Sinful Chocolate Layer Cake
Ingredients
- unsweetened cocoa, for dusting ⓘ
- 1 (8 ounce) cancooked whole beets, drained and juice reserved ⓘ
- 12 cup unsalted butter, softened ⓘ
- 2 12 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed ⓘ
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted ⓘ
- 2 14 cups all-purpose flour ⓘ
- 2 teaspoons baking powder ⓘ
- 12 teaspoon salt ⓘ
- 12 cup buttermilk ⓘ
- chocolate curls, to decorate ⓘ
- 2 cups whipping cream or 2 cups heavy cream ⓘ
- 1 14 lbs fine quality bittersweet chocolate or 1 14 lbs semisweet chocolate, chopped ⓘ
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Grease two 9-inch round cake pans and dust bottom and sides with cocoa.
- grate beets and add to the beet juice.
- With an electric mixer, beat the butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until pale and fluffy (3-5 minutes).
- Reduce speed and beat in chocolate.
- In a bowl, sift the flour, baking powder and salt.
- With the mixer on low speed, alternately beat in flour mixture in fourths and buttermilk in thirds.
- Add the beets, and juice, and beat for 1 minute.
- Divide between pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center, comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely.
- Heat the cream in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching, until it just begins to boil.
- Remove from the heat and stir in chocolate, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Strain into a bowl and refrigerate, stirring every 10 minutes, Assemble cake.Place one cake layer on a serving plate and spread with one third of ganache.
- Turn the cake layer bottom side up and spread remaining ganache over top and sides.
- Top with lots of chocolate curls, covering top.
- Let frosting set for 20-30 minutes, the refrigerate before serving.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
918
kcal
46% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
Diet fit
High-fiber
Contains
Milk
Egg
Wheat/Gluten
Estimated from ingredients & per-serving nutrition — verify against package labels for allergies or strict diets.
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).
Nutrition is estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data and may vary with brand, portion and preparation — see our methodology. This information is for general educational purposes only and is not medical or dietary advice (disclaimer).