Cake with Chocolate Ganache

When I’m too lazy to go through cooking books and elaborate recipes I make a cake.

A very simple cake. The first I ever learned how to make when I was 14. That simple.

But it’s so delicious and more than enough to satisfy a very common in the house sweet craving.

So if you want something easy, not tricky, with few ingredients and delicious: this is your cake!

Preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Using a brush or your fingers butter the walls of the cake form. Sprinkle some flour on them, flip the form and tap it to remove the excess.

Or use a baking spray or line the form with parchment paper etc etc. Up to you. I guess I’m old school.

Beat the butter and the sugar in a bowl until as creamy as possible.

Beat in the eggs one by one, add the vanilla, alternate adding orange juice and flour/baking powder.

I can never resist tasting the batter!

Pour the batter in the cake form and bake for 1h. Insert a toothpick to be sure it’s done.

Let the cake sit for 10min in the form and then flip it carefully on a plate.

For the chocolate ganache: boil the heavy cream with the powdered sugar and remove it from the fire. Add the butter and the chocolate and mix until it melts. Add the brandy and mix again.

Spread generously the ganache all over the cake.

I’m very generous with my chocolate ganache as you can see…

Now cut yourself a big piece of cake, make yourself a coffee/milk/tea, sit back and enjoy!

Have a nice day!

INGREDIENTS

250g unsalted butter

400g brown sugar

4 eggs

1tsp vanilla extract

240ml orange juice

500g all-purpose flour

16g baking powder

For the chocolate ganache

340g dark chocolate

5g powdered sugar

135ml heavy cream

7g unsalted butter

5ml brandy

QUICK INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Using a brush or your fingers butter the walls of the cake form. Sprinkle some flour on them, flip the form and tap it to remove the excess. Or use a baking spray or line the form with parchment paper etc etc.

Beat the butter and the sugar in a bowl until as creamy as possible. Beat in the eggs one by one, add the vanilla, alternate adding orange juice and flour/baking powder.

Pour the batter in the cake form and bake for 1h. Insert a toothpick to be sure it’s done. Let the cake sit for 10min in the form and then flip it carefully on a plate.

For the chocolate ganache: boil the heavy cream with the powdered sugar and remove it from the fire. Add the butter and the chocolate and mix until it melts. Add the brandy and mix again.

Spread generously the ganache all over the cake.