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Chocolate Ganache Cake

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Chocolate Ganache Cake
  • Prep 25 min
  • Total 3 hr 15 min
  • Servings 16
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Chocolate lovers, this is a cake you have to try! And try, and try, and try.
By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jul 20, 2011

Ingredients

  • 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ chocolate fudge cake mix
  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
  • 1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
  • 1/3 cup whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 bars (1.4 oz each) chocolate-covered toffee candy, very coarsely chopped

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for two 8-inch or 9-inch rounds.
  • 2
    Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on serving plate. Spread with about 1/3 cup frosting. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting.
  • 3
    In 1-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream over medium heat until hot (do not boil); remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Let stand 5 minutes. Carefully pour chocolate mixture onto top center of cake; spread to edge, allowing some to drizzle down side. Garnish top of cake with toffee candy. Refrigerate about 1 hour or until chocolate is set. Store covered in refrigerator.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Ganache, the cream and chocolate mixture, is ready to use when it mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. It will become firmer the longer it cools.
  • tip 2
    Glaze the cake on a rack with waxed paper under the rack; any extra drips of the ganache will fall onto the waxed paper. When the ganache hardens, you can easily and neatly transfer the cake to your serving plate.
  • tip 3
    Stir 2 tablespoons freeze-dried or powdered instant coffee (dry) or 1 tablespoon grated orange peel into the cake batter.

Nutrition

350 Calories, 18g Total Fat, 3g Protein, 46g Total Carbohydrate, 31g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
350
Calories from Fat
160
Total Fat
18g
27%
Saturated Fat
6g
31%
Trans Fat
2g
Cholesterol
50mg
16%
Sodium
350mg
14%
Potassium
150mg
4%
Total Carbohydrate
46g
15%
Dietary Fiber
1g
4%
Sugars
31g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
8%
8%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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