12/ Chocolate Cake / Cupcakes
Go-to deep chocolate cake recipe for birthday cake or cupcakes. The best. I rarely sift ingredients but for this recipe, I do.
Stir together and let sit until chocolate is melted:
- 1 c. hot water or hot coffee
- 2 oz bittersweet chocolate, broken into small pieces
Sift into a medium bowl:
- 1⅔ c. flour
- 2 c. sugar
- 1 c. cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
Whisk together in large bowl:
- 2 eggs
- ½ c. canola oil
- 1 c. buttermilk
- ½ tsp. vanilla
Alternate whisking in the dry ingredients and the melted chocolate mixture.
Scoop batter half-full into 24-30 lined muffin tins (or 2 9" cake pans). Bake at 300 ° until toothpick inserted comes out with crumbs attached, about 20 minutes.
For a chocolate ganache, bring to a boil in small sauce pan:
- ½ c. heavy cream
- 1 tbl. sugar
- 1 tbl. corn syrup
Remove from heat and whisk in until smooth:
- ½ lb. semi-sweet chocolate
- 2 tbl. butter (add butter after all chocolate whisked in)
The chocolate! Dagoba cocoa and Valrhona Amer are go-tos for me.