Almond Chocolate Cake With Ganache
This is a very rich cake, i like it best served a little warm. This is from the cookbook chocolate cake by michele urvater.
Steps
Heat oven to 350 , grease and flour a 9x13 pan.
Sift the flour , baking soda and salt into a large mixing bowl , add the almonds , combine with a whisk and set aside.
With an electric mixer on low speed , beat the butter for about 1 minute , or until the butter is lighter in color.
Slowly add the sugar , about 2 tbls at a time.
When all of the sugar is added , continue to beat for 2-3 minutes , scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
The mixture will look fluffy like something between mayonnaise and whipped cream.
Add the eggs one at a time , beating for 10 seconds between each addition.
Add the melted chocolate and honey and beat for a few seconds until smooth.
With a rubber spatula , fold the sifted ingredients into the batter in 3 segments , alternating with the buttermilk which is added 1 / 2 cup at a time.
Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until the mixture looks smooth.
Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth the top.
Bake for about 30 minute.
Ingredients
flour, baking soda, salt, blanched almond, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, bittersweet chocolate, honey, buttermilk, heavy cream