Blackout Cake Recipe

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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
389
Calories
Total time
40
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Dust with flour; tap out excess. (Or you can use cocoa powder to dust).
  2. In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until well blended. Add chocolate and beat 1 to 2 minutes.
  3. Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to chocolate mixture in two additionas alternately with buttermilk. Beat until well blended. With mixer on low speed, add boiling water adn beat until smooth (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
  4. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans 10 to 15 minutes, then unmold onto racks and let cool completely.
  5. Cover a cake layer with a little more than one third of Chocolate Ganache. Set second layer on top. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining ganache. Press almonds into side of cake. Refrigerate cake 3 to 4 hours, or until ganache is firm, before serving.
  6. For the Chocolate Ganache you will need:
  7. 18 ounces semisweet chocolate chips or semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped (3 cups)
  8. 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
  9. 2 T butter, cut up
  10. 1 tsp vanilla extract
  11. In a 2-quart glass measure, combine chocolate chips and heavy cream. Heat in a microwave oven on HIGH 3 minutes, or until melted and smooth when stirred. Stir in butter and vanilla.
  12. Cover and refrigerate 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until ganache holds its shape and is thick enough to spread on cake.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 389.23 Kcal (1630 kJ)
Calories from fat 152.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.98g 26%
Cholesterol 37.67mg 13%
Sodium 960.23mg 40%
Potassium 227.83mg 5%
Total Carbs 55.54g 19%
Sugars 23.12g 92%
Dietary Fiber 5.33g 21%
Protein 7.65g 15%
Iron 2.6mg 14%
Calcium 130.6mg 13%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 308.32 Kcal (1291 kJ)
Calories from fat 121.03 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.45g 26%
Cholesterol 29.84mg 13%
Sodium 760.62mg 40%
Potassium 180.47mg 5%
Total Carbs 43.99g 19%
Sugars 18.32g 92%
Dietary Fiber 4.22g 21%
Protein 6.06g 15%
Iron 2mg 14%
Calcium 103.4mg 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.4
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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