Cafe de Olla Chocolate Cake

51m
Serves 8
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Directions

  1. 1In a bowl, mix the cake batter with eggs, oil and buttermilk.
  2. 2Add chocolate to the batter and mix well.
  3. 3Pour the batter into two cake pans and bake.
  4. 4While the cakes bake, make the chocolate mousse filling by mixing heavy cream, eggless chocolate mousse, and cafe de olla syrup.
  5. 5Whip up heavy cream to make stiff peaks.
  6. 6Mix in dark chocolate ganache.
  7. 7Put mousse in a deli cup and chill in the fridge.
  8. 8Make the fudge frosting by melting heavy cream and chocolate chips.
  9. 9Let cool and chill in the fridge.
  10. 10Level the cake layers.
  11. 11Spread cafe de olla syrup on the layers.
  12. 12Add a layer of the mousse.
  13. 13Layer the cakes and frost with ganache.
  14. 14Grate some chocolate over the top of the cake.

Ingredients

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup chocolate
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup eggless chocolate mousse
  • 2 tablespoons cafe de olla syrup
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup dark chocolate ganache
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Equipment

whiskmixing bowlwooden spatulaovencake pansdeli cuphand mixerspatulacake decorating spatulagrater