Vanilla/Rum Cake with Whipped Chocolate Ganache.
You can have Vanilla/Rum Cake with Whipped Chocolate Ganache using 11 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Vanilla/Rum Cake with Whipped Chocolate Ganache
- Prepare 1 cup of unsalted butter , softened , room temperature.
- You need 2 cups of white sugar.
- It’s 2 of eggs , separated , room temperature.
- Prepare 3 teaspoons of vanilla extract pure.
- Prepare 1 tbs of rum (optional).
- Prepare 2 cups of cake flour.
- It’s 1 tablespoon of baking powder.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
- You need 1 cup of buttermilk , room temperature.
- Prepare 16 oz of whipping cream of heavy.
- Prepare 1 pack of chocolate semi sweet morsels.
Vanilla/Rum Cake with Whipped Chocolate Ganache instructions
- Preheat oven to 325..
- Grease and flour your cake pan(s).
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
- Add in egg yolks and vanilla and rum, mixing until fully incorporated. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Gradually add dry ingredients into wet ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk.
- Mix until batter is fluffy.
- Beat egg whites until foamy and thick.
- Fold egg whites into batter and mix until incorporated.
- Pour batter into prepared pan(s).
- Bake until golden on top or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cake cool.
- To make the ganache, Place the chocolate chips into a bowl.
- Bring heavy cream to a boil in a sauce pan and take off the heat as soon as it starts boiling.
- Pour on top of chocolate chips and mix until dissolved.
- Let it cool off, then put in the fridge and chill for 20 min.
- Once chilled use a mixer to whip it to desired consistency (it changes from more smooth to more fluffy).
- Frost with the whipped ganache and decorate as desired.
- You can do single layer, double layer (all depends on the pan(s) you use).
