oz good quality dark chocolate, chopped
- 3 oz heavy whipping cream
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 F, and position a rack in the center of the oven. Spray the bottoms of two 6-inch cake pans with non stick baking spray.
- In a bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
- Add the beaten eggs, red wine, oil, milk and vanilla, and whisk just until combined, taking care not to over-mix.
- Divide the cake batter between the pans, and bake for about 27-30 minutes, until the tops spring back when lightly touched and a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with moist crumbs clinging to it.
- Set the pans on a cooling rack, covered loosely with a clean kitchen towel, and cool completely. Before assembling the cake, use a sharp knife to level off the domed tops on the cakes.
Ganache
- Finely chop the chocolate and place it in a bowl.
- Pour the cream into a saucepan, and warm the cream on the stove over medium heat, just until hot, and beginning to simmer around the edges.
- Pour the hot cream over the chocolate, let stand for 3 minutes, then stir until smooth and creamy.
- To assemble the cake, place one of the cake layers on a plate or cake pedestal. Pour half the ganache on top of the cake, gently spreading it towards the edges of the cake with a small offset spatula, letting it drip over the edges.
- Place the second layer of cake on top and repeat with the rest of the ganache.
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