Sunday, November 21, 2010

Heavenly Cake - Chocolate Genoise with Chocolate Peanut-butter ganache

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This was a really terrific chocolate cake, one of the best genoise recipes we have had yet. We were a bit wary about adding the black raspberry syrup but it really adds an oomph and takes the cake beyond the ordinary.


Mis en place:

Sorry I did not take pictures of the genoise process. You can find a description of how I do it in a previous post. Since my first chocolate genoise attempt from the Cake Bible a while ago was less than extraordinary, I feel this is a big improvement.

I made two cakes since I have noticed that all of Roses ganache and syrup recipes are for a full two layer cake. Also, I figured that this cake would go really fast (and it did!) I used a bit more peanut butter in the ganache than the recipe called for and was not sorry.

I had a slice of this in the morning before work and found myself craving it the whole day. Now that's good cake!


10 comments:

  1. Brilliant idea to double the recipe!

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  2. Looks yummy! I too think this is the most wonderful chocolate genoise ever! If i had known it would be so yummy, i would have double up the genoise recipe like you did and make it into 2 layers! :)

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  3. yeah! cake for breakfast! congrats on a good genoise, i know how good that can feel. cabbage would have loved more peanut butter--good to know it doesn't negatively affect the ganache. did you double the recipe or make two smaller cakes?

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    Thanks!

    ECL: I doubled the recipe and made two whole cakes.

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  5. Mendy, awesome cake. Looks very pretty with 2 layers and the ganache in between. I also agree that this is a very good chocolate cake.

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  6. Smart move doubling the recipe, Mendy. This looks great. I can see why in was calling to you all day. :)

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  7. Looks so dark and moist! Next time I think I will make two cakes also!

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  8. Great idea to double the cake! Mine was gone pretty quick, but that's probably okay with all of the holiday baking coming up.

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  9. Good idea making 2 cakes--I wish I had! I loved this cake!!!

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