Glazed Chocolate Cake

A Chapter by SwagMaster

A very fancy and rich chocolate cake.

This extremely dense and rich chocolate cake with a chocolate ganache is always a big hit.

Ingredients for Cake:

3/4 cup unsalted butter slightly melted, plus extra for pan
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa, plus extra for pan
3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 sour cream
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Ingredients for Glaze:
4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup heavy cream

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8" round pan; bottom and sides. Place wax paper on bottom of pan, butter wax paper, and dust entire pan with cocoa, tapping out the excess.

2. Into a medium bowl, sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each, then beat in vanilla. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in two batches, alternating with sour cream, and beginning and ending with flour.

3. Spread batter in prepared pan. Tap firmly on counter top to force out large air bubbles. Bake for 30-35 minutes, when toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. While cake is cooking, start the chocolate glaze when about ten minutes is left for the cake.

4. Place chocolate chips in a medium bowl. In a saucepan, bring cream to a boil, then pour cream over chocolate; mix the two until smooth. Let it cool until it's thick yet pourable; about 2-3 minutes.

5. Take out cake, and put pan on a wire rack with paper towels to catch the drops of glaze under it. To protect your cake, you probably want to put a plate under the cake on the wire rack, but make the sure the plate isn't much bigger than the cake, or else the glaze will just pool around the cake.

6. Pour glaze over cake, and let it sit. When the glaze is somewhat hardened, serve the cake with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

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