# Matilda's Chocolate Cake

This is a recipe for Matilda's Chocolate Cake, also known as a triple chocolate cake, which is rich and moist with a decadent chocolate ganache.

- Total time: 65 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2.66 cups flour
- 3 cups sugar
- 135 g cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 1.5 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1.5 cup buttermilk
- 0.75 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 1.5 cup hot coffee
- 8 ounces chocolate (half dark and half with milk)
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1.25 cup sugar
- 1.25 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 pinch salt

## Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Combine the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.
3. Add vanilla, eggs, buttermilk, and oil and stir until combined.
4. Once combined, add the hot coffee.
5. Pour the batter into 3 greased and floured round cake pans.
6. Cook for 30-35 minutes.
7. Heat cream and sugar in a small pan over medium heat until hot, just before boiling.
8. In a bowl, add chocolate and pour in the hot cream mixture, then stir until smooth.
9. Add butter and mix.
10. Cover with plastic wrap and set in the fridge until cooled but don’t let it get too hard.
11. Remove cakes from pans.
12. Spread a layer of ganache on the first cake layer.
13. Place the second cake layer on top and repeat the ganache spreading.
14. Add the third cake layer and frost the entire cake with the remaining ganache.
15. Serve a slice of the triple chocolate cake.

## Equipment

- large bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- round cake pans
- parchment paper
- small pan
- plastic wrap
- offset spatula
- cake stand

## Tips

- Make sure the cakes are completely cooled before icing them.
- For the ganache, set it in the fridge until cooled but don’t let it get too hard.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPZ2aMuAXBd/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/02518d66-ae6f-4dc2-b225-68412b27292b
- Extracted: 2025-10-21

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