Midnight Chocolate Cake Recipes

MIDNIGHT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt or tube pan OR one 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, and with an electric mixer, combine dry ingredients.
• Add the liquid ingredients (except for the boiling water), and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 25-30 minutes for the 9x13-inch rectangular pan, or bake for 40-45 minutes if using a bundt or tube pan-- or until toothpick in center comes out clean. (Everyone's oven is different, but I baked mine for 41 minutes in a bundt pan).
• Remove cake from oven, and cool completely on rack.
• After cake has cooled completely, frost as desired, or dust top of cake with confectioners' sugar.
• Ganache:.
• Place all ganache ingredients in a microwave safe dish (I use a 4 cup measuring cup) and microwave on high for approximately 1 minute--maybe a little more or less than a minute depending on your microwave.
• Wisk together until chocolate is shiny and of "drizzly" consistency.
• Drizzle on top of cake if you used a bundt cake or spread on cake if you used a 9 X 13 pan.
• Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
• **This cake makes: One 9 x 13 rectangular cake or one 10-inch bundt or tube cake.

CHOCOLATE MIDNIGHT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour 2- 9 inch round cake pans.
• Add all ingredients to a large mixing bowl, blend with an electric mixer on low speed for one minute.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Divide batter evenly between the 2 pans.
• Bake the cakes until they spring back when lightly pressed, about 28-32 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool on racks for 10 minutes.
• Run a knife around the edge of each cake and invert on to cooling rack.
• Cool completely and frost as desired.