Description
This Decadent Triple Chocolate Cake is a rich, moist, and ultra-chocolatey dessert layered with silky buttercream and a glossy ganache finish—perfect for every chocolate lover’s dream.
Ingredients
- All-Purpose Flour: 2 and 1/4 cups (280g)
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder: 3/4 cup (65g)
- Baking Powder: 2 teaspoons
- Baking Soda: 1 and 1/2 teaspoons
- Salt: 1/2 teaspoon
- Granulated Sugar: 2 cups (400g)
- Unsalted Butter: 1 cup (226g), softened
- Eggs: 4 large
- Sour Cream: 1 cup (240g)
- Vanilla Extract: 2 teaspoons
- Hot Water or Coffee: 1 cup (240ml)
- Bittersweet Chocolate: 6 oz (170g), melted and cooled
- Semisweet Chocolate Chips: 1/2 cup (90g)
- Heavy Cream: 3/4 cup (180ml)
- Powdered Sugar: 2 and 1/2 cups (300g)
Instructions
- Preheat Your Equipment: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line three 8-inch cake pans with parchment paper.
- Combine Ingredients: In one bowl, sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and melted chocolate. Alternate mixing in dry ingredients and hot water or coffee. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Prepare Your Cooking Vessel: Divide the batter evenly into the pans and smooth the tops.
- Assemble the Dish: Bake for 25–30 minutes. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks.
- Cook to Perfection: Make buttercream by beating butter and powdered sugar. Make ganache by pouring hot cream over chopped chocolate, stirring until smooth.
- Finishing Touches: Layer and frost cakes with buttercream. Pour ganache over the top and allow it to drip.
- Serve and Enjoy: Let cake chill for 30 minutes before slicing. Serve with milk, coffee, or berries.
Notes
- Use espresso powder to enhance chocolate flavor.
- Sift powdered sugar for smoother frosting.
- Chill the cake slightly before slicing for clean edges.
- Wrap leftover slices tightly for freezing up to 2 months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 510
- Sugar: 42g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
Keywords: triple chocolate cake, chocolate ganache, chocolate buttercream, moist chocolate cake, chocolate layer cake