Our staff--and many of our customers--say this is our "best chocolate cake" ever.
Chocolate cakes have three components. They all need to be good. - The Cake! This is a cream cake--twice as dense and moist as a grocery store cake mix. And loaded with chocolate pieces. We've added grated zucchini but it's not necessary.
- The Filling! It's incredible! It's a whipped cream filling stabilized with cream cheese. Very easy.
- The Frosting! This one is drizzled with ganache but you can heat a tub of really good fudge frosting and pour over it.
Note that we've got a ton of cream filling between the layers. That's the best part. Use a full inch.
What do you do with the leftovers? We took a cake, cut it in half, and put half in the freezer and half in the refrigerator. We left them there for a week to see how they held up. Both held up spectacularly well, so well that we served them in the store.
Do you have to use the silicone springform pan? No, but it's fun. We've made them in square pans. Use a 9x13-inch pan and then cut the cake in two for two layers.
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