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If You're Having A Bad Day.. Take One Bite Of This Chocolate Cake With A Delicious Filling & Creamy Frosting. It's Hard To Stay Mad When You Are In Chocolate Heaven.

If Death By Chocolate Was Actually True… I Would Be Six Feet Under By Now & Not Regretting A Damn Thing.

Let's Get Baking…

The Ingredients To Gather:

For The Dark Chocolate Cake:

• 1-3/4 cups cake flour

• 1 cup dark chocolate cocoa powder

• 1-2/3 cups sugar

• 2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 2 large eggs

• 1 cup whole milk

• 3/4 cup canola oil

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 1 cup boiling water

For The Rich Chocolate Ganache:

• 1/4 cup whole milk

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter

• 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

• 3-1/2 cups powdered sugar

• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

• 3/4 cup whole milk

The Directions For The Dark Chocolate Cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9″ cake pans and set aside.
   In the large bowl, stir together the cake flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until well combined. Mix in the eggs, whole milk, canola oil, and vanilla until throughly combined. Be sure to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl using a spatula. Carefully mix in the boiling water until the consistency is even.
   Pour the batter evenly into the two prepared pans and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

For The Delicious Chocolate Ganache:

1. Once the cakes are almost finished cooling, make the ganache. In a microwavable-safe bowl, heat the whole milk and unsalted butter in the microwave until the butter is melted (about 1 1/2 minutes.) Put in the chopped-up chocolate, and let sit for 1 minute. Stir mixture until smooth and creamy.

For The Milk Chocolate Frosting:

1. In a medium bowl stir together the powdered sugar and cocoa powder until well combined. Set aside.
   Using an electric mixer, whip together the softened butter on medium speed until creamy (about 2 minutes.) Turn the mixer down to the lowest speed and one at a time, scoop in the powdered sugar/cocoa powder mixture until the consistency resembles course sand. Slowly pour in the whole milk, then turn the speed up to medium-high and whip for about 2 minutes, or until frosting is light and fluffy.

Finished!

Although There Are A Lot Of Directions For This Moist, Dark, Chocolate Cake There Is Nothing Like Taking Your First Bite Into Chocolate Heaven.

Let Us Know How It Turned Out & If You Adapted This Recipe In Any Way!

Article Source: Bake With Christina