Chocolate Cake With Ganache And Praline Filling
This decadent chocolate cake is filled with a smooth creamy caramel ganache and classic praline paste making this exquisite dessert cake one of the best.
Ingredients
- Chocolate Cake:
- 80 grams eggs
- 60 grams water
- 85 grams sunflower oil
- 110 grams sugar
- 110 grams pastry flour
- 4 grams baking powder
- 2 grams baking soda
- 25 grams Dutch cocoa
- Chocolate Ganache:
- 110 grams dark chocolate
- 100 heavy cream
- 100 grams caramel spread
- Praline Cream:
- 75 grams hazelnuts pieces
- 75 grams pecans pieces
- 150 grams sugar
- 50 grams butter
Instructions
- Chocolate Sponge Cake:
- Preheat oven to 165 ° C and place the oven rack in the middle.
- Add all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix them together.
- Place the eggs and sugar into a bowl and beat until the mixture begins to foam to a light yellow color.
- Pour in the oil slowly and then the warm water and continue to beat the mixture until well combined.
- Add portions of the flour mixture to the egg mixture and gently fold until the batter is smooth. Divide into 3 portions.
- Prepare 3 round 8-inch cake pans by buttering the bottom and sides followed by dusted flour.
- Pour the portioned cake batter into the cake pans and bake for about 20 minutes. The internal temperature should be 96 ° C or above.
- Remove cake from oven and carefully remove it and cool on a wire rack.
- Caramel Ganache:
- Heat the milk cream but don't bring to a boil and pour it over chopped chocolate, stirring constantly untel melted and smooth.
- Once Ganache has cooled down, add the caramel spread and mix to combine. Transfer to a piping bag with a round tip.
- Hazelnut and Pecan Praline:
- Prepare a sheet with parchment or plate and spray with oil. Set aside.
- Place the sugar followed by the water into a pot and bring to a temperature of 116° C. Reduce the heat to medium low and add the hazelnut and pecan and continue to cook until both nuts are carmelized.
- Ytransfer the praline to a plate or lined baking shhet and allow to cool down.
- Once cooled, combine with butter into a food processor and pulse until a pasty texture. Transfer praline paste to another piping bag with round tip.
- Build The Cake:
- Place one of the cakes onto a cake base. Fill it with the praline paste first followed by the caramel ganache about 1/2 inch in thickness. Repeat with layer two then refrigerate the cake for 30 minutes and finish the top layer and the sides of the cake with the rest of the caramel ganache.
- Keep cake refrigerated fountil serving.
- Enjoy!
