Tonight I baked a Devil's food cake with vanilla bean buttercream frosting and drenched it in a chocolate ganache. The Devil's food cake turned out very fluffy and had a slight sweetness. I should've made a double batch of the vanilla bean buttercream frosting but didn't. This was the first time I made a chocolate ganache sauce... it was simple and tasted really good! So the only thing I would do differently is make more of the frosting. Here's the recipe for the Devil's food cake, the vanilla buttercream frosting and the chocolate ganache recipe is below.
Chocolate Ganache:
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
Heat cream and butter in a saucepan until melted and remove before it starts to boil. Place chocolate morsels in a small bowl and pour cream on top. Let sit for a few seconds and whisk by hand until completely incorporated and smooth. Let cool until thick and pourable. The ganache can take a bit to thicken. You can make it before the buttercream, to save time. Just use a wire whisk to stir it every few minutes and keep it smooth.
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