Name: Dark Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Ganache and Marshmallow Frosting
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 500 ml boiling water; 195 g castor sugar; 4 large egg whites; 80 ml water; 200 g dark chocolate, chopped; 240 ml vegetable oil; 400 g white chocolate, chopped; 300 g cream cheese; 300 ml cream; 380 g Demerara sugar; 4 large eggs, lightly whisked; 10 ml bicarbonate of soda; 2.5 ml salt; 55 g cocoa powder; 5 ml baking powder; 120 g cake flour

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Simply Delicious

By Zola Nene

Published 2016

About

This is my signature cake. It is the most decadent. When I want to spoil someone (or myself), this is what I bake.

Ingredients

For the dark chocolate sponge

380 g Demerara sugar
500 ml boiling water
240

Method

To make the cake, place the sugar and boiling water in a large bowl and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
Pour in the oil, add the dark chocolate and stir until the chocolate has completely melted and the mixture is smooth. Stir in the lightly whisked eggs.
In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and bicarbonat