Chocolate Ganache Cake Recipe

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Chocolate Ganache Cake
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Ingredients
6
Count
Nutrition
3561
Calories
Total time
40
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. For ganache (which should be made first because it needs to cool.):.
  2. Warm the heavy cream in the microwave for about 1 minute, but watch it carefully!
  3. Add the chips and keep stiring until their melted, if they dont all melt, micorwave for a few more seconds.
  4. Once smooth, keep in the refregerator until needed (if leaving it too long it will be to hard to pour on cake! but you could leave it on the counter to warm up. Or make chocolate truffles, YAY!).
  5. For buttercream:.
  6. Cream the butter. with mixer on low speed, SLOWLY add powdered sugar until incorperated. add cocoa powder. thin with milk, about 1/2 cup, maybe a little more. but remember, you can always add more milk, its harder to thicken frosting.
  7. Prepare:.
  8. Start w/ a layer of cake (there should be 4) frost with as much buttercream as wanted. add more cake. frost. add more cake. frost. add more cake, and frost the whole cake with a thin layer of frosting. put the cake in the freezer for about 10 minutes. then pour ganache over cake and spread over cake. put in the fridge until set.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 3561.42 Kcal (14911 kJ)
Calories from fat 1611.21 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 179.02g 275%
Cholesterol 95.04mg 32%
Sodium 3632.11mg 151%
Potassium 7614.07mg 162%
Total Carbs 460.57g 154%
Sugars 281.56g 1126%
Dietary Fiber 1.18g 5%
Protein 37.79g 76%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 279.5mg 28%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 456.49 Kcal (1911 kJ)
Calories from fat 206.52 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.95g 275%
Cholesterol 12.18mg 32%
Sodium 465.55mg 151%
Potassium 975.95mg 162%
Total Carbs 59.04g 154%
Sugars 36.09g 1126%
Dietary Fiber 0.15g 5%
Protein 4.84g 76%
Calcium 35.8mg 28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 85.9
    Points
  • 99
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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