Description
The most extraordinary dense fudgy Brick Street Chocolate Cake made by preheating oven to 325°F greasing 12-cup Bundt pan most meticulously dusting with cocoa powder not flour beating 1 cup softened butter and 2 cups sugar medium-high 3 minutes light and fluffy adding 4 room temperature eggs one at a time beating thoroughly then 2 cups room temperature sour cream and 2 tsp vanilla mixing combined whisking 2 1/2 cups flour 1 cup cocoa 2 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt adding dry in 3 additions on low just combined between each carefully stirring in 1 cup hot brewed coffee or boiling water batter will be thick pouring into Bundt pan smoothing top baking 325°F 60 to 70 minutes until toothpick shows few moist crumbs not wet cooling exactly 15 minutes inverting onto rack over parchment-lined sheet cooling completely heating 3/4 cup cream to simmering pouring over 6 oz chocolate chips 2 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp corn syrup resting 2 minutes whisking smooth cooling to pourable consistency pouring generously over cooled Bundt cascading into every groove. A completely extraordinary dense fudgy Southern restaurant-inspired Brick Street chocolate Bundt ganache cake recipe.
Ingredients
1 cup Unsalted Butter softened
2 cups Granulated Sugar
4 large Eggs room temperature
2 cups Sour Cream room temperature
2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 cup Natural Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup Hot Strong Brewed Coffee or Boiling Water
6 oz 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
3/4 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
2 tbsp Unsalted Butter for ganache
1 tbsp Light Corn Syrup for glossy finish
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 325°F 163°C. Grease 12-cup Bundt pan most meticulously. Dust with cocoa powder not flour.
2. Beat softened butter and sugar medium-high 3 minutes light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time. Beat thoroughly after each. Add sour cream and vanilla. Mix combined.
4. Whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add to wet in 3 additions on low. Mix just combined between each.
5. Carefully stir in hot coffee or boiling water. Batter will be thick.
6. Pour into Bundt pan. Smooth top. Bake 325°F 60 to 70 minutes until toothpick shows few moist crumbs not wet.
7. Cool exactly 15 minutes. Invert onto rack over parchment. Cool completely.
8. Heat cream to simmering. Pour over chips, butter, and corn syrup. Rest 2 minutes. Whisk smooth. Cool to pourable consistency.
9. Pour warm ganache generously over cooled Bundt cascading into every groove.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 70 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Cake, Bundt, Restaurant Inspired
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American, Southern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 620
- Sugar: 58g
- Sodium: 390mg
- Fat: 36g
- Saturated Fat: 21g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 72g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 140mg
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