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Alex Guarnaschelli’s Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting | The Kitchen | Food Network
Alex elevates basic chocolate cake with tangy sour cream in the batter, a touch of bourbon and decadent buttercream frosting!
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Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting
RECIPE COURTESY OF ALEX GUARNASCHELLI
Level: Intermediate
Total: 4 hr 50 min (includes cooling time)
Active: 50 min
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients
Cake:
3 sticks unsalted butter, plus 1 tablespoon for greasing the pans, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups cocoa powder, plus 1 tablespoon for dusting the pans
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups sugar
5 teaspoons vanilla extract
6 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 cup sour cream, at room temperature
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup bourbon
1/4 cup simple syrup
Frosting:
2 cups heavy cream
14 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into thin slices, at room temperature
Directions
For the cake:
Position a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 8-inch cake pans with the 1 tablespoon softened butter, then dust with 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, tapping out any extra. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and remaining 1 1/2 cups cocoa powder. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the sugar and remaining 3 sticks butter on medium speed until light and fluffy, 5 to 8 minutes. Add the vanilla, then beat in the eggs one at a time. On low speed, add the salt directly to the wet ingredients, then add half of the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Add the sour cream and mix until just combined. Remove the bowl from the mixer and gently incorporate the remaining flour mixture with a rubber spatula. Do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Spread half of the batter in each of the prepared pans. Tap the pans lightly on the counter so that the batter settles. Place the pans on the center rack of the oven and bake until a tester or small knife inserted in the center emerges clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool for at least 30 minutes. Unmold onto a rack. Cool to room temperature, 1 1/2 to 2 hours more.
Mix together the bourbon and the simple syrup in a bowl. Set aside.
For the frosting:
In a medium pot, bring the heavy cream to a simmer. In a medium oven-safe bowl, combine the chocolate and sugar. Place the bowl on top of the pot with the heavy cream to melt. Once the cream is simmering, pour it over the chocolate mixture and stir until all of the chocolate has melted and you have a glossy ganache. Gently stir in the vanilla, followed by the butter pieces. Set aside to let cool to room temperature.
Transfer the chocolate mixture to the clean bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Whip the frosting for 1 to 2 minutes to lighten the texture.
Put the cake layers on a baking sheet fitted with a wire rack. Using a pastry brush, brush about half the bourbon mixture on each cake layer. Frost the top of the bottom layer, then stack the other layer on top. Frost the top and sides of the cake.
Cook’s Note: I love what the combination of tangy sour cream and cocoa powder do together in this cake recipe. The tangy richness of the cream links up with the bitter cocoa notes and the floral vanilla. The result? A luscious cake that needs only a buttery frosting to complete the picture. This is a quickie buttercream that starts out like a melted chocolate and cream glaze that you whip butter into.
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@nanlev613
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Oh my god!!!! I want to move in with her and eat her food!!!
@marablooms4593
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
You’re my favorite chef ever. ❤
@anthonyvenedicto518
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
For those saying the cake is dense. Keep in mind there is not much flour as Alex mentioned and there is a little more fat so the cake has a little bit of a Brownie like texture.
@donnalthood3102
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Wow…4 1/2 sticks of butter!
@danielleharrison5765
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
I saw her on the episode of a show called Nicky Ricky Dicky & Dawn
@Emmanuel_kean
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
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@juliekirk5365
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
That's is true delicious baking!! Always salted butter I say
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December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
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@DaynaSea
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
That looks amazing!
@qhy565
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
How long you chill the ganache ?
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December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
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@jimandrews4261
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
the alcohol ruined it
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December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
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@CarlGorn
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
There is bourbon vanilla you can buy, so you'd get the best of both worlds when imbibing your cake. If you really want quality, make your own by soaking vanilla pods in bourbon for a month or so. That bourbon is now your vanilla extract and HOO-WHEE! Does it ever supercharge the flavor of anything you'd add vanilla to.
Ratio is about 4 pods per 8 ounces/236 ml of bourbon
@chefskitchen5122
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
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@pinkcats6129
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
❤😊👍
@charliea3363
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Yum! 😋
@natalieharris8602
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Got milk 🥛 or vanila bean 🍨?
@jenniferwatts3777
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Yummy
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December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
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@angelicalister1627
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Mmmmmhmmm!!! I need a slice of this right now please!!! 😋 Gonna have to try makin this myself!!
@dorinatosa3397
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
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@heidid5275
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Alex, this is the best thing you've ever made. 👍
@heidimichael1214
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
God I love her
@lisafrankel6101
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Where was the coffee Alex?
@erikadowdy686
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
There is such thing as TOO MUCH chocolate, believe me, i know, lol
@michellecinquegrano4095
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
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@psw4763
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
That cake looked pretty dry as well as the frosting. Not impressed.
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December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Cheri #WantsTheCake~
@MixedReviewFoods
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Me watcing this Videos Awesome😍Big Like
@crisstew71
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
YUM!!!!
@drewconway7135
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
“Salted butter is SALTY.” The butter isn’t the only salty thing on this show.
@neenasbawarchikhana9449
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Amazing 😻
@49ers_red_and_gold25
December 21, 2023 at 10:32 am
Cake 🤤🤤🤤