Chocolate Ganache Cake

A simple microwavable recipe

A few days ago, it was my dad's birthday and I wanted to bake him a cake. So my mom and I, put our aprons on and got started! We baked a creamy chocolate ganache cake. And since it was such a simple and fun recipe, I thought I'd share it with you guys as well! I made a 1 kg cake, you can alter the ingredients to suit your requirements! Hope you try out the recipe and satisfy your cake cravings :)

Things you'll need:

Ingredients:

- 1 1/4th cup All purpose Flour

- 1 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder 

- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda

- 4 Tbsp cocoa powder

- 1 cup sugar

- 1 Tsp coffee powder

- 2 Tbsp honey

- 3/4th cup coffee

- 1/2 cup fresh cream

- 2 Tbsp butter

Equipment:

- Mixing bowls

- Microwavable pan

- Sieve

- Spoons 

- Measuring cup

Method:

The process is quite simple. It consists of two halves: The cake and the ganache. 

The cake:

1. Measure the amounts specified in the ingredients list. 

2. Take a mixing bowl, and all the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder. 

3. Sieve them and mix well. 

4. Take a pan, add milk and heat it. 

5. Add sugar , coffee powder and honey.

6. Stir and mix well.  Dont let the mixture boil,.

7. Add oil. 

8. Add the flour mix to the milk mix, and blend well.

9. Take the microwave pan, grease it with butter, and pour the mixture in it.

10. Spread it evenly.

11.  Turn on the oven for preheat at 180 C , for three minutes. Then place the mix inside, at 180 C, for 20 minutes in convection mode. 

The Ganache:

1. Take the fresh cream in a pan. 

2. Add butter to it. 

3. Heat the mix. And as you heat it, add the chocolate chunks to it. 

4. Stop before it boils.

Pour the ganache over the baked chocolate cake. 

After that , you can either eat it hot and warm. Or if you're like me, and like cold cakes, then let it cool to room temperature, and then keep it in the fridge and eat when it's relatively cold! 

Here's a pictorial representation of the process in various stages :) 

Mixing the dry products for the cake

Mixing the wet products together

Mix the wet and dry mixtures together and blend 

Left: Ganache; Right: Cake 

Chocolate Cake with Ganache

Have fun baking and devouring this simple, yet super delicious microwavable cake :D 

/Supritha