Chocolate Ganache Cake

Ingredients:

Chocolate Cake

• 250 ml water
• 75 ml vegetable or coconut oil
• 75 ml cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 3/4 all-purpose flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• a pinch of salt

Chocolate Ganache

• 60 grams milk chocolate
• 60 grams dark chocolate
• 180 ml cream
• 30 ml coconut oil

Equipment:

• Oven
• Round cake tin
• Spatula
• Whisk
• Sauce pan
• Mixing bowl

Process

Step 1:

Line a round cake tin with baking parchment and lightly butter.

Step 2:

Preheat the oven to 175°C.

Step 3:

Combine water, oil and cocoa powder in a saucepan and bring up to a boil for a few minutes and then set aside the chocolatey mixture to cool slightly.

Step 4:
In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until fluffy.

Step 5:

Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt into the eggs and sugar and gently fold together with a spatula to combine.

Step 6:

Pour in the chocolatey mixture and vanilla and fold again to combine.

Step 7:

Pour the cake batter into the prepared cake tin and bake for 30-35 minutes until soft and spongy. Remove from the cake tin and allow to cool.

Step 8:

To make the ganache, combine cream, dark chocolate, coconut oil and salt in a mixing bowl and melt together over a pot of simmering water or in a double boiler.

Step 9:

Pour ganache over the cooled cake and serve with whipped cream and/or fruit.