Ingredients for Dark Chocolate Heart Cake:
(Adapted from Kitchens are Monkey Business)
1 cup sifted flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 TB vanilla extract
3 large eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips,
specifically, Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter a 9-inch diameter cake pan.
Line bottom with parchment paper.
Butter and cocoa parchment and pan.
Whisk first 5 ingredients.
Beat butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
Gradually beat in sugars, then vanilla.
Add in eggs, one at a time,
beating well after each addition.
Beat in dry ingredients alternatively
with buttermilk in 2 additions each.
Fold in chocolate chips.
Pour batter in prepared pan
and bake 45-50 minutes,
or until a tester comes out clean.
For the process:
When I'm baking a chocolate cake, instead of buttering and flouring the pans,
I butter and cocoa my pans. Mix the sifted flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Softened butter into the mixer. Beat butter until light and fluffy, then gradually add in sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and eggs.
Alternatively, add in dry ingredients and buttermilk, in two additions each beating well after each addition. Fold in dark chocolate chips. Pour into buttered and cocoa'd pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 45-50 minutes. Let cool. Invert on rack and peel off parchment.
Let cool completely before slicing horizontally in half and spreading on the dark chocolate filling.
For Chocolate Ganache:
1 cup semisweet chocolate
2 tablespoons light cream
¼ cup milk
In a double boiler, melt chocolate with cream and milk until thick smooth. Drizzle over cake and let cool.
~I was thrilled to come home the other day to this beautiful surprise made by my daughter, Tammy! Thank you, Bella!
This is a recipe I have been admiring for quite some time made by Rosie of Kitchens Are Monkey Business. It is one of the most delicious chocolate cakes I have ever indulged in! Please visit Rosie's wonderful site!
With Love,
Catherine
xo
Rose says
What a sweet recipe! This would be perfect for Valentine's Day or an anniversary.
Marms says
Oh love that cake much.
I tried making a chocolate cake too. And it turned out good 🙂
marms
unikorna says
wow congrats to Tammy, that is precisely what I crave for these days...should I dare try it?after eating it I must jog and swim from Europe to USA and back...but it's worth it.
nesrin says
Sieht lecker aus. Liebe Grüsse aus Berlin.
The Café Sucré Farine says
You certainly know how to make some one drool! This looks like a chocolate lover's dream-come-true!
Reeni says
The cake looks like a real treat Catherine! A chocoholic's dream. I'd love to come home and find this waiting for me! xoxo
T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types says
How wonderfully decadent! I'm in love!
Debbie says
This cake is just stunning and looks delicious. I am a chocolate addict and this is just more fuel for me!!!
Chiara says
A great recipe for chocolate's fan! have a good day...
Lenia says
This is heaven!!!I love it!xxx