This sounded like my kind of cake… a brownie cake. As previously mentioned in this blog (with every cake recipe), I am not a cake fan. I am a huge brownie fan however. So, if there is a cake out there I might like, a brownie cake just might be it. (I am slightly exaggerating as there are a few cakes out there I have enjoyed and would even eat again (Rhubarb Upside Down cake is one of them). This cake, however, was more cake and less brownie. A great one for cake lovers. A tolerable one for brownie lovers.
It has some redeemable qualities worth mentioning:
- the ganache frosting/ filling is delicious and super easy to work with (I will dog-ear the recipe for this alone.)
- the recipe comes together easily
- the ganache has coffee in it
- the recipe outlines a simple and effective way to assemble a layer cake which was new to me, utilizing the spring form pan used to bake it
- there is never a bite without the ganache
I must confess that this may have been a bit more brownie-like had I baked the cake for less than the stated time. As it was, the first time I checked it, the cake was already done and possibly a bit dry, but this was hard to tell given all that delicious ganache which lent moisture to every bite. I will be curious to see how my fellow bakers baked this one up. Check theirs out at Tuesdays with Dorie.
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| Rhiannon- a cake eater |
I agree about the cake, I liked it because of the ganache. How good was the ganache? :-D
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteIndeed, it was a bit more cake than brownies, but very chocolatey!!
I enjoyed so much this recipe, with a scoop of ice-cream...delightful!!!
Yup, definitely more cake-like than brownie-like in texture and flavor, but we still enjoyed it. :)
ReplyDeleteGanache is delicious on just about anything, eh?
Your cake looks yum.
ReplyDeletelooks nice. I agree that it's more cakey...a true brownie drenched in ganache would be divine!
ReplyDeleteWe were in similar boats this week - I do like cake, but I am not a big chocolate fan, so it was going to take a lot for me to love this one. I think the ganache was the star of the show.
ReplyDeleteI like how your layers have a nice thick coating of ganache in there. Very nice!
Beautiful cake!!! Love the look of that ganache.
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks fabulous! I too was hoping for more of a brownie like texture to this cake. The ganache was definitely the best part. Love ganache. :))
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