The Most Amazing Chocolate Cake

The Most Amazing Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

For the chocolate cake:

• 4 large eggs
• 300 grams sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 400 ml sour cream
• 125 ml vegetable oil
• 420 grams all-purpose flour
• 140 grams cocoa powder
• 10 grams baking soda
• 375 ml lukewarm water

For the chocolate ganache:

• 400 grams dark chocolate
• 375 ml whipping cream

Instructions:

Chocolate Cake:
Preheat the oven to 170°C and grease the pan well.
In a mixer bowl with a whipping attachment, whip eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla until airy, light, and somewhat foamy.
Add sour cream and oil, mix slowly at medium speed until absorbed.
Sift in flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda, mix until almost uniform.
Add water, mix slowly until completely uniform.
Pour the batter into the pan.
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until swollen, steady to the touch, and a skewer inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs.
Cool completely at room temperature. Slice the cake into two equal layers.
Chocolate Ganache:
Chop the chocolate and put in a bowl.
Add cream and melt together in the microwave or over a double boiler until melted and uniform.
Cool the ganache for 4-5 hours at room temperature until it reaches the texture of thick paste. Alternatively, cool in the refrigerator and mix every few minutes.
Assemble the Cake:
Place the first layer of cake on a serving plate and pour about 1/3 of the ganache on top. Spread in a uniform layer using a palate knife.
Place the top layer of the cake over the ganache and cover the cake with almost the remaining ganache – sides and top – in a uniform layer.
Transfer the remaining ganache into a piping bag fitted with 1 cm serrated piping tip and decorate the top of the cake with chocolate ganache.
Serve the cake at room temperature for the best texture.
Keep the cake in a closed container for up to a week. Remove from the refrigerator to room temperature about an hour before serving.

Notes:

Instead of sour cream, coconut cream can be used in the same amount.
Nuts or shredded coconut can be added to the cream.
The cake is delicious even without the chocolate ganache.